Information Technology
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Mobile ads help grow Facebook's 1Q revenue 38 percentMay 03, 2013 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — A year ago, Facebook was just testing the waters of mobile advertising, causing plenty of headaches for investors ahead of its massive initial public offering...
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Solar plane leavesCalifornia on cross-country tripMay 03, 2013 3:52 pm - MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — A solar-powered airplane left Northern California on Friday for the first leg of a planned cross-country trip that its co-pilot described as a “m...
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U.S. Cellular now embraces iPhoneMay 03, 2013 3:24 pm - NEW YORK — U.S. Cellular, the only major U.S. wireless carrier to resist the iPhone, says it’s going to start selling it this year. CEO Mary Dillon announced the reversa...
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Barnes & Noble to add Google Play app store to its NookMay 03, 2013 6:29 am - NEW YORK — Barnes & Noble is teaming up with Google to vastly increase the number of apps available on its Nook HD tablets. The bookstore chain says it will add Google’s...
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Microsoft’s Skype infringed patents, company claimsMay 03, 2013 6:27 am - A New York technology development company said it sued Microsoft Corp. over allegations the software maker’s web-conferencing service, Skype, infringed encryption-relate...
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Teachers the target of online training programsMay 03, 2013 6:14 am - A leading platform for the popular “massive open online courses” offered by elite universities is moving into a new realm: the expansive field of continuing education fo...
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Intel taps COO Krzanich as chipmaker’s next CEOMay 02, 2013 11:13 am - NEW YORK — Intel said Thursday that it has chosen its chief operating officer, Brian Krzanich, as its new CEO. He will steer the world’s largest chipmaker in an era wher...
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Tellabs board names Tobkin chairmanMay 02, 2013 9:25 am - NAPERVILLE — Vincent H. Tobkin has been named chairman of the board of directors of Tellabs, succeeding Tellabs co-founder Michael J. Birck, who retired because of healt...
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Wheeling’s EZSave allows consumers to return multiple times for dealsApr 30, 2013 10:05 am - Wheeling-based EZSaveCard.com, which offers discounts at large and small suburban businesses, has updated its website featuring about 400 businesses and offers a new lif...
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Online poker is back: Legal website launches in NevadaApr 30, 2013 8:57 am - LAS VEGAS — Poker devotees will soon be able to skip the smoky casino and legally gamble their dollars away on the couch — at least in the state of Nevada. A Las Vegas-b...