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Online reviews site Yelp to go public (AP)

AP – Yelp is hoping investors give it a five-star rating, as the popular online review site plans to raise $100 million in an initial public offering.

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With Kindle Fire, Amazon’s digital ambitions burn (AP)

AP – Amazon’s unveiling of the Kindle Fire tablet computer sends a bright-hot message: The online retailer is ready to rival iPad maker Apple in an effort to be the world’s top digital content provider.

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Lady Gaga’s YouTube account is suspended (AP)

AP – Even one of online video’s biggest stars isn’t immune to copyright claims.

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Google going social as profit soars (AFP)

AFP – Google released blockbuster earnings figures along with word that more than 10 million people have already joined its freshly-launched online social network.

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LulzSec member says group is ‘bored’ (AP)

AP – A member of a publicity-seeking hacker group that sabotaged websites over the past two months and has announced it is dissolving itself says his group wasn’t disbanding under pressure from the FBI or enemy hackers.

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LulzSec hacker group says Internet rampage over (AFP)

AFP – Lulz Security hacker group said it has ended an Internet rampage that included cyberattacks on videogame companies, police and even the CIA’s website.

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Why daily deal sites need mobile apps to succeed (Appolicious)

Appolicious – Since Groupon introduced the concept of online daily deals to the masses two years ago, scores of like-minded sites in Chicago alone have entered what is now a multi-billion dollar industry.

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China’s Baidu invests $306 mln in travel website (AFP)

AFP – Chinese search engine Baidu has agreed to invest $306 million in domestic travel website Qunar as it seeks to cash in on the booming tourism market in China.

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Google’s Page makes first changes to management (Reuters)

Reuters – Google Inc CEO Larry Page streamlined decision-making in six key product groups, including social networking and mobile, as the Internet search giant revs up efforts to compete with Facebook and Apple Inc.

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