Business News
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By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A U.S. firm that helps connect more than 700 companies with customers through social media says a Syrian group hacked the company’s web address to…
December 01, 2014 -
By JUSTIN PRITCHARD Associated Press Traveling by plane, train or automobile can be a headache. Mixing in Thanksgiving can make it a throbbing migraine. Technology provides some pain relief in the form of apps to…
November 28, 2014 -
By BRANDON BAILEY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hewlett-Packard Co.’s latest earnings report shows that despite three years of efforts to turn its business around, the venerable tech giant still has a lot…
November 28, 2014 -
By JUSTIN PRITCHARD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Against the team of hackers, the poor car stood no chance. Meticulously overwhelming its computer networks, the hackers showed that — given time — they would…
November 26, 2014 -
By BRANDON BAILEY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Cyber-security researchers say they’ve identified a highly sophisticated computer hacking program that appears to have been used by an as-yet unidentified government to spy on…
November 25, 2014 -
LONDON (AP) — Google has agreed to a settlement with a former Morgan Stanley banker who sued the search engine over defamatory Internet posts. Daniel Hegglin, a Hong Kong-based investor, went to Britain’s High Court…
November 25, 2014 -
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Silicon Valley seems to have more than its share of companies behaving badly. Among up-and-comers in the tech world, privacy abuses and executive gaffes have…
November 25, 2014 -
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The head of London’s police force said Sunday that as many as five terror plots were foiled this year, as he warned of increasing pressure on resources…
November 25, 2014 -
NEW YORK (AP) — Aereo, an online startup that tried to offer a cheaper alternative to cable TV, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection less than five months after an unfavorable ruling by the…
November 25, 2014 -
DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A child playing in Bucheon, South Korea. An empty crib in Absecon, New Jersey. Cattle feeding in Behamberg, Austria. Footage from more than 100 countries is being streamed…
November 24, 2014 -
MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo will supplant Google’s search engine on Firefox’s Web browser in the U.S., signaling Yahoo’s resolve to regain some of the ground that it has lost…
November 24, 2014 -
SUE MANNING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pet owners looking to launch the next Internet sensation or just longing for a new view of their dog’s dashing and digging won’t have to shop for…
November 20, 2014 -
HELSINKI (AP) — Uber is expanding its app-based taxi and ridesharing services in the Nordic region, to include the cities of Helsinki, Oslo and Copenhagen. The San Francisco-based company, which claims operations in 47 countries,…
November 20, 2014 -
BRANDON BAILEY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — WhatsApp, the globally popular instant messaging system owned by Facebook, has begun using a powerful new encryption program aimed at protecting users’ conversations from unwanted surveillance…
November 20, 2014 -
KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — There will only be a few hundred, and they won’t be cheap, but Toyota is about to take its first small step into the unproven market for emissions-free,…
November 19, 2014