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The web against Rawalpindi's attack in Pakistan
In this edition: The attack by the Pakistani Taliban on the army in Rawalpindi arouses reaction from the local blogosphere; American Indians use the net to denounce racism and discrimination; and American star, Miley Cyrus bids farewell to Twitter.
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Twitter confirms 'significant' new round of funding
Popular micro blogging site Twitter has confirmed 'significant' new financing. The Wall Street Journal has reported that it has raised up to 100 million dollars, making it now worth 1 billion dollars, though it still does not generate any revenue.
MARKETING
French start-up rates Web users' online clout
A duo of French entrepreneurs have created a start-up, Traackr, which evaluates the influence of Web users who post blogs, videos, tweets, etc on a particular topic. Their aim is to then sell this knowledge to companies as a marketing tool.
WEB NEWS
Anti-Obama protest goes online
In this edition: Obama's healthcare reform gets people protesting on the Internet; Web users have decided to see the funny side of the Influenza A (H1N1) virus; the effects of social networking on the brain.
Brice Hortefeux - Internet - politics - racism - Twitter - YouTube
Politicians on the Net: new technological traps?
How have new technologies such as YouTube and Twitter transformed the lives of politicians?
Beirut - Iraq - Israel - Lebanon - Middle East - peace - Ramadan - shiite - Twitter
Time to tone down Ramadan in Lebanon?
In this edition: FRANCE 24 checks out the bling in Beirut during Islam's holiest month; shifting Shiite alliances in Iraq; a novel idea of 'tweeting" prayers and wishes to the Wailing Wall.
INTERNET
Facebook tests 'Lite' version to compete with Twitter
The social networking platform Facebook is testing a lighter version of its website called "Facebook Lite". The goal is to offer a more "user-friendly" platform to compete with microblogging website Twitter.
INTERNET
Twitter blogger claims he was target of Russian cyber attack
A pro-Georgian blogger known as Cyxymu claims he was the main target of the recent cyber attacks that forced web application Twitter to shut down and disrupted the social networking websites Facebook and LiveJournal.
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In the Papers
A daily look at some of the stories in the international papers.
INTERNET
Twitter shuts down after cyber attack
Some 17 million Web users found they could not access the popular micro-blogging website Twitter after a cyber attack forced a temporary shutdown of the service.
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