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Twitter Tips for Beginning and Aspiring Tweeters

Twitter tips for beginners Twitter has long been the province of the technorati. But after its IPO last month, it’s a good bet that a whole new cadre of folks…

Review: New Camera Phones Notable in 2013

As I look back at the more than 100 tech products we reviewed in 2013, a handful of gadgets and services deserve a second look. It’s become clear that one…

Review: Apple Mac Pro Small But Super Powerful

Apple quietly slipped a shiny, new computer onto store shelves last week, and it’s super fast and really small. Geared toward pros as an engineering marvel, the new Mac Pro…

Steve Wozniak to be Featured Speaker at Local Search Association Annual Conference

The Local Search Association announced that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak will be the featured speaker at the 2014 Local Search Association Conference, April 27-29, in Huntington Beach, Calif. According to…

2014 Already Shaping Up as Year to Remember

Cold and snow for the Super Bowl, balmy temperatures and palm trees for the Winter Olympics. A college football champion that nobody can question and a golf major guaranteed to…

Top Business Story in 2013: Booming Stock Markets

It was an easy year to emulate Warren Buffett even as Congress almost wrecked the U.S. economy. U.S. stocks rocketed to new heights, and markets in Japan and Europe jumped,…

Google Files Countersuit Against Patent Holding Group Rockstar

Google has filed a lawsuit against an Apple- and Microsoft-backed patent group alleging its “patent dragnet” has damaged Google’s Android platform. Google says an ongoing litigation campaign by the patent…

Apple iOS Christmas Online Shopping Sales 5 Times Higher than Android

Every quarter Google has a larger mobile market share than Apple, but when it comes to shopping online, iOS users outspent Android users with sales five times higher on Christmas…

Fight for China’s Smartphone Customers Heats Up as Market Cools

When Apple began taking pre-orders from China Mobile customers on Christmas Day, it marked the successful end of a lengthy effort by CEO Tim Cook to get the company’s newest…

In Our View: Security vs. Privacy

This week’s court ruling regarding snooping on Americans by the National Security Agency brought to mind an oldie-and-not-so-goodie from Henry Kissinger. In 1975, when he was secretary of state, Kissinger…

‘Wolverine’ Extended Edition a Blend of Action, Emotion and Exposition

Marvel Comics’ favorite feral mutant returned to screens this year in another live-action blockbuster movie. Now available in the Blu-ray format, The Wolverine: Unleashed Extended Edition (20th Century Fox Home…

Commentary: The Year that Was in Tech

Is it the beginning or the end? As 2013 hurtles to its conclusion, the debate on 2014 has just begun: Is the tech industry on the verge of a renaissance,…

Sprint is Reportedly in Final Stages of Acquiring T-Mobile

Sprint Nextel Corp.’s Japanese parent company, SoftBank Corp., is reportedly close to acquiring rival T-Mobile from German communications company Deutsche Telekom in a deal that is expected to be worth…

Christmas Special: NORAD Tracks Santa

Of course, everybody knows Christmas Eve is a special night, but for one rather jolly gentleman who seems to enjoy the color red, it’s busy. Real busy. As Christmas Eve’s…

Beyonce Stops by Wal-Mart, Pays for Shoppers’ Holiday Gifts

And the “#BeyGood” season continues. Beyonce stopped by a Wal-Mart in Tewksbury, Mass., on Friday, shocking hundreds of holiday shoppers with her presence alone. But a simple appearance with hugs…