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China: short videos a hit for APP developers

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China clamps down on obscene content on online live streams

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Opera doubles down on Africa with $100M plan to become a media platform

Opera,theNorwegianbrowser-makerthatwassoldtoaChineseconsortiumlastyear,isdoublingdownontheAfricanmarketafteritannouncedplanstoinvest$100milliontogrowitsbusiness

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YouTube ditches unskippable 30-second ads

YouTube is to scrap "unskippable" 30-second advertisements on the video-streaming service, from 2018.

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Orlando nightclub victims' families sue Twitter, Google, Facebook

The families of three men killed at Orlando's Pulse gay nightclub have sued Twitter Inc, Alphabet Inc's Google and Facebook Inc in federal court, accusing the companies of providing "material support" to the self-radicalised gunman.

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Publishers Bet Big on ‘Special Editions’

Bookazines and special interest publications offer struggling print magazines high-margin revenue opportunities and the promise of new readers. But are they canabalising the already-dwindling audience for monthly editions?

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Microsoft aims to wow with high-end PCs, 3D software

Microsoft launched a consumer offensive Wednesday, unveiling new high-performance computers and an updated Windows operating system that showcases three-dimensional content and “mixed reality.”

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In world's biggest deal: AT&T to buy Time Warner in US

AT&T has reached an agreement in principle to buy Time Warner for about $85 billion, sources said on Friday, paving the way for the biggest deal in the world this year that would give the telecom company control of cable TV channels HBO and CNN, film studio Warner Bros and other coveted media assets.

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Hollywood making bet on virtual reality being next great computing platform

Veteran filmmaker Ivan Reitman is an unlikely torchbearer for VR as studios invest money and map out ways to best make use of the new medium

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Twitter, Facebook move quickly to stem celebrations of Nice attack

Twitter Inc moved swiftly to remove posts from Islamic extremists glorifying a truck attack in Nice, France, watchdog groups said on Friday, in a rare round of praise for a platform that has often struggled to contain violent propaganda.

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Facebook defends position on content standards after Israeli censure

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Apple iTunes and Disney services shut down by new mainland rules

The regulation is aimed at managing online publishing services, in particular images, games, animation, comics, audio recordings and video

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China's online literature loses big due to piracy

​A handful of Internet writers made a killing last year as screen adaptations of online novels such as "Nirvana in Fire" and "The Ghouls" scored phenomenal audience ratings and box office sales.

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Battle for HK viewers heats up as ATV fades from the screen

Internet players and pay TV operators compete to lure audiences, but critics say the days of audiences paying subscription fees are numbered

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Aussie researcher reveals secrets to creating successful "viral" video

​An Australian researcher has claimed to have unravelled the mystery surrounding what it takes to create a "viral video" that has the power to captivate the world.

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Japanese researchers develop instant detector for liquid bomb

Japanese researchers have developed a counterterrorism device that can quickly determine if the liquid inside a bottle or can is explosive or flammable, which could greatly speed up baggage inspections at airports, local media reported Monday.

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Internet giant Baidu flagged in China porn crackdown

China's search engine giant Baidu has been urged to clean up improper content after its online storage service was found to have pornographic files.