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The most recent fake store in Kunming, China was stumbled upon by a 27-year-old American blogger living in the city, the capital of China's mountainous southwestern Yunnan province, complete with the white Apple logo, wooden tables and cheery staff claiming they work for the iPhone maker, while the Chinese government has launched an investigation into fake Apple stores that have popped up around the southwestern city of Kunming.

Room rental service Airbnb has steadily gained in popularity, but still hasn't worked out all the kinks in its service. IBTimes takes a look at five of the biggest reasons to be weary using Airbnb.

AOL Inc's top advertising executive will leave the company as part of a revamping designed to turn around its advertising sales, AOL's chief executive told employees on Monday.

In seemingly perfect timing, ESPN released a highly entertaining "The Evolution of the Touchdown Dance" video on Monday

Room rental service Airbnb recently received a 112 million dollar investment, allegedly earning the company a $1 billion valuation. IBTimes takes a look at the five biggest reasons to be weary of using Airbnb.

Oracle suffered a setback in its Java patents lawsuit against Google when a court rejected damage claims worth billions of dollars. Oracle had filed the lawsuit last year alleging that Google infringed Oracle's Java patents in the Android operating system. Google disputed the claims.

Google's latest social networking site Google+ (or Google Plus) now boasts of over 20 million users but it surprisingly Business Profiles have nothing to do with it.

Social phenomenon Google+ (or Google Plus) now has over 20 million users, according to comScore, but it will be a while before businesses hop on board.

Google Inc has removed excerpts of customer reviews from sites such as Yelp and TripAdvisor from Google Places, its competing online service aimed at helping consumers search for local businesses.

The co-founder of Mattel and co-creator of Barbie has died. But the legacy of his remarkable products including Barbie and Hot Wheels lives on. Services for Handler will be held Tuesday, according to his daughter, Barbara, for whom the Barbie doll was named.

Each tech giant has their case for obtaining Hulu in leading its company toward dominance on the web. Apple seeks interest in possibly jumpstarting their Apple TV services. Google may have a similar case along with solidifying its social networking features on Google+. For Yahoo, the former premiere search engine website seeks a comeback in both traffic and revenue with Hulu as their missing piece of the puzzle.

Apple is in the early stages of considering a purchase of online video site Hulu, LLC according to reports on Friday.

Google has acquired Pittsburgh Pattern Recognition (Pittpatt), a company that has developed facial recognition technology, months after it backed off from rolling out a face recognition smartphone app called Google Goggles in its bid to outsmart Apple and Facebook.

Apple is in the early stages of considering buying online video site Hulu, LLC according to reports.

The maker of ExtenZe, known for its late-night penis-enlargement commercials, has agreed to pay $1.75 million in penalties to settle an unfair business settlement.

A new measure, signed into law by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, classifies beer as alcohol, limiting its sales at unlicensed kiosks and banning sales between certain hours.

Quiznos is on the verge of defaulting, but that shouldn't come as much of a surprise.

Ford made waves in creating the first company Google+ page, but don't expect its Google+ page to be exactly the same as its Facebook page.

Reality television star and model Kim Kardashian has sued Old Navy, claiming the company using a lookalike image of her in ads. She wants it to stop, and she wants damages.

Google Inc is introducing a credit card for its advertising customers, offering its clients a credit line to try and drum up business as competition in the online ad market heats up.

Michael Lee Johnson, whose Google+ (or Google Plus) ad was banned by Facebook last week, has responded by deleting his Facebook profile.