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Web
'Tweet' officially part of Oxford English Dictionary
As of this month, the lauded Oxford English Dictionary, the accepted authority of the English language, includes an official second definition for the word.
Laptops & PCs
Google throws weight behind struggling Chromebook
An availability expansion means UK customers can now buy Chromebooks in Tesco stores, as Google makes a major global push to help the ailing Chrome OS platform.
Security
Yahoo joins Apple, Microsoft and Facebook by publishing US government data requests
The online firm has emulated Google's and other firms' transparency moves as the Prism surveillance scandal continues to cause outrage across the world.
Software & Apps
Microsoft uses human brain to boost speed and accuracy of Bing voice search
The Redmond-based firm has promised doubled speed and 15 per cent more accuracy with voice to text and voice-based search for Windows Phone users.
Security
McAfee: Businesses acting too slow with big data security
A new report shows the vast majority of companies have misplaced confidence in their ability to detect data breaches in real-time.
Security
Prism: GCHQ 'penetrated BlackBerry security' to spy on G20 attendees
The spying was carried out by GCHQ, the UK equivalent of the NSA, according to documents provided by Edward Snowden; Meanwhile Prism has been defended once again in the US.
Public Sector
Web firms head to No.10 amid concerns about child abuse online
Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, Sky, BT, TalkTalk, O2, Vodafone, EE and Three are heading to Downing Street today with the government wanting more content blocked online.
Software & Apps
Facebook may unleash Vine-like video for Instagram at June event
It has been reported that Facebook will add a video component to Instagram, its photo-sharing app, in what sounds like the social network's response to Twitter's Vine app.
