Nokia phone gets Whatsapp button

24 April 2013 Last updated at 07:25 ET Nokia has released a mobile phone with a dedicated WhatsApp physical button. The feature triggers the cross-platform messaging app which offers a free alternative to SMS texts. HTC and Nokia have previously...

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BitTorrent Sync challenges Dropbox

24 April 2013 Last updated at 10:13 ET Developers of the BitTorrent file-sharing process have opened an experimental data-synchronising tool up to the public. BitTorrent Sync uses peer-to-peer technology to send information between users' PCs....

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Virgin bill goes viral on Facebook

24 April 2013 Last updated at 11:44 ET By Zoe Kleinman Technology reporter, BBC News A broadband bill sent to a deceased man, which included a fine for late payment, has been shared more than 53,000 times by Facebook users. Social media experts...

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Microsoft clinches new Android deal

24 April 2013 Last updated at 12:33 ET Microsoft has revealed Chinese smartphone maker ZTE has become the latest firm to sign a patent licence deal linked to its use of the Android and Chrome operating systems. Although both systems are developed...

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Facebook 'must remove memorial page'

24 April 2013 Last updated at 18:03 ET By Jefferson Puff BBC Brasil, Sao Paulo A Brazilian judge has ordered Facebook to delete the profile of a 24-year-old journalist who died in May last year. The mother of Juliana Ribeiro Campos filed a case...

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Thumb-type keyboard takes on Qwerty

24 April 2013 Last updated at 22:03 ET Researchers have created a new keyboard layout which they claim makes "thumb-typing" faster on touchscreen devices such as tablets and large smartphones. Dr Per Ola Kristensson, from St Andrews University,...

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Clegg rejects 'web snoop' bill plan

25 April 2013 Last updated at 07:01 ET Home Office plans to store details of Britons' online activity will not happen while the Liberal Democrats are in government, Nick Clegg has said. The deputy prime minister told his weekly LBC radio phone-in...

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Discs reveal phone pioneer's voice

25 April 2013 Last updated at 07:45 ET The voice of Alexander Graham Bell has been identified for the first time, in a recording from 1885. On the wax-disc recording, the telephone inventor says: "Hear my voice, Alexander Graham Bell." The...

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Google offers clearer search labels

25 April 2013 Last updated at 08:15 ET Google has agreed to alter its search results in the light of a European investigation into whether it unfairly promoted its own services. The firm said that it will more clearly label results from YouTube,...

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Google searches predict market moves

25 April 2013 Last updated at 11:06 ET By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News The volume of Google searches for finance-related terms may predict moves in markets, research suggests. As the search volume on generic terms...

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