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Jul 09, 2014 (AFP)

Five nonprofit groups got word Wednesday that Google will help them fulfill visions of using the technology titan's Internet-linked Glass eyewear to do good. "G...

Amazon entices authors as fight with Hachette drags on

Jul 09, 2014 (AFP)

Amazon wants to put money in authors' pockets while the online retail titan battles with Hachette over terms of selling books handled by the publishing powerhou...

Tablets to overtake PCs by 2015: survey

Jul 07, 2014 (AFP)

Tablet computers will outsell personal computers by 2015 globally in another sign of the shifting tech landscape, a survey showed Monday. A report by the resear...

Etiquette gets reboot for digital age

Jul 05, 2014 (AFP)

The digital age has created a host of new etiquette dilemmas. What should you do when your boss sends a Facebook friend request? Is it OK to take and share smar...

China web firms odds-on winners with World Cup gambling

Jul 04, 2014 (AFP)

China's Internet giants and insurance companies are finding ever more innovative ways to get around the country's strict betting laws and reap a payout as fans ...

Open Internet threats loom: study

Jul 03, 2014 (AFP)

The future of an open Internet faces threats from government crackdowns, and "balkanization" resulting from growing concerns over broad electronic surveillance,...

Authors call on readers in Amazon book battle

Jul 03, 2014 (AFP)

Big-name authors are calling on readers to help them get out of the cross-fire in a battle between online giant Amazon and French publishing powerhouse Hachette...

Science journal says Facebook experiment 'a concern'

Jul 03, 2014 (AFP)

The scientific journal that published a controversial Facebook experiment on mood manipulation said Thursday it was concerned that the company did not follow sc...

Twitter buys mobile ad firm Tap Commerce

Jul 01, 2014 (AFP)

Twitter announced Monday that it has cut a deal to buy mobile ad firm Tap Commerce to bolster money-making tools at the popular one-to-many messaging service. S...

Internet TV startup Aereo suspends service

Jun 28, 2014 (AFP)

A US startup firm that allows subscribers to watch broadcast television over the Internet suspended its service on Saturday, three days after losing a Supreme C...

Google making low-cost smartphone for emerging markets

Jun 25, 2014 (AFP)

Google announced Wednesday it was working on a low-cost smartphone aimed at emerging markets as part of an initiative called Android One. The Android-powered ha...

US Supreme Court rules against online TV startup Aereo

Jun 25, 2014 (AFP)

A startup which captures over-the-air television for Internet viewing violates copyright laws, the US Supreme Court said Wednesday in a landmark ruling affectin...

France attacks ICANN as unfit for internet governance

Jun 25, 2014 (AFP)

France strongly attacked the US-based body that assigns internet addresses on Wednesday, saying it was not a fit venue for internet governance and that alternat...

New Microsoft-Nokia smartphone is... Android

Jun 24, 2014 (AFP)

Microsoft on Tuesday opted for the Android operating system from arch rival Google for its new Nokia smartphone, in a move aimed at regaining momentum in the co...

Malware worms its way into more apps: study

Jun 24, 2014 (AFP)

Malicious software is increasingly making its way into mobile phones through "cloned" versions of popular apps, and software weaknesses in legitimate ones, secu...

Yahoo grabs for Android smartphone homescreen

Jun 23, 2014 (AFP)

Yahoo on Monday ramped up its move to mobile, grabbing for Android smartphone home screens with an Aviate application tuned to where people are. Yahoo bought Av...

Making smartphones smarter with see-through sensors

Jun 23, 2014 (SPX)

Your smartphone's display glass could soon be more than just a pretty face, thanks to new technology developed by researchers from Montreal and the New York-bas...

Google Internet eyewear heads for Britain

Jun 23, 2014 (AFP)

Google on Monday made Glass available in Britain to early adopters willing to spend 1,000 pounds for a chance to dabble with the Internet-linked eyewear. The Ca...

Google, Microsoft to add smartphone 'kill' switches

Jun 20, 2014 (AFP)

Google and Microsoft said Friday they plan to join Apple in offering theft-deterring "kill switches" in their smartphone operating systems, as part of an agreem...

US warns of investment risks in Chinese Internet firms

Jun 20, 2014 (AFP)

Buying stock in online giant Alibaba or other Chinese Internet companies that bypass Beijing's restrictions on foreign ownership could be a big risk for investo...