Information Technology
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Google hopes readers will 'flip' over new format
Sep 14, 2009 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google is testing a new format that is supposed to make reading online stories as easy as flipping through a magazine. The change eventually could ...
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Twitter changes service terms to 'leave door open' to adsSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Twitter Inc., the short-messaging social network, made changes to its terms of service that may allow advertising on the Web site as it searches for ways to generate rev...
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PlatinumTel announces more deals in pay-as-you-go marketSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - PlatinumTel, a no-strings nationwide wireless provider, has been in business since 2001. But in recent weeks, it's unveiled more plans to compete in the growing pay-as-y...
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Rhapsody streaming app approved for iPhones
Sep 09, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- RealNetworks Inc.'s subscription music service Rhapsody has been approved for use on iPhones and iPod Touches, the first time Apple Inc. has allowed an on...
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Palm to release cheaper sibling of Pre smart phone
Sep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Palm Inc., which revitalized its product line with the Pre smart phone launch in June, is hoping to keep momentum going with the release of a lighter, c...
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Craigslist and eBay become interior design musesSep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - After hours of scouring through the cheap and the ugly on Craigslist, interior designer MaryBeth Wilson found gold: two French-carved chairs with matching ottomans for $...
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Legal arguments pan, praise Google's book deal
Sep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Microsoft Corp., Yahoo Inc. and a prominent antitrust lawyer urged a federal judge Tuesday to block a class-action settlement that would give Google Inc...
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Twitter to add revenue-making product this yearSep 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Twitter Inc., the Web site that lets people post 140-character messages, plans to add services for businesses that will generate revenue in the fourth quarter, co- found...
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Congress weighs landmark change in Web ad privacy
Sep 07, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Web sites we visit, the online links we click, the search queries we conduct, the products we put in virtual shopping carts, the personal details we re...
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Co-founder departs Google-backed biotech 23andMe
Sep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- The direct-to-consumer genetic testing startup backed by Google Inc. is losing its co-founder months after the search giant upped its investment. Mounta...