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Popular travel site TripAdvisor announced recently the launch of the TripAdvisor Apple Watch app which will be available from the App Store beginning April 24.

The app, with features designed specifically for the new Apple Watch, provides access to TripAdvisor traveler reviews, ratings and photos of hotels, restaurants and attractions.

Google dismissed European Union charges that it abused its dominant position as Europe's top search engine, downplaying its role as gatekeeper of the Internet.
      

A photograph posted on Facebook last Friday by noted local author Auguste Corteau, showing the man kissing his ? husband, was apparently too much for the world's foremost social media site, which promptly took it down.

Greece?s political and economic uncertainty has had a negative impact on sales of computers and information technology equipment in the country, according to a study by the IBHS research company, which forecasts a decline for the 2015-16 period.

This is a call to the government: Please do not hesitate to take Turkey off the Internet grid. It is the ultimate solution to all of your problems. I do not understand why our government is still trying to reason with small companies like Facebook and Twitter. Our government should not waste their precious time with these companies and their executives.

Bulgarian programmers are the leaders in the best reputation ranking on a global scale, as revealed by an analysis conducted by US media Venture Beat Monday.

The review has been based upon the expertise of 14,898 out of the 3,5 million programmers registered on the Stack Overflow Q&A platform for coders.

Turkey blocks access to "166 websites"

ANKARA -- Turkish authorities have ordered access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube blocked to prevent publication of images of a Turkish prosecutor killed last week.

Turkish authorities have blocked access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube over their initial refusal to remove photos of a prosecutor who was taken hostage by militants in Istanbul. After hours, the ban on Facebook and Twitter has been been lifted as both websites complied with the court ruling.

If the Lord of the Rings universe has the Battle of Helm?s Deep, the first epic clash in the famed Tolkien series, then Turkey?s highly polarized social media world has the virtual political battle of April 3, 2015.

More than six million followers of Turkey's former president Abdullah Gül saw a series of nationalist messages on his Twitter account after it was hacked on April 4.

Anonymous hackers who seized the verified account, @cbabdullahgul, posted Pan-Turkist messages, while also criticizing political Islam.