Business Stories from December 15, 2012 (Change date)
-
Senate legislation targets cyberstalking softwareDec 17, 2012 5:14 am - WASHINGTON — For around $50, a jealous wife or husband can download software that can continuously track the whereabouts of a spouse better than any private detective. I...
-
Energy experts say drilling can be made cleanerDec 17, 2012 5:14 am - PITTSBURGH — In the Colorado mountains, a spike in air pollution has been linked to a boom in oil and gas drilling. About 800 miles away on the plains of north Texas, th...
-
South Korea’s porn fight ‘like shoveling in a blizzard’Dec 17, 2012 5:14 am - SEOUL, South Korea — Moon Tae-Hwa stares at his computer, dizzy and nauseous from the hours of porn he’s viewed online while his wife and children slept. He feels no sha...
-
Bad Apple Maps directions lead to desert in AustraliaDec 17, 2012 5:14 am - SYDNEY — The city of Mildura is not at the end of a dirt road in the Australian bush, in tire-choking desert sand far from food and water. Unfortunately, Apple’s much-ma...
-
Amazon starts selling Kindle E-books in China, joining BrazilDec 17, 2012 5:14 am - Amazon.com Inc., the world’s largest e-commerce company, has started selling E-books through its China site, a week after the company announced it was doing the same in ...
-
Twitter adds photo tools to mobile app in challenge to InstagramDec 17, 2012 5:19 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter unveiled tools to adjust the color, size and style of photos uploaded via applications for Apple iPhones and Android phones, as the social-media ...
-
Facebook has revolutionized gift-giving on the webDec 17, 2012 5:14 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — The Web is terrible at offering gift advice. Consider this scenario: It's your sister-in-law's birthday in a couple of days. She's one of those super...
Showing 11-17 of 17
previous