Ex-Groupon CEO working 9 to 5 on business album
| |Friday, May. 17, 2013
NEW YORK — Former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason is diving into several new ventures, including indulging his inner rock star with an album of "motivational business music."
NewsRight dismantles, transfers brand to Moreover
|Friday, May. 17, 2013
NEW YORK — NewsRight, an organization created to turn unauthorized publishers of newspaper content on the Internet into licensed customers, said it is disbanding and transferring its operations to Moreover Technologies, which monitors how Moreover's clients are portrayed in the media.
Review: Toshiba brings high-res screen to Windows
| |Friday, May. 17, 2013
NEW YORK — Last year, Apple added a visually stunning option to its MacBooks: screens with ultra-high resolution. These "Retina" displays reveal four times as much detail as any Windows laptop screen ... until now. Toshiba just released a new laptop line with a Retina-level display.
Hits and misses in Facebook's history
|Friday, May. 17, 2013
Facebook made its debut on the stock market a year ago on May 18 in one of the largest IPOs in history and the biggest for any Internet company.
A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus
| |Friday, May. 17, 2013
NEW YORK — It was supposed to be our IPO, the people's public offering.
Canada trying to lure Silicon Valley tech workers
|Friday, May. 17, 2013
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Canadian government has launched an aggressive campaign to lure Silicon Valley tech workers frustrated by U.S. visa policies northward, just as Congress wrestles with a long-sought overhaul of America's immigration system.
'Sonic' video games coming to Nintendo
| |Friday, May. 17, 2013
LOS ANGELES — Sonic the Hedgehog is rolling with Nintendo.
Syrian hackers compromise FT blog, Twitter feeds
| |Friday, May. 17, 2013
LONDON — A clutch of Twitter accounts and a blog maintained by the Financial Times were hacked Friday, the latest in a series of cyberattacks claimed by the Syrian Electronic Army, a pro-government group which has regularly targeted media organizations it sees as sympathetic to the country's rebels.
Correction: Tech Q&A: Law firm's custom email address locked in limbo
| |Thursday, May. 16, 2013
A company that overpromises what it can deliver should never deal with a lawyer.
Labor group says Apple making progress at Foxconn
|Thursday, May. 16, 2013
WASHINGTON — A labor group Apple Inc. joined to assess working conditions at three manufacturing plants in China, where its products are made, says conditions are improving. But employees are still working more hours than the country's legal limit.
Dell's dismal 1Q illuminates PC maker's challenges
| |Thursday, May. 16, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO — Dell's financial decay worsened during its latest quarter as the company slashed its personal computer prices in response to the growing popularity of smartphones and tablets.
Sector Snap: Makers of computer networking gear
|Thursday, May. 16, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO — Investors snapped up the stocks of companies that make computer networking gear Thursday after industry leader Cisco Systems Inc.'s latest quarterly earnings raised hope that business is picking up after a long stretch of lackluster demand.
Pa. coffee run leads to hatchet hitchhiker arrest
| |Thursday, May. 16, 2013
ELIZABETH, N.J. — Life on the run for the Internet sensation known as Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker ended when he asked for a cup of coffee.
UK court jails 4 Lulzsec hackers for cyberattacks
| |Thursday, May. 16, 2013
LONDON — Four young computer hackers who masterminded cyberattacks on targets from the CIA to Sony Pictures and Rupert Murdoch's News International were sentenced to up to 32 months in prison on Thursday.
Apple says App Store hit 50 billion downloads
|Thursday, May. 16, 2013
CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple says its customers have downloaded more than 50 billon applications from its App Store since its launch in 2008.
Lawmakers accuse Google of dishonesty over taxes
| |Thursday, May. 16, 2013
LONDON — U.K. lawmakers subjected search giant Google to blistering criticism Thursday, accusing the U.S. Internet company of playing games with Britain's tax rules to avoid paying what it owed.
Google challenger in Vietnam redirecting queries
| |Thursday, May. 16, 2013
HANOI, Vietnam — A Russian-financed search engine seeking to challenge Google's dominance in Vietnam is redirecting queries for some politically sensitive terms to the American company's search engine, apparently as a way of avoiding government anger or legal liability for sending surfers to sites containing criticism of the ruling party.
INFLUENCE GAME: Tech, labor spar on immigration
| |Thursday, May. 16, 2013
WASHINGTON — To the U.S. technology industry, there's a dramatic shortfall in the number of Americans skilled in computer programming and engineering that is hampering business. To unions and some Democrats, it's more sinister: The push by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to expand the number of visas for high-tech foreign workers is an attempt to dilute a lucrative job market with cheap, indentured labor.
New Zealand's top court takes Kim Dotcom appeal
|Thursday, May. 16, 2013
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand's highest court ruled Thursday that it will hear an appeal by Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom and three colleagues as they seek to avoid extradition to the United States.
Highlights: music, maps, photo, other Google tools
| |Wednesday, May. 15, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO — Google used its annual conference for software developers to unveil several new products, services and features. They include enhancements for online games, maps, search, music and photos and are meant to help the company cement its role in people's technological lives. Here's a look at some of the announcements made at Wednesday's keynote at Google I/O.
