Bin Laden's death marks 'Twitter Moment'

The killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden on May 1 sparked a massive surge of online traffic across search engines, social networks and most notably micro-blogging services. More than anything else, the event highlighted the growing importance of the Web at times of breaking news.

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By Eric Olander

21/05/2012 - TECH 24

Facebook and Wall Street: friends forever?

What a week for Mark Zuckerberg! The Facebook founder turned 28, floated his company on the stock market, AND he got hitched to Priscilla Chan, his girlfriend from Harvard! We look at whether the social network's new bond with Wall Street will last. Plus, track your health thanks to Fitbit, a wireless pedometer that sends data to the cloud.

14/05/2012 - TECH 24

Ready... set... power. Africa 2.0 powered by the sun

A California-start-up is hoping to harness the power of the sun to energize Africa's burgeoning cell phone market. The ReadySet from Fenix is an affordable new charging station with an equally innovative business model. Plus, the phenomenon behind Kickstarter, the hugely successful site for creative professionals to find millions of financial supporters for their projects.

07/05/2012 - TECH 24

France's tech future

How does France's tech future look under its new Socialist government? Will it become any easier to be an entrepreneur in a society renowned for its red tape? Plus, a pair of spy camera sunglasses fit for James Bond... well, almost.

30/04/2012 - TECH 24

Inside Apple's mysterious corporate culture

'Inside Apple' is a new book that purportedly reveals some of the management secrets behind the tech company's remarkable success over the past 20 years. Author Adam Lashinky describes a truly distinctive corporate culture that emphasizes discipline, costs and creativity. But even as it racks up one success after another, can the company avoid the inevitable pitfalls ahead?

23/04/2012 - TECH 24

French elections in the age of Twitter

Twitter users around the world defied the French government's ban on publishing exit polls and preliminary results from Sunday's first round presidential election. Drawing on the spirit of Charles de Gaulle's coded broadcasts from London during WWII, the hashtag 'radiolondres' became the forum to distribute coded messages Sunday with the results.