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MATTI HUUHTANEN Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Nokia is back in the fray. Just months after selling its ailing handsets business to Microsoft, the Finnish company is planning to go back into the consumer market…
November 19, 2014 -
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Google says it will buy the entire output of an 18-turbine, 62-megawatt Dutch wind energy project in the Netherlands to supply power to a major data center it is building. Company officials…
November 19, 2014 -
BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is launching a new free mobile app for its popular Groups feature that lets users create and interact with communities on the site, whether they’re…
November 19, 2014 -
MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The largest solar power plant of its type in the world — once promoted as a turning point in green energy — isn’t producing as much…
November 19, 2014 -
JACK GILLUM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — AT&T Mobility, the nation’s second-largest cellular provider, says it’s no longer attaching hidden Internet tracking codes to data transmitted from its users’ smartphones. The practice made it nearly…
November 18, 2014 -
BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is once again trying to simplify its privacy policy, largely to address criticisms that it’s too complex and lengthy for the average user. Laid out…
November 18, 2014 -
KIMBERLY PIERCEALL Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A legal battle between Nevada’s highly regulated taxi industry and ride-sharing company Uber has gotten complicated as two state judges laid claim to hearing the same case.…
November 17, 2014 -
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — BlackBerry is expanding its efforts to sell mobile-security software on its rivals’ smartphones and tablets to help counter the waning popularity of its own devices. As part of its strategy outlined…
November 17, 2014 -
JACK GILLUM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — AT&T Mobility, the nation’s second-largest cellular provider, said Friday it’s no longer attaching hidden Internet tracking codes to data transmitted from its users’ smartphones. The practice made it…
November 15, 2014 -
ANICK JESDANUN AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Android’s sweet new “Lollipop” flavor brings security improvements and easier ways to view and respond to notifications. The new Google software for mobile devices even lets…
November 14, 2014 -
BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One more time, Facebook is trying to simplify its lengthy privacy policy — and make it much shorter — to explain how it targets advertisements to…
November 14, 2014 -
BY MARLEY JAY AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A trade deal between the U.S. and China could end tariffs on $1 trillion in global sales of semiconductors, MRI machines, GPS devices, printer ink…
November 13, 2014 -
MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo is buying digital video advertising service BrightRoll for $640 million in the Internet company’s latest attempt to boost its revenue after years filled mostly with…
November 12, 2014 -
TOBY STERLING Associated Press KROMMENIE, Netherlands (AP) — A project dubbed “SolaRoad” gets underway in the Netherlands this week, testing roadways as a potential canvas to collect solar energy. Fittingly for the cycle-crazy Dutch, the…
November 12, 2014 -
NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft has unveiled a cheaper smartphone, costing about 110 euros ($135), as it eyes emerging and other low-cost markets for growth. The new model is the first Lumia smartphone under Microsoft’s…
November 11, 2014