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Google does not know if the Chinese authorities were behind a disruption in the company’s services on Thursday, chief executive Eric Schmidt said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. Schmidt said that although the Chinese government can “arbitrarily decide” the level of service Google can provide in China, the Internet giant does not know if it was responsible for the disruption [...]

Twitter wants to help you build your network. The micro-blogging service began rolling out a new feature Friday called “Suggestions for You” which directs users to other Twitter accounts they may find interesting. “With more than a hundred million users on Twitter, there are sure to be at least dozens of accounts out there that will reflect your interests,” Twitter said on its [...]

Google has agreed to delete all personal WiFi data gathered by its “Street View” mapping service in Hong Kong, in what the city’s privacy commissioner said was a first. The Internet giant is being investigated in a number of countries after the cars, which drive around taking photos for Google’s free online mapping service, mistakenly picked up the private information. After [...]