Google has opened up its 'Hangouts on Air' broadcasting capability to all Google+ users. Hangouts On Air were introduced last year with select high-profile members. The service allows as many as ten people take part in virtual roundtable style video chats broadcast for anyone to see. "Today we're excited to launch Hangouts On Air to Google+ users worldwide," said Google+ engineering director Chee Chew." So if you have something to say-as an aspiring artist, a global celebrity, or a concerned citizen-you can now go live in front of a global audience."

Facebook will set a target of raising $5 billion in papers to be filed on Wednesday for an initial public offering. The New York Times and International Financing Review said $5 billion is only a preliminary target, and the final size could be larger. Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook would seek to raise $10 billion at a valuation of $75 billion to $100 billion. At $5 billion, it would be the largest IPO ever by an Internet company, topping Google's in 2004 which raised $1.9 billion and valued the company at $23 billion.

News Corp and Moby Group have signed an agreement under which News Corp is to become a minority investor in the Dubai-headquartered media firm. According to the terms of the deal, News Corp will contribute its 50% shareholding in Broadcast Middle East (BME) for a minority shareholding in Moby. It will also provide growth capital to Moby for its expansion plans.

According to AFP around 200 Arabian bloggers involved in cyber activism will be gathering in Tunis to discuss the role of social networking and the internet in terms of political change and transition following the ‘Arab Spring’. The meeting is the third of its kind in the Arab world, following gatherings in Beirut in 2008 and 2009.

Egypt's Al Jazeera premises have been confiscated and the government has ordered a freeze on new satellite television permits after a meeting with top generals, MENA reported. Satellite channel Al Jazeera Egypt claimed the authorities had prevented it from broadcasting, after entering its offices and confiscating transmission equipment.

A new broadcasting FM radio service is being broadcasted in Libya by BBC Arabic. The radio station has been extended in efforts to provide local people living in the rebel cities of Benghazi and Misrata with the latest news.

An AFP report has stated that Wael Ghonim, the Google executive who has become a hero of Egypt's anti-government uprising, will be writing a book, “Revolution 2.0”, on how the revolution came about with the power of social media and Internet technology. Revolution 2.0 will be published on January 25, the first anniversary of the uprising.

Khaleej Times reports that Al Jazeera news channel has been given permission to reopen its bureau in Baghdad after it has been banned for more than six years for charges that it was provoking violence by militant groups, according to AFP. “No restrictions have been placed on them, only what applies to all media in Iraq, not to provoke conflict. It is now a procedural matter as to when they re-open their bureau,” according to an official speaking on condition of anonymity.