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Google (GOOG) decided to turn off their Google Reader for good. The product previously helped people go through feeds from multiple sites in a snap. Reader compiles RSS feeds and delivers them according to the preferences of the users. Apparently, Google thought their Reader “was not good enough” and decided to kill the application once and for all.

First, it was the inclusion of hashtags. Then, the creation of sticker packs. Now, Facebook is raising the ante once again by developing chat rooms.

Sticker packs are animated emoticons that convey expressions and feelings. Facebook is the latest entity to jump into this trend which could be a potential revenue stream for the social networking giant.

Scroll Kit is a new web development service that allows anyone to create a web page just by adding multimedia elements into a page.

Cranbourne's local council have just shut down the Casey Kids Playhouse on Monday over an advertisement in several Wed sites seeking more couples to join them in a sex orgy at the play centre on Saturday. However, the site continues to have an open Facebook page seen below.

It was reported in the Wall Street Journal that Microsoft is investing on a new project to overthrow Amazon in e-commerce supremacy. Sources say Microsoft is working on “Project Brazil” in hopes of competing with Amazon and eBay in the near future. The project, however, may not come to materialize anymore.

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom is raging mad at Dutch company LeaseWeb for deleting the bulk of files of his shuttered video sharing portal. He described what happened as the largest data massacre in the Internet's history.

What do you get when you add Google Chrome and Adobe Flash player, you ask? Well, a peephole of a webcam!

Firstly let me say that I have been a little quiet on B2 of late. We opened up an office in Upper Coomera on the Gold Coast and it has really taken my focus as I find myself back at the pointy end of the industry again which has been refreshing.

People in their 40s or older who took typing classes would probably remember the sentence - The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog - which was used to teach typing beginners proper finger position. That sentence uses all the 26 letters of the alphabet.

Facebook has added new friends. The social networking giant has earned the support of 1 million active advertisers since Tuesday.

In light of revelations that the federal government's massive spy apparatus has been unleashed on its own citizens, some tech experts are now advising users of social media and other Internet-based sites that have helped Uncle Sam pry into your life to stop using them altogether.

Google is targeting to reach new heights through its Project Loon, a solar- and wind-powered network of high altitude balloons bringing Internet access to rural areas whose citizens have yet to be transformed into netizens.

That Yahoo Inc.'s CEO Marissa Mayer manages to stay in news again for the once-largest search engine and email services giant was again highlighted with news of the company announcing probable deletion of inactive user accounts.

A Facebook invitation to a June 20 press event has led to speculations that the most popular social networking site would roll out a news reader, possibly based on trending articles on Facebook or more of an RSS reader-style product.

A new analysis of Internet search terms published by Mother Jones found an irony in the majority Muslim country of Pakistan because while the Asian nation is homophobic, it topped searches for gay terms in the Web such as shemale sex, teen anal sex and manf***king man.

Google unleashed their official Android application for Google Cloud Print service. Users can now download the official app from Google Play Store.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has expressed on Friday disappointment at the involvement of senior military officers in the latest sex scandal to hit the Australian Defence Forces in which 17 soldiers filming themselves while having sex with women and then emailed the videos among themselves.

If Israel's military was shocked with the circulating photographs of its female soldiers almost naked, the Australian Army has its own sex scandal with male officers filming themselves while having sex with women and then emailing the videos among themselves.

Evasi0n jailbreak iOS 7 is nearly under way. One evad3r has tweeted a quick review of the new Apple OS, and it serves as a teaser into the future of jailbroken iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. Scroll down for the celebrated tweet and a video of the new OS on iPhone 5.

Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users who are hooked to the Candy Crush Saga game will have a new addiction: Plants vs Zombies 2, Garden Warfare, coming up soon! Anticipation for the game refresh is exciting across various social media networks. Video viewership for its game trailer is almost 4 million in a few days' time.

Now this is something you don’t see every day. Takijistan President Emomali Rahmon has ordered the shutdown of YouTube in his country for allowing the upload of video, featuring the top government official in quite, embarrassing moment.

Vine App is trending on Twitter as users show various ways to enjoy the new social media buzz. Vine is a video app that allows users to loop 6 seconds of images. It can be used for business marketing as well as personal entertainment.

Apple dropped recently an app in their store promising people to “free” them from their homosexuality. However, Google’s Play Store and several Android platforms are yet to make their move on removing the Gay Cure app.

In a repeat of the first Click Frenzy incident, the Web site of Australian retail giant Myer crashed on Tuesday evening due to the heavy volume of logins. The crash happened 30 minutes after the online launch of its mid-year sale.

The 'New Evidence' 2013 mermaid video mockumentary drew millions of viewers and sparked afresh ocean humanoid conversations. An Animal Planet executive neatly implied in an interview the channel wanted some attention. Social media dwellers reacted with more viral funny memes and a mix of reactions.

Is Jonah Falcon, the man with the world's biggest penis, the next YouTube sensation?

Facebook advertisers pulled out their ads after an anti-sexism campaign drew attention to Facebook pages that contained posts promoting violence against women.

n a display of the power of social media to shame, a popular Filipino gay comedian who poked fun of a respected female news executive from a rival station was shamed on Tuesday for his joke that had become viral and gone bad.