InternetReuters - China will try a veteran dissident, Chen Xi, on charges of "inciting subversion" for pro-democracy essays he published online, his wife said on Sunday, days after another dissident was jailed for nine years on similar charges.
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Holiday tribute to troops from Obama, first lady (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama is wishing a Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all Americans in his weekly radio and Internet address, with a special message of thanks to the troops.
US appears to soften ban on online betting (AP)
AP - The Obama administration appears to have softened a U.S. ban on Internet gambling.
Kid band Vazquez Sounds takes Mexico by storm (AP)
AP - Ten-year-old Angie Vazquez has become an Internet phenom belting out a soulful cover of Brit pop star Adele's "Rolling in the Deep." In an online video seemingly shot at home, her teenage brothers Abelardo and Gustavo play the keyboard, guitar and drums.
Google To Pay Mozilla $300 Million a Year in Search Deal (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Google will pay about three times as much as it once did to be the default search engine on Mozilla's Firefox browser. Although Google and Mozilla are keeping the word mum, news reports are leaking details of the deal.
Yahoo board continues talks on Asian deal: report (Reuters)
Reuters - Yahoo Inc's board of directors has agreed to keep exploring a plan to split off the Internet company's Asian assets in a complex deal valued at $17 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
U.S. shoppers less than merry after online glitches (Reuters)
Reuters - Tom Nenon, a philosophy professor at the University of Memphis, is vexed with his online shopping experience at Best Buy, a sentiment shared by other U.S. Internet shoppers this holiday season.
FCC Approves AT&T's Spectrum Deal with Qualcomm (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Seeking to expand mobile broadband deployments throughout the United States, the FCC has given AT&T the green light to begin using the 700MHz spectrum licenses the carrier purchased from Qualcomm for $1.925 billion in December 2010.
Indian courts challenge Facebook, Google content: report (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. companies Facebook, Google and Yahoo, and other internet firms, have been ordered by two Indian courts to remove material considered religiously offensive, the latest skirmish in a growing battle over website content in the world's largest democracy.
Amazon may benefit as digital goods sales jump (Reuters)
Reuters - Digital goods are the fastest-growing category online this holiday, led by e-books, suggesting Amazon.com Inc's strategy of blanketing the world with cheap e-readers and tablet computers may be producing some early gains.
GoDaddy CEO: 'We're Not Cynical Folks' (Mashable)
Mashable - In an interview with Mashable shortly after GoDaddy announced its withdrawal of support for the Stop Online Piracy Act, new company CEO Warren Adelman said that the web hosting and domain registration service was acting purely in the best interest of its customers and would now "let others carry the ball forward" as the fiercely contested piece of legislation continues to make its way through Congress.
"After digesting what was being said online and looking at how we got involved in the process, we came to the conclusion that it wasn't ready in its current state and that we'd step back and let others provide leadership," Adelman said.
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'Dark Knight Rises' Trailer's 12.5 Million Views Breaks iTunes Download Record (Mashable)
Mashable - The trailer for Dark Knight Rises, the conclusion of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, got 12.5 million views through the iTunes Movie Trailers site in 24 hours, breaking the previous record by 2 million.
Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures released the trailer exclusively to iTunes on Monday, surpassing the record set earlier in the month by Marvel's The Avengers. Though Dark Knight Rises doesn't open until next summer, it's already been part of an extensive digital campaign. In July, the studios launched the first trailer for the movie via Facebook.
BREAKING: GoDaddy No Longer Supports SOPA (Mashable)
Mashable - Following a maelstrom of Internet backlash, GoDaddy has withdrawn its support of the Stop Online Piracy Act, the company announced on Friday.
"As a company that is all about innovation, with our own technology and in support of our customers, Go Daddy is rooted in the idea of First Amendment Rights and believes 100 percent that the Internet is a key engine for our new economy," GoDaddy CEO Warren Adelman said in a statement.
Only 26% of Consumers Think Facebook Storefronts Secure Against Fraud [STUDY] (Mashable)
Mashable - Facebook still has a long way to go when it comes to instilling trust in consumers, according to a new study that shows only 26% believe storefronts on the social network are safe against fraud.
The online survey, conducted by ThreatMetrix and The Ponemon Institute of a pool of 800 consumers this fall, revealed that 53% of consumers do not believe Facebook storefronts are committed to protecting them against fraudsters. Another 23% were unsure.
Xinhua website planning $158 million IPO: sources (Reuters)
Reuters - China's state news agency Xinhua plans to list its online portal in a 1 billion yuan ($157.8 million) stock market offering in Shanghai with China International Capital Corp underwriting the deal, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Friday.
Amazon 2012: What the Future May Hold for the Web's Largest Retailer (Mashable)
Mashable - For Amazon, it's going to be hard to top 2011. After all, this was the year the gargantuan online retailer launched a cloud storage service, opened the doors on its own Appstore, and released a tablet, the Kindle Fire, that happens to be selling like crazy.
Looking at the bigger picture, this was the year Amazon moved to unify its several disparate services into a full-fledged platform in its own right. The site -- though it's not just a site anymore, is it? -- already has a massive user base, and now its services are slowly turning more and more of them into something resembling loyal customers, or if Amazon's lucky, "members."
Soletron targets $60 billion streetwear market (Reuters)
Reuters - Soletron, a start-up backed by former Adobe Systems Inc Chief Executive Bruce Chizen, is building an online marketplace for streetwear and sneakers, a market that is worth almost $60 billion by one estimate.
Study Shows Pinterest Will Compete with Top 10 Social Networks [VIDEO] (Mashable)
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Pinterest, a social networking site with an "online pinboard" interface, has made great strides this year. According to Experian Hitwise, this invitation-only site now has 40 times the number of total visits it had six months ago, now finding its way into the top 10 websites in the category of social networking and forums.
US setting up online embassy to reach Iranians (AP)
AP - The Obama administration is setting up an Internet-based embassy to reach out to Iranians hoping to broaden their understanding of the United States.
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