Technology News
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Facebook IPO shares tough task for small investors
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:22AM May 15, 2012 CommentCHICAGO (AP) — Hoping to get in on Facebook's hotly anticipated public stock offering? You'll need Facebook friends at very high levels — or a lot of money.
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Study: Phone co customer satisfaction evens out
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:09AM May 15, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — A study of customer satisfaction at the Big 4 wireless carriers finds no significant difference between them. That's because of improvements in customer service at Sprint Nextel Corp. and AT&T Inc.
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Revolving door: Yahoo ushers out another CEO
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:25PM May 14, 2012 CommentSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo still has credibility issues, even after casting aside CEO Scott Thompson because his official biography included a college degree that he never received.
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Yahoo soap opera features new cast of leaders
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:57PM May 14, 2012 CommentSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo's dysfunctional turnaround efforts have morphed into a Silicon Valley soap opera, one that has taken another strange twist with the Internet company's ousting of CEO Scott Thompson just four months after his arrival.
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Groupon reports smaller 1Q loss, higher revenue
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:45PM May 14, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Signaling a change of fortunes, online deals company Groupon Inc. posted a smaller net loss and sharply higher revenue in the first quarter, helped by increased demand from a growing customer base.
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Wireless startup LightSquared files for bankruptcy
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:39PM May 14, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — LightSquared Inc., which hoped to create an independent wireless broadband network in the U.S., filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday.
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Groupon shares soar ahead of earnings report
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:04PM May 14, 2012 CommentGroupon Inc.'s shares soared in trading Monday ahead of the online deals company's first-quarter financial report, which comes out after the market closes.
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Facebook CEO Turns 28, IPO Could be $100B Gift
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:15AM May 14, 2012 Comment
Facebook's logo.
NEW YORK (AP) — He famously wears a hoodie, jeans and sneakers, and he was born the year Apple introduced the Macintosh. But Mark Zuckerberg is no boy-CEO.
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Canon seeks full automation in camera production
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:53AM May 14, 2012 Comment
Sharp Shooter
TOKYO (AP) — Canon Inc. is moving toward fully automating digital camera production in an effort to cut costs — a key change being played out across Japan, a world leader in robotics.
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Facebook CEO turns 28, IPO could be $100B gift
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:31PM May 13, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Don't let the hoodie and sneakers fool you. Mark Zuckerberg is no wet-behind-the-ears CEO.
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Report: Yahoo CEO to step down amid resume miscue
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:18PM May 13, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson reportedly will step down Sunday amid controversy over mentions on his resume and in regulatory filings of a computer science degree he never received.
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Facebook updates data use policy to give more info
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:00PM May 11, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is updating its data use policy in an attempt to give people more clarity on how the company uses information they share.
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Facebook wraps up IPO road show in Silicon Valley
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:58PM May 11, 2012 CommentPALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other executives addressed about 200 prospective investors Friday at a hotel luncheon in Silicon Valley.
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Court won't order Google-NSA interactions released
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:25PM May 11, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has turned down a Freedom of Information Act request to disclose National Security Agency records about the 2010 cyberattack on Google users in China.
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Post Office Will Not Ship Laptops, iPads Abroad
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:24PM May 11, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is banning international shipments of electronics with lithium batteries such as smartphones, laptops and iPads, citing the risk of fire.
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Facebook in your mutual fund? It could be soon
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:08PM May 11, 2012 CommentBOSTON (AP) — Ask people what they think about Facebook, and you're likely to hear everything from "It's a terrific way to connect with friends and family," to "It's a colossal drain on time and productivity."
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Panasonic Loss Balloons for Record Red Ink
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:19AM May 11, 2012 Comment
Hi-definition playback, but not display, goes portable in this Panasonic player.
TOKYO (AP) — Panasonic's January-March losses ballooned 10-fold to 438 billion yen ($5 billion), completing a year of record red ink at the Japanese electronics maker battered by natural disasters and an ailing TV business.
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Source: Yahoo CEO says he didn't mislead company
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:03PM May 10, 2012 CommentSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is assuring his colleagues that he didn't supply the incorrect information that led the troubled Internet company to list a bogus college degree in his official biography, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Digital 'wallets' proliferate at cellphone show
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:57PM May 10, 2012 CommentNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Cash, coins and credit cards are so Twentieth Century.
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Bing to duel Google with Facebook-friendly format
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:47PM May 10, 2012 CommentSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft's Bing search engine is heading in a new direction as it drills deeper into Facebook's social network and Twitter's messaging service to showcase information unlikely to be found on Google.
