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European businesses slow to go online: studyDiscuss Posted by Admin 137 days ago (http://news.yahoo.com)
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European businesses are not doing enough to use the internet to grow their customer base and promote products, Belgian database and marketing firm Email-Brokers said after studying 13 million websites. Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands have the highest proportion of companies online but even in these countries 40 percent of business have no internet presence, it found. The European Commission has estimated that companies which exploit the full potential of the internet create, on average, more than twice as many jobs. ...
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Target to match some rivals' online prices year-roundDiscuss Posted by Admin 137 days ago (http://news.yahoo.com)
Read More Number of e-book readers increasing in United States: surveyDiscuss Posted by Admin 142 days ago (http://news.yahoo.com)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The popularity of electronic books is increasing in the United States, with nearly one-quarter of American bibliophiles reading e-books, according to a survey released on Thursday. The number of e-readers aged 16 years and older jumped from 16 percent in 2011 to 23 percent this year, while print readers fell from 72 to 67 percent in 2012, in a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center. "The move toward e-book reading coincides with an increase in ownership of electronic book reading devices," the organization said. ...
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China tightens Internet controls, legalizes post deletionDiscuss Posted by Admin 142 days ago (http://news.yahoo.com)
BEIJING (Reuters) - China unveiled tighter Internet controls on Friday, legalizing the deletion of posts or pages which are deemed to contain "illegal" information and requiring service providers to hand over such information to the authorities for punishment. The rules signal that the new leadership headed by Communist Party chief Xi Jinping will continue muzzling the often scathing, raucous online chatter in a country where the Internet offers a rare opportunity for debate. ...
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Hunger strike pressures Canada PM, aboriginal protests spreadDiscuss Posted by Admin 142 days ago (http://news.yahoo.com)
Read More Short and social workouts led fitness trends in 2012Discuss Posted by Admin 142 days ago (http://news.yahoo.com)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - From mud races to sweat parties to CrossFit competitions, workouts turned smarter, shorter and more social in 2012, experts say, as fitness was sweetened with a little help from smart phones and friends. "Everything is about making fitness fun," said Jenna Autuori-Dedic, senior fitness editor at Fitness Magazine. Even those grueling indoor cycling classes were a chance to mingle. "I truly think that spinning was one of the biggest things to come out of 2012," said Autuori-Dedic. "They (fitness studios) made it fun. ...
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Olympics, elections and horsing around in odd 2012Discuss Posted by Admin 142 days ago (http://news.yahoo.com)
LONDON (Reuters) - Presidential preening, golden Olympic gaffes, a royal windfall for a skydiving British queen on her diamond jubilee and the endless end of days marked the odd stories in 2012 which pranced across the news in Gangnam Style. The year opened with a tale that flocks of magpies and bears had been spotted in mourning for North Korea's "Dear Leader", Kim Jong-il who died in December 2011 and was succeeded by his 20-something son Kim Jong-un. ...
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Ban on demanding Facebook passwords among new 2013 state lawsDiscuss Posted by Admin 142 days ago (http://news.yahoo.com)
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