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Google has begun to pilot a new mobile app called One Today. The app highlights a new charity each day and facilitates the donation of $1 to a particular nonprofit should the user choose to contribute.

YouTube's inclusion as a signal in the Billboard Hot 100 chart came in time for The Harlem Shake which rocketed to pole position thanks to the video site.

China has overtaken America as the largest single market for smartphones and tablets, according to information released by the app analytics firm Flurry

As more governments request access to Twitter's data the company warns that such requests are having "a serious chilling effect on free expression."

Despite trailing Google Maps for most of 2012, Facebook catapulted in popularity through the final quarter to become the number one mobile app in terms of monthly unique users.

Google has asked international governments to be more open with how they use legal means to get access to users' information. The call comes as Google releases its latest Transparency Report, which shows a steady increase in governments' requests for users' data.

It's amazing what can be done with raw data. YouTube user STLTransit has created over 40 visualisations of public transport activity across major cities and regions in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

What data have international governments asked Google for access to or removal of - let's have a look.

Google has warned that "Government surveillance is on the rise" in its latest Transparency Report which shows a dramatic increase in governments' request for access and removal of users' data.

Megaupload, a file sharing website that was famously shut-down at the start of this year, will be reborn in January 2013 as Mega.

Internet usage on the East coast of the United States spiked 114% on Monday as many workers and school-goers were confined to their homes during superstorm Sandy.

As Hurricane Sandy is expected to make landfall on the East Coast of the United States tomorrow, Monday, the Google Crisis Response team has assembled a Hurricane Sandy map to track its progress and provide updated emergency information.

Google has unveiled a new MacBook Air-esque Chromebook "for folks living entirely in the cloud" that will be available to purchase later this week for $249.

Here's how to get the most from your second screen experience without breaking the bank?

Second screen TV companion apps are alive and well. Today two separate services, TV Buzz and zeebox, announced the introduction of, and expansion of, their respective companion apps.

The world's largest technology companies, including Apple, Amazon, and Google, are driving the growing advertising spend; in spite of the recession.

In a month filled with important announcements from respective smartphone manufacturers, including Apple, Nokia, Motorola Mobility and HTC, comScore has published its Mobile Subscriber Market Share report that places Samsung ahead of all other device makers and Android miles ahead of all other mobile platforms.

Bing Maps has completed what it calls its "most ambitious mapping endeavor ever", collecting 30cm resolution imagery of every square inch of Continental United States - in just two years.

ComScore data shows that more Europeans use Outlook.com than Gmail but Google's email service is growing faster, although it's still not growing as fast as Russia's Mail.ru & Yandex Mail

Google and Amazon want to register 21 of the same Top Level Domains, including .APP, .BOOK, .BUY, .CLOUD, .MAIL. But who will get them?