The Huffington Post has continued to expand into new territories by launching a Japanese edition in partnership with daily newspaper Asahi Shimbun – the second largest in the country. With a daily print readership of more than 7 million, Asahi Shimbun hopes to combine such leverage with the Huffington Post’s brand and model to take advantage of a time when some of the Japanese public are said to have “lost faith” in traditional media.

The Guardian is to change its domain name to theguardian.com, reflecting a shift to a global digital approach and to further strengthen its presence worldwide. The UK site (guardian.co.uk), the US homepage (guardiannews.com), and the mobile site (m.guardian.co.uk) will be streamlined and all accessed via the new URL.

LONDON – Google has confirmed that the next version of Android will be called KitKat. KitKat like the trademarked name of the chocolate candy bar made by Nestle.