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Those sneaky Amazon.com Inc. engineers are at it again. While rumours swirled that Google Inc. was preparing to launch their cloud-based Google Music service, Amazon.com has gone right ahead and stolen their thunder with a streaming solution of their own!

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – We needed to change some money and buy some Gummi bears – though not necessarily in that order of importance. So we headed to the supermarket and upon emerging, realized that the car had died once again. “Can you help me push it?” asked Nixon. We got out and threw our weight against the massive Mitsubishi. It didn’t really budge. We tried again. A little crowd formed and some added their shoulders to the effort. Eventually, the car started rolling, but still it couldn’t start. “Keep pushing,” Nixon yelled from out of the window. “Er, Nixon, where do you want us to push it? There’s a busy intersection with oncoming traffic in front of you.”

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti is hot and getting hotter by the minute as election results loom. As if the posters plastered over every available surface weren’t enough, it’s almost impossible to avoid talk of the elections with anyone we meet.

Wall Street Journal | March 28, 2011 | Ray Brindal CANBERRA—Australia’s parliament has agreed on legislation that sets out the regulatory framework for the National Broadband Network, Minister for Broadband, …

The New York Times | March 27, 2011 | Heather Timmons NEW DELHI — When the British mobile phone giant Vodafone bought an Indian wireless company for $11 billion in 2007, …

Ahh PayPal, both a handy way to shift money around and a perpetual thorn in the side. Anyone who has used the service at any great length will no doubt have a story about the, shall we say, “quirks” that exist within the ubiquitous payment system.

The Internet has been abuzz with talks of near field communications and the future of the mobile wallet, and today Google Inc. announced a partnership that may take this buzz …

It seems like only recently the focus shifted from our obsession with Angry Birds for mobile, to the idea of mobile for the social good. Day three of CTIA focused …

There’s a lizard napping peacefully on top of my mosquito net as I type. He looks rested – almost as rested as I did this morning after a blissful seven hours of sleep.

Through an apparent scoop by the Home Shopping Network (of all people) we have learned that e-book retailer Barnes & Noble Inc. may be planning to launch their very own store for the popular Nook Color tablet.

From above, we descended on Haiti through the scattered puffy clouds, as the island’s lush green mountains rolled into view. As our flight descended further, the corrugated blue roofs of the slums, peppered paradoxically with pretty palms peeped into view – sunlight bouncing off the tin and bits of metal holding Port Au Prince’s ramshackle accommodation together.