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China is not known as a country that bends to pressure but in a rare reversal the Chinese Government has decided to back down on their new rule that would require all computers sold in China to have Internet filtering software pre-installed to block certain content and websites in a bid to protect minors.
The Annenberg Centre for the Digital Future at the University of Southern California carried out a survey last year and has just revealed that the number of Americans who said they are spending less time with their family has almost tripled in only two years.
UK based Mobile phone maker INQ Mobile has just revealed that it plans to launch a “Twitter” phone this year and cash in on the Christmas sales as well as the surge in growth of the micro blogging site.
A recent UK survey by CareerBuilder.co.uk found that a surprising number of employers use social networking sites for screening when recruiting people. The survey said that a total of 27% currently use (15%) or plan to start using (12%) social networking sites to screen job candidates. Which begs the question: How good a marketing tool is YOUR profile?