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Waze CEO: We’re Completely Different from Google

“I’ve never worked at a large company. I never had a badge,” said Waze CEO Noam Bardin, who led the navigation company to acquisition by Google last year, addressing the…

10 Things You Need to Know About Digital Wallets

Barring a few changes — such as chip-and-pin technology, contactless payments — the standard mix of loyalty cards, credit and debit cards, and cash in a wallet is much the…

Forward & Back with the iPhone

The Huffington Post is onto something. In a recent report, the website listed seven things that the iPhone, first released to the public only seven years ago, has made obsolete…

Tech Industry: Obama’s NSA Reforms ‘Insufficient’

SAN FRANCISCO – Technology companies and industry groups took President Barack Obama’s speech on U.S. surveillance as a step in the right direction, but chided him for not embracing more…

Google Unveiled a Contact Lens that Monitors Glucose Levels in Tears

Google unveiled Thursday a contact lens that monitors glucose levels in tears, a potential reprieve for millions of diabetics who have to jab their fingers to draw their own blood…

Questions and Answers About Obama’s New NSA Rules

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is putting limits on the harvesting of Americans’ phone records and seeking revisions to a program that sweeps up email and Internet data around the…

Apple Launches on China Mobile with Blockbuster Sales Expected

China Mobile began selling Apple iPhones on Friday and marked the occasion with a visit from Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook to its stores. “Having fun in Beijing at the…

Europe Launches RoboEarth: ‘Wikipedia for Robots’

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands – Let the robot race begin. Expectations are high for RoboEarth, a new European-funded system to speed the development of human-serving robots. Scientists from five major European technical…

iPhones Account for 42% of Smartphones Owned in the U.S.

Apple’s iPhone is owned by more than 40% of smartphone users in the U.S., giving the Cupertino tech company a larger share of the national smartphone market than any of…

MPEG LA Announces License Terms for High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC/H.265)

HEVC Holds Promise for Mobile Video and Ultra High Definition TV Applications DENVER– MPEG LA, LLC announced today that a group of 25 companies have agreed on HEVC license terms…

Have a Favorite Super Bowl Ad? Website Lets You Relive the Memories

Remember the iconic “1984” Super Bowl ad from Apple? Or the ad that had Mean Joe Greene giving his jersey to a kid? Or the Larry Bird vs. Michael Jordan…

Judge to Apple: Reboot Relationship with Monitor

NEW YORK — A New York judge has urged Apple to reboot its relationship with a monitor appointed to analyze its antitrust prevention practices, saying disqualifying him is no solution….

UK Court Rejects Google Bid to Stop Privacy Suit

LONDON – Britain’s High Court has rejected a bid by Google Inc. to stop a group of Internet users suing it for breach of privacy. Several users of the Apple…

Apple Will Provide Full Consumer Refunds of At Least $32.5 Million for Kids’ In-App Purchases

Company Also Will Modify its Billing Practices Under FTC Settlement Apple Inc. has agreed to provide full refunds to consumers, paying a minimum of $32.5 million, to settle a Federal…

US Stocks Head Higher for a Second Day

Bank stocks are leading an early rise in the stock market after Bank of America reported a surge in earnings. Bank of America rose 3 percent after reporting that loans…