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Technology News

Music streaming service Spotify makes debut in Singapore

SINGAPORE: Spotify, a free music streaming service from Sweden, made its debut in Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia on Tuesday, five years after it was first launched in the West. The system allows users to stream free online music after downloading an app, or pay S$9.90 a month for a premium version of the service; the free version features ...Full Article

Jabra introduces different types of headsets

KUALA LUMPUR, April 15: Jabra, a global producer of a broad range of hands-free communications solutions, plans to come out with six to eight products this year to cater ...Full Article

Twitter acquires music site, could launch new service

SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter said it acquired the emerging music software firm We Are Hunted, amid reports that the popular messaging platform was readying its own music service. “Welcome to ...Full Article

LinkedIn gets Pulse

SAN FRANCISCO – LinkedIn hast bought news reading app-maker Pulse, boosting the content offerings of the career-focused social network. Pulse applications for Apple and Android powered smartphones or tablets ...Full Article

BlackBerry says report of high return rate “false”

MONTREAL – Smartphone maker BlackBerry on Friday slammed as “false and misleading” a brokerage research note which claimed consumers were returning the new Z10 handsets at a high rate. ...Full Article

Dropbox now available in Malay

KUALA LUMPUR, April 12:  Dropbox, a free service that lets you bring your documents, photos, and videos anywhere and share them easily, announced availability in Malay. Dropbox in Malay ...Full Article

Chinese takeover not a threat to German technology

BERLIN, April 12: China’s increasing number of acquisitions in Germany is not a threat to German technology, but an opportunity for German firms’ development, a research showed on Thursday. ...Full Article

Google adds “digital estate planning” to its services

SAN FRANCISCO: Google on Thursday began letting people plan out what is to be done with their digital photos, documents and other virtual belongings after they die or become ...Full Article

Smithsonian dedicates new exhibition to navigation

WASHINGTON: Smithsonian curators found themselves chasing the proverbial moving target when they put together a new permanent exhibition opening Friday that explains how people get from A to B. ...Full Article

PC sales see worst drop ever in Q1: survey

NEW YORK: Worldwide sales of personal computers slid 13.9 percent in the first quarter of 2013, research firm IDC said Wednesday, the worst contraction since it began tracking the ...Full Article