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Dropbox hits 100m users, offers free storage space in contest

Online storage firm Dropbox has only been in the game four years, but already it’s managed to reach 100 million users. Dropbox was doing some celebrating on Tuesday with news that it has reached the 100-million-users milestone - that’s pretty good going for a start-up that launched only four years ago.

via: www.digitaltrends.com

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Russian Wikipedia protests internet censorship bill

Wikipedia has temporarily blocked access to most of its Russian-language site in protest of the proposed legislation in Russia to censor the internet. On Tuesday, visitors to ru.wikipedia.org were greeted with a black censorship bar over the website’s logo and a message telling them to envision a world without free access to knowledge.

via: www.rev2.org

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Father’s Facebook manifesto preceded fire that killed three in Quebec

Three charred corpses found early Tuesday after a suspicious blaze destroyed a family garage northeast of Montreal, may be the result of a double slaying and suicide resulting from a child-custody dispute. Sgt. Richard Gagne of the Quebec provincial police said the provincial force had been called by local firefighters at about 3 a.m.

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Barclays crisis ‘as bad as it gets’

The reputation crisis facing Barclays has been labelled ‘as bad as it gets’, as the bank faces a rapid switch in comms strategy following the departure of CEO Bob Diamond. Failure: Barclays tried to put ‘firewalls’ around Diamond Diamond resigned on Tuesday,…

via: www.prweek.com

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Facebook reaches $365K deal with Atherton

Facebook will pay Atherton as much as $365,000 in exchange for the town’s promise not to sue when the social network company significantly expands its work force in Menlo Park, according to an agreement unveiled Tuesday.

via: www.mercurynews.com

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Poverty forces some 1.4 million Brazilian children ranging in age from 5 to 14 to work, according to official figures released Tuesday on the World Day Against Child Labor. The figures were made public by the National Forum for the Prevention and Eradication of Child Labor,…

via: www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com

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