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HTC Incredible spotted in the wild?

Pictures of the latest Android-based smartphone powerhouse have started to surface on the web, getting users excited once more for handsets running the Google platform. Electric Pig

Twitter celebrates 10 billion tweet milestone

Less than half a year after the micro-blogging sensation passed the five billion tweet barrier, Twitter has flown past the 10 billion mark. Seems our love for the 140-character status update tool knows no bounds. The Washington Post

Penguin readying iPad-friendly books

Book giant Penguin is believed to be preparing titles to run on Apple's iPad. The company's chief executive is reckons that ebooks will account for 10 per cent of its sales next year. Paid Content UK

Virgin boss slams BBC Project Canvas

Virgin Media's chief executive has criticised the BBC's handling on its video-on-demand Project Canvas service. Talks about the project are ongoing and approval should be confirmed by the end of the month.

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Maggie Holland
Maggie Holland

Maggie has been a journalist since 1999, starting her career as an editorial assistant on then-weekly magazine Computing, before working her way up to senior reporter level. In 2006, just weeks before ITPro was launched, Maggie joined Dennis Publishing as a reporter. Having worked her way up to editor of ITPro, she was appointed group editor of CloudPro and ITPro in April 2012. She became the editorial director and took responsibility for ChannelPro, in 2016.

Her areas of particular interest, aside from cloud, include management and C-level issues, the business value of technology, green and environmental issues and careers to name but a few.