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Apple, Yahoo and Google Claim Right to Read User Emails

The UK’s Guardian has published a report that reveals the big email providers’ privacy conditions only stretch so far. The report explains how, along with Yahoo and Google, the fine print in Apple’s terms and conditions…

Yahoo Stock Surges in Anticipation of Alibaba IPO

Yahoo is benefiting once again from its stake in China’s hottest Internet company, Alibaba Group. Investors latched on to Yahoo Monday in anticipation of a huge windfall from Alibaba’s initial…

Bit by Bit, a More Fit Workplace

Nearly all of us need to make more time for fitness. Finding that time, though, can seem impossible. But what if you could wedge that workout in at work? If…

Yahoo, CMU to Announce Partnership for Work in Intuitive Technology

Imagine a mobile phone app that understands what you mean even if it’s not what you said, or a search engine that anticipates a question and answers it before you…

Yahoo’s 4Q Results Dragged Down by Revenue Drop

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer insists the long-stumbling Internet company has finally regained its stride, even though its revenue is still stuck in reverse. The latest evidence of the challenges facing…

Yahoo Tops List of Most-Visited Websites from Desktop Computers

Yahoo edged out Google, Microsoft, and Facebook to top a list of the most-visited websites in the United States, web analytics firm ComScore says. The ComScore list of the top…

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…

Major Tech Companies Unite to Fight Government Surveillance

Eight of the world’s largest technology companies have combined efforts to launch a website called “Reform Government Surveillance,” designed to expose and counter governmental violations of people’s privacy. The companies…

Marissa Mayer Unveils Yahoo’s Road Map for 2014

Marissa Mayer, chief executive officer of Yahoo!, said the U.S. Internet corporation’s future has a lot of news — as in apps, sites and acquisitions. Mayer told an audience at…

Obama to Meet with Tech CEOs Amid NSA Concerns

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is meeting Tuesday with executives from leading technology companies, including Google, Twitter and Apple. The White House says the meeting will focus on efforts to…

Tech Giants Call on President and Congress to Rein in Internet Spy Programs

In an unusual joint statement, leading Internet companies called Monday for new legal restrictions on government spy programs that the companies view as an increasing threat both to their customers’…

Apple Ruled Tech Headlines Through Year

Location of the uploaded file. Apple dominated tech news in 2012. Ho hum. Whether it was the maiden voyage of CEO Tim Cook in the post-Steve Jobs era, new products,…