India’s Supreme Court has ordered search firms Google, Yahoo and Microsoft to stop showing ads for sex selection kits, on the grounds that they encourage female foetuses to be aborted.

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The Blackphone might be doomed, but Silent Circle remains upbeat. That’s despite layoffs and a troublesome break-up with former partner Geeksphone.

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Weak. Coward. Wimp. It didn’t take long for fans to criticize Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Kevin Durant’s decision to sign with the Golden State Warriors. Cartoon by Rob Tornoe.

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What makes an ecommerce website a success? What exactly is it that allows one site to thrive and maintain a loyal, long-term customer base while another online business diminishes?

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Unemployment rates in Spain and Italy have improved in recent months, but are still among the highest in the eurozone: 19.8% and 11.5% respectively in May, according to the latest Eurostat data. Youth unemployment is also definitely significant in those countries (43.9% and 36.9%), suggesting that the younger generations are the ones who are still paying the higher price to the economic crisis.

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Zimbabwe’s increasingly totalitarian government on Wednesday shut down access to messaging service WhatsApp for the morning, but it appeared to be working in the afternoon after outrage swept Zimbabwe’s internet users.

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Nintendo may develop a smartphone controller for its mobile games.

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What are some startup costs that you didn’t anticipate? This question was originally answered on Quora by Brett Fox.

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