Twitter has launched a service that lets people find music they like and tweet songs from iTunes, Spotify and Rdio. Twitter made the app available for download from Apple's online store and also launched a Web version on Thursday. Twitter said the service will eventually be available The service uses information from Twitter chatter to detect popular tracks as well as new artists. Users who follow musicians can see other artists those musicians follow and can listen to 30-second clips of songs by them.
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The much talked-about new Honda NSX is still two full years away and we haven’t even seen the real thing yet (that’s the concept up there), let alone know its final prices when it hits showrooms in 2015. All these inconsequential issues didn’t stop over 20 British customers from placing deposits on the new car though.
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Can anyone stop LeBron James and the Miami Heat? For nearly two months during the regular season the answer was an emphatic no as the reigning NBA champions went on a 27-game winning streak, second-longest ever in the league. Now the National Basketball Association's top 15 other teams join the Heat in the league's second season - the playoffs, and beginning on Saturday a final answer will be given to the question that dominated the 2012-2013 season.
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Barcelona forward Lionel Messi was back on the training pitch on Thursday as he bids to rid himself of a hamstring injury before Tuesday's Champions League semi-final first leg at Bayern Munich. "The big novelty of this Thursday's training session was Leo Messi," Barca said in a statement on their website (www.fcbarcelona.es). The Argentine World Player of the Year damaged the muscle during Barca's quarter-final first leg at Paris St Germain on April 2, reports Reuters.
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Seattle Sounders coach Sigi Schmid will check on the fitness level of his Nigerian striker, Obafemi Martins, before deciding whether to include him in his plans for the team’s clash with Colorado Rapids tomorrow at the Dick's Sporting Goods Park. The Nigerian international missed Sounders last two games due to a minor knee injury and with the relegation battle heating up, Schmid will not want to take any chances as Sounders are yet to record a win in their last five games.
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says Olivier Giroud will not shirk the responsibility of spearheading the club's bid to secure a place in next season's Champions League. France striker Giroud came in for criticism for his failure to convert a number of chances in the Gunners' goalless home draw with Everton this week. Arsenal's failure to win that game opened the door for Chelsea to move above them into third place, although the places will be reversed if Wenger's side can beat Fulham at Craven Cottage, 24 hours before the Blues travel to Liverpool.
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The global demand for smartphones, which boast web connectivity, high resolution touch-screen displays and access to application stores is at an all time high. In Nigeria the case is not different as it is highly sought after by individuals ranging from corporate executives to housewives who feel the need to be at the top of their game. Perhaps, this informed the introduction of the L series II smartphones by LG Electronics, recently. The L series II according to LG, consist of the L7 II, L5 II and the L3 II. These mobile devices are all aimed at the budget-conscious consumer. The new Android Jelly Bean phones offer significant improvements on the previous models, including new, rounded and friendly design aesthetics. Overall, they are irresistibly beautiful as well as undeniably brilliant.
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With an Average Revenue per User of $7 (N1,090.25), the 144,492,384 active telecoms subscribers in the country spent about N401.25bn on voice calls and text messages between November last year and January this year. The 144,492,384 subscribers might have boosted the coffers of the telecoms service providers in January 2013 by over N157.5bn; while for December and November last year when the subscriber base was 113,195,951 and 110,348,131 respectively, telecoms firms would have made about N123.4bn and N120.3bn for the periods.
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Asian shares and oil prices climbed on Friday, but more soft U.S. economic data and mixed U.S. earnings sustained worries over global growth at the end of a volatile week that began with a broad sharp sell-off. European stock markets were seen recovering, with financial spreadbetters predicting London's FTSE 100 .FTSE, Paris's CAC-40.FCHI and Frankfurt's DAX .GDAXI would open as much as 0.3 percent higher. .L.EU U.S. stock futures were up 0.4 percent to suggest a firm Wall Street open.
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Dangote Sugar is one of the most profitable arm of the huge conglomerate owned by Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote. The company released its 2012 audited accounts posting a revenue of 106.8 billion naira ($668 million). Operational profit at the end of the period rose 49.5% to 16.3 billion naira ($100 million) raising post-tax profit to 10.8 billion naira ($63 million) at the end of the year or an earnings per share of about 90kobo per share (2011: 62kobo).
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