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Fewer People Using Twitter After Musk Takeover – Report

Research data suggests fewer people are using Elon Musk's X, but platform insists 250 million people are using X everyday

Jack Dorsey backed Twitter rival, Bluesky, surpasses one million global downloads, just four months since closed launch

Facebook's messaging service has hit 5 billion downloads, amid reports that it has backed off plans to insert adverts into WhatsApp

Business and retail customers in Rome, Palermo and Sanremo can enjoy the need for speed

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In its first 48 hours of being released, the Google Maps app for iOS has hit an impressive 10 million downloads

Java 7 is now available for consumers to download via the Java.com website, Oracle has revealed

The open-source Joomla content management system has now been downloaded 30 million times

Mozilla has announced its Mozilla Marketplace is now open for developer apps submissions for sale later this year

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Megaupload has been closed down and its organisers arrested in a multinational action led by the US Justice Department

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Software downloads and Apple security fixes needed to access iCloud puts strain on servers

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Apple is claiming its App Store currently boasts 425,000 apps and has passed the 15 billion download marker

Microsoft claims massive interest in Internet Explorer 9 but long-term dominance challenges lie ahead

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Piracy is robbing the music industry of its income, claims BPI, but rights activists dismiss this as 'whinging'