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Google snaps up Waze to add to mapping service
SAN FRANCISCO — Google is buying online mapping service Waze in a deal that keeps a potentially valuable tool away from its rivals while gaining technology that could improve the […]
Apple revamps look of iPhone, iPad software
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is throwing out most of the real-world graphical cues from its iPhone and iPad software, like the casino-green “felt” of its Game Center app, in what […]
Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr
SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times. The […]
Google unveils $10-a-month ‘All Access’ music plan
SAN FRANCISCO — Google on Wednesday launched a subscription-based music service, allowing users of Android phones and tablets to listen to their favorite songs and artists for a monthly fee. […]
Microsoft touching up Windows 8 to address gripes
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft is retooling the latest version of its Windows operating system to address complaints and confusion that have been blamed for deepening a slump in personal computer […]
YouTube says the battle with TV is already over
NEW YORK — YouTube vs. TV? YouTube says the battle — if there ever was one — is over. In a flashy presentation to advertisers Wednesday night, Google Executive Chairman […]
Microsoft escalates advertising assault on Google
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft is skewering Google again with scathing ads that say as much about the dramatic shift in the technology industry’s competitive landscape as they do about the […]
New Samsung phone to face stronger competition
NEW YORK — Samsung Electronics is taking to the Big Apple to reveal its next big challenge to Apple Inc.: a successor to its top-selling Galaxy S III smartphone. The […]
Google pays $7M fine to settle Wi-Fi privacy case
SAN FRANCISCO — Google will pay a $7 million fine to settle a multistate investigation into the Internet search leader’s interception of emails, passwords and other sensitive information sent several […]
Microsoft’s Outlook takes aim at Google’s Gmail
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft is so confident it has the Internet’s best email service that it is about to spend at least $30 million to send its message across the […]
Surveying the lay of the land at the Consumer Electronics Show
Smartphones, tablets, and large TVs dominate 2013 CES.
