Information Technology
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Facebook launching Trending Super Bowl for the big gameJan 31, 2015 6:35 am - PHOENIX - As Facebook's latest step into sports, the social media giant is launching Trending Super Bowl - a real-time hub for content from Sunday's game between the Pat...
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2 weeks after 'je suis Charlie,' Facebook censoring images of MuhammadJan 31, 2015 6:34 am - Only two weeks after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a strongly worded #JeSuisCharlie statement on the importance of free speech, Facebook has agreed to censor ima...
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Law enforcement wants popular police-tracking app disabledJan 31, 2015 6:33 am - WASHINGTON - Law enforcement is concerned that the popular Waze mobile traffic app by Google Inc., which provides real-time road conditions, can also be used to hunt and...
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Review: Hands-on with Microsoft's hologram deviceJan 31, 2015 6:32 am - REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft didn't use skydivers or stunt cyclists to introduce what it hopes will be the next big leap in computing technology. Instead, with its new Hol...
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Review: Good price, limited functions with online Sling TVJan 31, 2015 6:31 am - NEW YORK - Satellite TV provider Dish Network made a splash this month when it unveiled an online alternative with fewer channels and a lower price tag than its regular ...
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Internet awaits new federal rulesJan 31, 2015 12:00 am - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Whose Internet is it anyway? Tom Wheeler, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, says he's keeping that question in mind a...
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Auction site offers online bidding of luxury homes with local teamJan 29, 2015 12:00 am - An online auction site will feature a Tuscan-style luxury home in Burr Ridge during its March 18-20 online auction. The suggested opening bid is $1.25 million. Such bids...
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Alibaba spinoff likely to increase scrutiny on Yahoo CEOJan 28, 2015 12:01 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is losing a precious security blanket now that she is spinning off the Internet company's prized stake in China's Alibaba Group. ...
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After setting iPhone record, what does Apple do next?Jan 28, 2015 12:01 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Apple CEO Tim Cook says consumer demand for new iPhones has been "staggering" and "hard to comprehend." That helped the company report record-smashing ea...
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Facebook launching Trending Super Bowl for the big gameJan 27, 2015 10:00 pm - PHOENIX (AP) - As Facebook's latest step into sports, the social media giant is launching Trending Super Bowl - a real-time hub for content from Sunday's game between th...