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Tech and Online Companies Disclose NSA and Government Security Requests

Posted: June 17, 2013 at 10:10 am

Now that the news behind PRISM has scared millions of consumers about privacy issues, companies are releasing figures covering how many requests local, state and federal governmental agencies have made. The ...
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How Not to Market a Product on Facebook

Posted: June 17, 2013 at 6:11 am

How does a large company market a product on Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB)? By using the Facebook page of one of its senior executives? Huawei is about to find out whether ...
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Apple Receives Nearly 5,000 Requests for Data from Law Enforcement

Posted: June 17, 2013 at 3:38 am

Why did one of the world's largest tech companies take so long? In another in several announcements from large tech companies about government demands for private information about customers and ...
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Microsoft Mini-Stores in Best Buy to Push Windows 8

Posted: June 14, 2013 at 6:13 am

Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) have decided to set a deal for the world's largest software company to have a store within a store, ...
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Google’s Takes Nearly a Third of Global Digital Ad Revenues

Posted: June 13, 2013 at 4:49 pm

The total amount spent on digital advertising in 2012 was just more than $104 billion. That total is expected to grow to $116.8 billion in 2013, and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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Is Gannett Making the Right Bet on the Future of Broadcast TV?

Posted: June 13, 2013 at 2:51 pm

Today’s announcement that Gannett Company Inc. (NYSE: GCI) would pay $1.5 billion in cash and assume more than $700 million debt to acquire Belo Corp. (NYSE: BLC) comes about two ...
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Nokia Suffers Yet Another Setback as Google Acquires Waze

Posted: June 11, 2013 at 12:15 pm

It is official news now that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has decided to acquire Waze to enhance and maintain its dominant position with Google Maps. The news was confirmed on the ...
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Apple Joins the Fast-Growing Online Radio and Music Streaming World

Posted: June 11, 2013 at 12:00 pm

Yesterday’s announcement by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) that its next version of the iOS operating system would include a streaming music service called iTunes Radio is perhaps a better indicator ...
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The Best Cities for High-Tech Jobs

Posted: June 11, 2013 at 6:50 am

One in every five jobs in the United States required a high level of knowledge in science, technology, engineering or math as of 2011. Since the industrial revolution, the share ...
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Japan and U.K. Recoveries Offer Other Economies Very Modest Hope

Posted: June 10, 2013 at 6:37 am

Recent information from Japan and the United Kingdom shows that accelerated recoveries from deep recessions are underway. There may be a way to track how these governments worked to turn ...
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What Financial Cost of the Disclosure of NSA Data Collection Systems?

Posted: June 10, 2013 at 4:32 am

The disclosure that the U.S. government tracks phone call patterns and a broad spectrum of data from large consumer-facing tech companies, which probably include Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), Google Inc. ...
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Google’s Mergers and Acquisition Machine: Another Win with Waze Deal at $1.3 Billion

Posted: June 10, 2013 at 4:11 am

The mergers and acquisitions process at Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) cannot be measured against those of most other companies. The search company is willing to take chances rivals would not ...
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TiVo Taps Google, Cisco, Time Warner for Patent Settlement

Posted: June 7, 2013 at 9:05 am

Confirming a report from last night, set-top box maker TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO) said this morning that the company has settled patent litigation with Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), Cisco Systems ...
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Google Says It Can Predict Movie Sales

Posted: June 7, 2013 at 6:52 am

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) can do nearly everything from search to maps that show people where they are, to providing the world's most popular operating system. It now claims it ...
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Privacy Rights Battle over Server and Phone Records Escalates — Was the Media Wrong?

Posted: June 7, 2013 at 3:52 am

Almost every large tech company with email, search and app capacity denied reports in The Washington Post and the Guardian that claimed the U.S. government tracked the activities of citizens ...
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