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Twitter IPO marks end, beginning in social media era

Sep 17, 2013 (AFP)

Is Twitter's stock offering the end of the social media era, or just the beginning? While Twitter appears to have carved out its niche in the social Internet, a...

Apple-Samsung patent partial retrial set for November

Sep 17, 2013 (AFP)

A US judge ordered a new trial for November to review a portion of the damages tossed out in the landmark patent case involving Apple and Samsung. Judge Lucy Ko...

Researchers Use Machine Learning to Boil Down the Stories that Wearable Cameras Are Telling

Sep 17, 2013 (SPX)

Computers will someday soon automatically provide short video digests of a day in your life, your family vacation or an eight-hour police patrol, say computer s...

Libya to tender for first private mobile licence: minister

Sep 16, 2013 (AFP)

Libya will launch a tender in 2014 for the award of the country's first private mobile phone licence, Communications Minister Usama Siala told AFP on Monday. Th...

Americans' phones grow as Internet connection: survey

Sep 16, 2013 (AFP)

A majority of Americans use their mobile phones to access the Internet, and a growing number use their handsets as their primary online device, a survey showed ...

Court case renews debate on US 'Open Internet' rules

Sep 15, 2013 (AFP)

Debate is back on in Washington on US regulations on "net neutrality" which bar Internet broadband providers from blocking or discriminating against services or...

Twitter IPO will be hot but with risks

Sep 13, 2013 (AFP)

Twitter is leveraging its phenomenal growth for one of the hottest stock offerings in years, but questions remain on its ability to sustain its breakneck pace o...

Dell shareholders approve deal to take company private

Sep 12, 2013 (AFP)

Shareholders of Dell approved Thursday a proposal led by company founder Michael Dell to take the iconic computer company private as it attempts to navigate a f...

New iPhone fingers security with prints over passcodes

Sep 12, 2013 (AFP)

With the swipe of a finger, Apple could jumpstart a new era of smartphone security and strip away fear of tending to banking or other business on mobile devices...

After delays, Dell sets new path under private buyout

Sep 11, 2013 (AFP)

After a bruising shareholder battle, Dell appears set for a new path under a private equity buyout aimed at reviving the fortunes of the former number one compu...

Apple tailors two new iPhones for world market

Sep 11, 2013 (AFP)

Apple on Tuesday unveiled two new iPhones, fielding a slick new top-end model along with one aimed at budget-conscious smartphone shoppers around the world. "Th...

Apple expected to expand iPhone reach with new models

Sep 09, 2013 (AFP)

Apple's highly anticipated event Tuesday looks to extend the reach of the iPhone to new markets as the tech giant moves to regain momentum in the smartphone seg...

Penn Develops Computer Model That Will Help Design Flexible Touchscreens

Sep 09, 2013 (SPX)

Electronic devices with touchscreens are ubiquitous, and one key piece of technology makes them possible: transparent conductors. However, the cost and the phys...

Microsoft plans Sept. 23 tablet computer event

Sep 09, 2013 (AFP)

Microsoft on Monday sent out invitations to a September 23 event at which it is expected to unveil new Surface tablets to challenge iPads and Android devices do...

Privacy fears cause more to cover online tracks: study

Sep 05, 2013 (AFP)

Amid growing fears about online surveillance and data theft, Americans are increasingly taking steps to remove or mask their digital footprints on the Internet,...

Apple said testing larger screens for future iPhones

Sep 05, 2013 (UPI)

U.S. tech giant Apple is testing iPhones with screens larger than those on existing models -- as big as 6 inches -- The Wall Street Journal reported. The Cupert...

Global 2013 smartphone sales to hit 1 billion: survey

Sep 04, 2013 (AFP)

Global smartphone sales are expected to top one billion in 2013, driven by low-cost handsets and gains in emerging markets, a research firm said Wednesday. Inte...

A smartphone that's a sight for sore eyes in Kenya

Sep 04, 2013 (AFP)

Simon Kamau, 26, has been in almost constant pain since he was a playful three-year-old and accidentally pierced his eye with a sharp object, but smartphone tec...

Ecuador seeks penalties for libel on social networks

Sep 04, 2013 (AFP)

The Ecuadoran government has proposed legal changes to punish libel disseminated over social networks like Twitter or Facebook, a top official said Wednesday. A...

SciTechTalk: Can e-readers survive a tablet computer onslaught?

Aug 31, 2013 (UPI)

Users of e-readers can be excused for wondering if they haven't embraced a technology headed for the graveyard of products overtaken by something brighter and s...