For Wambui Gitonga, her decision to give up work and be a full time mum introduced her to a new career.

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This year even my mum will be enjoying a techno-Christmas with both a 1GB memory stick for her digital camera and her first ever DVD player finding their way into her Christmas sack.

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As for whether or not Half Life 3 could be a launch title for the Steam Box, Newell was mum.

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Meanwhile Marie Claire's mum-to-be Emma Simkins penned why a pregnant CEO is great news for women.

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"Our friend's mum, we'll be sitting in the lounge and she buys a bottle of WKD for us all, " she explains.

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It's not common after a marital split for the dad to be the primary carer, but there's a good reason why I, the mum, am the weekend parent in my children's lives - it's called bipolar disorder.

BBC: Bipolar holiday

It used to be to deliver a delightful consumer experience and investors had confidence that when Steve Jobs was mum, it meant he had something up his magical sleeve to reveal on a predictable product launch cycle.

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Though they're clearly keeping mum on the subject, it does seem a delivery service would be in line with Google's recent moves in the commerce space, such as the acquisition of locker startup Bufferbox and e-commerce firm Channel Intelligence.

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She told family and friends that Jennifer would want to be remembered as "a bonnie lass, a sparkling young woman and, above all, the most dedicated mum you could imagine".

BBC: Jennifer Rennie