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Broadcasters display mobile TV dongles at NAB Show
The key weapon in TV broadcasters' fight with Internet video upstart Aereo is something inelegantly known as a dongle. The miniature TV antenna picks ...
Microsoft assault on Google shows industry shift
Microsoft is skewering Google again with ads and regulatory bashing that say as much about the dramatic shift in the technology industry's competitive ...
Broadcasters worry about 'Zero TV' homes
Some people have had it with TV. They've had enough of the 100-plus channel universe. They don't like timing their lives around network show schedules
Facebook tweaks Android phones to build new 'Home'
With its new "Home" on Android gadgets, Facebook is trying to prove that a company doesn't have to make a smartphone or operating system to define how ...
Facebook moves to home screens of Android phones
Facebook is unveiling a new experience for Android phones. The idea behind the new Home service is to bring content right to you, on the phone's home ...
Yahoo buys startup run by 17-year-old entrepreneur
Yahoo is buying London startup Summly, the maker of a mobile application created by teenage entrepreneur seeking an easier way to read news stories ...
Yahoo brings back 5 ex-employees in latest deal
Yahoo has bought Silicon Valley startup Jybe so it can bring back five of its former engineers to help the Internet company build better mobile ...
Monitoring your kids on Facebook? That's so 2009.
After Friendster came MySpace. By the time Facebook dominated social media, parents had joined the party, too. But the online scene has changed - ...
Facebook tries to stay hip with jazzier News Feed
Facebook doesn't want to be dismissed as an Internet has-been before its social network even enters its adolescence. In an effort to remain hip, it ...
China considers overhaul to streamline government
The Ministry of Railways operates ultramodern bullet trains but its singular focus on rail at a time of booming car ownership and air travel makes it ...
Tamagotchi returns: Electronic pet reborn as app
Tamagotchi is re-hatching as an app. Bandai Co. and Sync Beatz Entertainment are hoping to revive the electronic pet craze of the 1990s with a new ...
Yahoo CEO plans to prune company's mobile apps
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer thinks the Internet company will be able to please more people with fewer smartphone applications. Mayer told an audience of ...
Alone, together: Snowed in, in the age of hashtags
The East Coast woke up under a blanket of snow this weekend and collectively documented the experience on the myriad social and mobile inventions of ...
Zynga 4Q loss narrows as game maker cuts costs
Online games company Zynga said its loss narrowed in the latest quarter even though revenue was largely unchanged as the company cut expenses by ...
Ride-hailing apps offer new way to get around town
When Hesky Kutscher needed to get across town, he didn't call a taxi. He tapped a smartphone app called Lyft, which allows users to request car rides.
Review: BlackBerry Z10 is good stab at rebirth
Are you ashamed to have a BlackBerry? It's not exactly a status symbol any more, at least not in the U.S., after it got left in the dust by the iPhone
New BlackBerry won't be released in US until March
Research In Motion Ltd. unveiled new, versatile BlackBerrys after excruciating delays allowed Apple, Samsung and others to build commanding leads in ...
RIM changes name to BlackBerry, unveils 2 phones
After lengthy delays, Research In Motion Ltd. unveiled its first two phones with the new BlackBerry 10 system. The Q10 will have a physical keyboard, ...
OpenTable buys food photo-sharing app Foodspotting
Restaurant reservations site OpenTable says it is buying Foodspotting, a mobile app for finding and sharing photos of food, for about $10 million to ...
Video shows South Africa police shooting miners
Cellphone video of last year's massacre by police during a strike outside Lonmin's platinum mine in Marikana, South Africa shows one police officer ...
Crucial, long-overdue BlackBerry makeover arrives
The maker of the BlackBerry smartphone is promising a speedier device, a superb typing experience and the ability to keep work and personal identities ...
Review: Mega sharing service lacks versatility
New Zealand entrepreneur Kim Dotcom — still wanted by U.S. authorities on allegations of copyright infringement — launched a new online service this ...
Atari US files for Ch. 11 to separate from parent
Video game maker Atari's U.S. operations have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in an effort to separate from their French parent company, ...
Amazon makes MP3 catalog available to iPhone users
Amazon says iPhone and iPod Touch users will be able to buy music from its digital store for the first time beginning Thursday. Amazon.com Inc.
NRA shooting game no longer for preschoolers
A new shooting game for mobile devices by the National Rifle Association is no longer being labeled suitable for preschoolers. "NRA: Practice Range" ...