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By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In its five short years of life, Pinterest has become ‘the’ place where brides-to-be create wish boards of wedding china photos and do-it-yourself home renovators…
April 04, 2015 -
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — With recent government approval of potatoes that don’t bruise and apples that don’t brown, a new generation of genetically modified foods is headed to grocery…
April 04, 2015 -
By RYAN NAKASHIMA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Deeper blacks, brighter whites, even bigger screens and better sound. When the high-speed action sequel “Furious 7” debuts this weekend, audiences at Hollywood’s famous TCL…
April 04, 2015 -
By ANICK JESDANUN AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Since Apple shook up the music world with iTunes a little more than a decade ago, online music has exploded and become the central way…
April 03, 2015 -
HELSINKI (AP) — Swedish ferry operator Stena Line says it has converted one of its ships to enable it to run on methanol, testing the potential of the environmentally friendly fuel for the shipping industry.…
April 02, 2015 -
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The virtual streets of Google Maps are being transformed into Pac-Man’s chomping grounds in celebration of April Fools’ Day. Google added the option to convert its popular navigation service into the…
April 01, 2015 -
NEW YORK (AP) — Apple CEO Tim Cook said that so-called “religious objection” legislation being introduced in a number of states is dangerous and bad for business. The bills, like the one enacted last week…
March 31, 2015 -
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — From an office by the Brooklyn Bridge, a specialized team of investigators tackles a fast-growing concern in the nation’s biggest city: apartments being rented like hotel…
March 31, 2015 -
By KRISTIN J. BENDER and PAUL ELIAS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two former federal agents were charged with fraud in the theft of digital currency during an investigation into an online black market…
March 31, 2015 -
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A long legal battle over accusations that a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm demeaned women and held them to a different standard than their male…
March 31, 2015 -
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Altera’s stock soared to its highest price in nearly four years Friday on a report the chipmaker is in talks to be sold to industry leader Intel. The Wall Street Journal…
March 31, 2015 -
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Hunter Newby describes himself as a real estate entrepreneur, even if he’s not marketing houses or land. Instead, he’s selling space on a new fiber-optic transmission line to Internet…
March 30, 2015 -
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Download Periscope, Twitter’s just-launched live video-streaming app, and you’ll find people broadcasting all sorts of mundane stuff: waiting for AT&T to fix their wiring, getting…
March 30, 2015 -
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A jury decided Friday that a prestigious venture capital firm did not discriminate or retaliate against a female employee in a case that debated gender imbalance…
March 28, 2015 -
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook’s Messenger app is evolving into a multitasking tool equipped to send an animated fist bump to a friend at one moment and then get…
March 27, 2015