Information Technology
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Foursquare location service adds comment, photosDec 19, 2010 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Foursquare, a popular location-sharing service for smart phones, is now letting you upload a photo of that tasty burger you're about to bite into. You c...
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EBay to buy German online shopping clubDec 19, 2010 10:00 pm - BERLIN — EBay Inc. says it will acquire a German online shopping club for $197 million to strengthen the company's fashion business in Europe. The U.S. online marketplac...
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Gawker hack underscores flaws with passwordsDec 18, 2010 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — The fallout from a hacking attack on Gawker Media Inc. a week ago underscores a basic security risk of living more of our lives online: Using the same us...
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Facebook may make about 15 acquisitions next yearDec 16, 2010 10:00 pm - Facebook Inc., the world's most popular social-networking service, plans to make about 15 acquisitions next year, accelerating its dealmaking pace as it seeks engineers ...
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Research in Motion profit jumps as Blackberrys outsell iPhonesDec 15, 2010 10:00 pm - TORONTO -- Research in Motion Ltd., the maker of the BlackBerry, on Thursday said its third-quarter earnings jumped 45 percent as sales keep surging overseas despite tou...
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Oracle reports profit jump, bucking industry fearsDec 15, 2010 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Oracle Corp.'s net income jumped 28 percent in the latest quarter, its biggest increase in more than two years and another sign that companies are spend...
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Suburban dining discount site takes on GrouponDec 15, 2010 10:00 pm - BunchBite.com offers meal deals to help local charities
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Yahoo planning to end Delicious, Buzz after layoffsDec 15, 2010 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- The content-sharing site Delicious may not be on Yahoo Inc.'s shrinking menu of online services much longer. Although a final decision evidently hasn't ...
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Reports: Groupon seeking new funds after rebuffing GoogleDec 15, 2010 10:00 pm - Groupon Inc., owner of a daily coupon website with 40 million subscribers, is seeking funds after rejecting a takeover offer from Google Inc., three people familiar with...
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Twitter raises $200 mil., adds 2 board membersDec 14, 2010 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter has raised another $200 million to help its popular online communications service keep on growing. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, one of Silic...