
FAA followed Boeing's lead on 787 battery testing
Federal regulators let Boeing help write the safety conditions for the problematic battery system in its beleaguered 787 "Dreamliner," prescribe how ...

Netflix's 1Q subscriber gains catapult stock
Netflix's move to compete against traditional cable-TV channels with original programming is pulling in more subscribers to its Internet video service ...

Number-saving comes to Nigeria mobile phone market
To know what it is like to make a mobile phone call in Nigeria, ask anyone to turn out their pockets or upend their purses. One, two, three and ...
Google fined by German data protection agency
A German data protection agency fined Google Inc. 145,000 euros ($189,000) for illegally recording information from unsecured wireless networks — an ...

Lufthansa cancels about 1,700 flights amid strike
Ground staff at Lufthansa, Germany's biggest airline, walked off the job Monday on a one-day strike that prompted the company to cancel most of the ...

Automakers target Chinese buyers at Shanghai show
Global and Chinese automakers showcased family-friendly sedans and SUVs targeting coveted urban buyers at China's biggest auto show Saturday as ...

Boston travel: Trains, buses halted, planes flying
Mass transportation to and from the Boston area was virtually shut down Friday while police engaged in massive manhunt before capturing a suspect in ...
Nissan recalls SUVs to fix brake problem
Nissan is recalling more than 19,000 Nissan and Infiniti SUVs because a brake part can fail and make it harder for the driver to stop the car.

FBI issues photos of 2 suspects in Boston bombing
Plucking a couple of faces in baseball caps out of a swarming crowd, the FBI zeroed in on two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing and shared ...

Google's 1Q shows more progress in mobile ads
Google's latest quarterly results provided further proof that the Internet search leader is figuring out how to make more money as Web surfers migrate ...

UnitedHealth warns of Medicare profit squeeze
UnitedHealth Group, the largest provider of Medicare Advantage plans, warned Thursday that funding cuts for the privately-run versions of the federal ...
Marathon sponsors donating to victims of bombings
Several sponsors of the Boston Marathon have stepped forward to donate money to those affected by the bombings near the finish line, hoping to help ...

Tuning in: Twitter launches music app
Twitter has launched a service that lets people find music they like and tweet songs from iTunes, Spotify and Rdio. Twitter made the app available for ...
Yahoo adds 2 more applications to mobile arsenal
Yahoo is taking the next step in its effort to make some of its most popular services more appealing and accessible to the growing audience connecting ...

Nokia cuts losses but sales continue to plummet
Nokia continues to take a hammering in the smartphone market, with sales for the handset maker falling by 20 percent in the first three months of the ...

Verizon rakes in wireless fees in 1Q
Shares of Verizon Communications Inc. hit a 12-year high Thursday after it posted another quarterly report that showed its wireless revenue rising at ...
Ahead of the Bell: Google's 1Q hinges on ad market
Analysts and investors will be looking for what Google has to say about online ads, including those on mobile devices, as the Internet search leader ...

AP Interview: Israel's Olmert begins tech venture
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert joined forces Thursday with a leading Kazakh industrialist and an Israeli entrepreneur to launch a new ...
Earnings Preview: Google's 1Q hinges on ad market
Google' first-quarter earnings report, which arrives after the market closes Thursday, is likely to reveal how effectively the company is managing its ...

For Wash. government bean-counter, a pot education
Mike Steenhout knows spreadsheets, statistics and bean-counting. He has worked as a budget assistant to the governor, managed local operations for the ...
LinkedIn spruces up mobile app to widen appeal
Online professional networking service LinkedIn is dressing up its mobile application to impress people who are increasingly scrolling through content ...

Group says major companies involved in tax scheme
A Chicago-area transportation agency on Wednesday alleged that some of the nation's largest and best known companies including AT&T, Sears Holdings ...

Amazon nears debut of original TV shows
There used to be just one way for getting shows on TV. Networks would spend tens of millions of dollars ordering scripts and shooting pilots and then ...

Provo, Utah, next city for ultra-fast Google Fiber
Google will take over a troubled municipal fiber-optic system and make Provo, Utah, the third city to get its high-speed Internet service via ...

Taiwan tech industry faces up to Samsung
Taiwanese companies have long viewed tech giant Samsung as a major threat and the battle has recently appeared to tilt in favor of the South Korean ...