MICHAEL LIEDTKE – AP Technology Writer – Associated Press | Thursday, December 8, 2011 Twitter is changing to address a paradox about a service that revolves around messages limited to just 140 characters. As simple as it sounds, the concept remains too confusing and frustrating for a lot of people. A redesign is supposed to make Twitter easier to... 

Google is joining a crowd of companies packaging digital content in a magazine-like format for mobile devices. The Internet search leader released its version, called “Currents,” Thursday. It works on smartphones and computer tablets running on Google’s Android software, as well as Apple Inc.’s operating system and its iPhone and iPad. Currents is late to the competition. It... 

Blue Coat Systems, a provider of Internet networking and security products, says it has agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo in a $1.3 billion deal. Blue Coat Systems Inc. said Friday that its shareholders will receive $25.81 for each of the company’s stock they own. That’s a 48 percent premium over Blue Coat’s closing stock price Thursday. Blue Coat has been... 

PARIS, Dec 9 (Alertnet) – Governments worldwide must boost internet accessibility in order to nurture democracy and economic development, entrepreneur Loic Le Meur said at the prestigious LeWeb technology conference in Paris which he founded. The conference brought together some 3,500 of the world’s top digital experts and entrepreneurs from 60 countries to discuss the state of the... 

YouTube said Friday that it has acquired RightsFlow, a New York-based company that will help it identify the owners of music that people use in videos they post. The deal should help YouTube, which is a unit of Google Inc., manage the complex relationship it has with content owners, who are rarely consulted when their work is put up on the Internet for free. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. RightsFlow... 

Chloe Yu, Taipei; Adam Hwang, DIGITIMES Wednesday 7 December 2011 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), the largest mobile telecom carrier in Taiwan, will invest more than NT$6 billion (US$199 million) to expand its infrastructure for mobile communications in 2012 in an attempt to promote mobile value-added... 

Home » Balenciaga, Chanel, Christian Dior, Christian Louboutin, Fabrics Trends, Fabric Industry, Fashion Designer, Fashion News, Headline, John Galliano, Louis Vuitton, Tom Ford, Versace Posted by Bethan Holt, Fashion Junior at Large NEWS JUST IN: Just as I thought all the excitement was over for another week in fashion, I’ve just seen the breaking news on WWD that over $400,000 worth of Louis... 

Home » Balenciaga, Chanel, Christian Dior, Christian Louboutin, Fabrics Trends, Fabric Industry, Fashion Designer, Fashion News, Headline, John Galliano, Louis Vuitton, Tom Ford, Versace Posted by Bethan Holt, Fashion Junior at Large NEWS JUST IN: Just as I thought all the excitement was over for another week in fashion, I’ve just seen the breaking news on WWD that over $400,000 worth of Louis... 

Home » Balenciaga, Chanel, Christian Dior, Christian Louboutin, Fabrics Trends, Fabric Industry, Fashion Designer, Fashion News, Headline, John Galliano, Louis Vuitton, Tom Ford, Versace Posted by Bethan Holt, Fashion Junior at Large NEWS JUST IN: Just as I thought all the excitement was over for another week in fashion, I’ve just seen the breaking news on WWD that over $400,000 worth of Louis... 

Posted 12/06/2011 at 2:42pm | by J.R. Bookwalter It seems like the lazy part of December is upon us: The frenzy of Black Friday and Cyber Monday is behind us and the last-minute mad rush for holiday gifts is still a week or two away. So what’s a MacLife.com reader to do? Why not take a bite out of some tasty tech news from around the internet while you wait — here’s the latest...