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NEW YORK (AP) — AT&T is buying Mexican wireless company Iusacell for $1.8 billion and plans to grow in Mexico. The Dallas company said Friday that Iusacell has 8.6 million subscribers under the Iusacell and…
November 11, 2014 -
BERLIN (AP) — YouTube has amended a form used to resolve copyright disputes after the operators of a German web channel received death threats. The threats by alleged Islamic extremists came after Al Hayat TV,…
November 10, 2014 -
BRANDON BAILEY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft is offering free upgraded versions of its Office software for iPhones and iPads, as the software giant further embraces the so-called “freemium” strategy favored by…
November 10, 2014 -
LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The federal government on Thursday announced its first bitcoin securities fraud case, accusing a Texas man of engineering a Ponzi scheme by getting people to turn over…
November 07, 2014 -
TOM MURPHY AP Business Writer Palo Alto Networks has discovered a new form of malware that may have affected hundreds of thousands of Apple mobile device users, largely in China. The cybersecurity provider has named…
November 06, 2014 -
BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nearly everyone agrees that texting and driving is dangerous. Many people do it anyway. In an AT&T-sponsored survey of frequent drivers who text daily — regardless…
November 06, 2014 -
YOUKYUNG LEE AP Technology Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As Samsung’s smartphone business suffers a dizzying decline, another issue is vexing investors. Command of one of the world’s most valuable consumer brands will eventually…
November 06, 2014 -
NEW YORK (AP) — Wireless carrier Sprint says it is eliminating 2,000 jobs, or about 5 percent of its staff, as part of an effort to cut $1.5 billion in annual spending. The company said…
November 05, 2014 -
NEW YORK (AP) — In a story Nov. 1 about technology moguls in the commercial space business, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Elon Musk’s SpaceX operates three spacecraft: Dragon, Falcon Heavy and Falcon 8.…
November 05, 2014 -
MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Apple CEO Tim Cook’s declaration that he’s “proud to be gay” wasn’t exactly news in Silicon Valley, where his sexual orientation was no secret. But advocates…
November 03, 2014 -
MAE ANDERSON AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A mobile payment service backed by Wal-Mart, Best Buy and other leading retailers is defending its practice of prohibiting its members from accepting alternatives such as…
November 01, 2014 -
BROCK VERGAKIS Associated Press CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. (AP) — Crews searched for scorched wreckage along the Virginia coast Wednesday in hopes of figuring out why an unmanned commercial rocket exploded in a blow to NASA’s strategy…
November 01, 2014 -
ANICK JESDANUN AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — I dropped my cable TV service more than a year ago and have been relying on Netflix, Hulu and other services to fill my television needs.…
October 31, 2014 -
BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook grew its advertising revenue by 64 percent in the third quarter, helped by a boost in mobile ads that are becoming an increasingly large chunk…
October 30, 2014 -
JENNIFER C. KERR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — AT&T is being sued by the government over allegations it misled millions of smartphone customers who were promised unlimited data but had their Internet speeds cut by…
October 30, 2014