Information Technology
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LivingSocial to begin selling merchandiseJul 17, 2012 1:03 pm - NEW YORK — Online deals company LivingSocial is adding merchandise to its offerings that until now have mostly been restaurant meals, weekend getaways and spa manicures....
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Nokia cuts U.S. price of flagship smartphoneJul 16, 2012 10:17 am - HELSINKI — Nokia has cut in half the price of the Lumia 900 in the United States in an effort to boost sales of its flagship smartphone running on the Windows Phone oper...
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Microsoft, NBC dissolve MSNBC.com joint ventureJul 15, 2012 10:01 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft is pulling out of the joint venture that owned MSNBC.com, freeing the world’s largest software maker to build its own online news service. The...
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What’s behind the TV channel blackouts?Jul 15, 2012 2:44 pm - LOS ANGELES — Channel blackouts such as the one that resulted from the recent spat between Viacom and DirecTV have become far more common over the past three years. Cons...
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Blackberry maker loses patent suitJul 14, 2012 8:39 pm - A federal jury in San Francisco has found beleaguered Blackberry maker Research in Motion Ltd. liable for $147.2 million in damages for infringing on patents held by Mfo...
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Judge: Sending live TV to iPhone not a copyright violationJul 14, 2012 7:52 am - NEW YORK — A startup company can continue to send live TV programming to iPhones and other mobile devices in the city despite objections from major broadcasters that say...
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Video game sales down for 7th straight monthJul 14, 2012 7:50 am - NEW YORK — A new report says U.S. retail sales of videogame hardware, software and accessories fell for a seventh consecutive month. Sales declined 29 percent in June to...
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NBC launches 2 apps to watch the OlympicsJul 14, 2012 7:49 am - NEW YORK — NBC launched two mobile apps that will let people watch Olympics events as they happen, look up athlete profiles and access other extra content on their iPads...
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San Francisco stops buying Apple computersJul 14, 2012 7:48 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Apple’s withdrawal from an environmental ratings registry has prompted at least one city — San Francisco — to stop buying its computers. The decision doe...
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Books and movies are over, but Potter magic lives onlineJul 14, 2012 7:41 am - NEW YORK — Shortly before the Harry Potter saga came to an end on movie screens a year ago, we were teased with more adventures about the young wizard through a website ...