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Mariel Norton

Mariel Norton is a self-confessed girly geek with a penchant for technology, and joins ITProPortal with just over a year's experience under her online belt. A copywriter by day and a freelance writer by night/weekend, Mariel is an avid volunteer - lending her charitable services throughout the world. Specialising in social media, apps, and video games, Mariel hopes to intertwine her love of technology with the English language to produce amusing anecdotes of ambiguous algorithms and alliteration

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Business & Government

Facebook, Zuckerberg Opens NASDAQ Trading On Day Of IPO

18 May 2012 News
Facebook, Zuckerberg Opens NASDAQ Trading On Day Of IPO
Here it is, guys and girls, the moment we've all been waiting for - Mark Zuckerberg rang NASDAQ'S opening bell from the Facebook headquarters. With each share of Facebook set to...
Business & Government

Pinterest Raises $100 Million Funding, Valued At Over $1 Billion

18 May 2012 News
Pinterest Raises $100 Million Funding, Valued At Over $1 Billion
Pinterest has bagged itself an exclusive membership into the billion dollar club, after being the latest company to be valued at over $1 billion (£630 million) after raising...
Software & Apps

Twitter Translation Center Opens Up For Six New Languages

18 May 2012 News
Twitter Translation Center Opens Up For Six New Languages
Originally released back in February 2011, Twitter's Translation Center has now opened up for another six languages - Afrikaans, Basque, Catalan, Czech, Greek and Ukrainian....
Consumer

Social Network Scriptwriter To Work On Steve Jobs Movie

17 May 2012 News
Social Network Scriptwriter To Work On Steve Jobs Movie
Sony Pictures has declared that scriptwriter Aaron Sorkin, who won an Oscar for his work on 'The Social Network', will write the upcoming Steve Jobs film.  The film will be...
Laptops & PCs

Parents Find Hilarious Note From Girl About Password Protecting Computer

17 May 2012 News
Parents Find Hilarious Note From Girl About Password Protecting Computer
Most 7-year-old girls can get quite possessive over their toys, but this young lady took this meaning to an entirely new level after fearing her Internet privileges would be taken...
Software

Facebook Increases IPO By 25 Per Cent, Could Reach $16 Billion

17 May 2012 News
Facebook Increases IPO By 25 Per Cent, Could Reach $16 Billion
Facebook has yet again updated its filing for an IPO, making it the eighth time since initially filing the paperwork back on 1st February.  Upping the number of shares by 25...