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Comcast + Time Warner Cable: One Broadband Giant to Rule Them All?
A merger between the No. 1 and No. 2 U.S. cable companies would face federal scrutiny
Why Apple Hasn’t Managed to Kill Pandora Yet
Pandora remains the king of Internet radio for now. The online music service’s position atop the sector has been in question ever since Apple announced it was launching a direct competitor, but Pandora has fended off iTunes
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Emojis, Exploding Coupons Could be Snapchat’s Future
The photo messaging service Snapchat has suddenly become the hottest app in the tech world. The two-year-old startup was offered a reported $3 billion cash buyout from Facebook last week, but turned it down. People were shocked
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Verizon, AT&T Challenged on NSA Spying
Shareholders urge the telecom giants to be more transparent about U.S. data demands
Steve Ballmer Doesn’t Want His Successor to Kill the Xbox, Bing
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief executive, is on his way out. But he made clear what he thinks his successor should do: Ignore calls to sell the company’s Bing search engine and its Xbox video game console business. Speaking …
NFL, MLB Warn of the End of Free Sports on Television
If startup Aereo prevails, Super Bowl and World Series could move to pay TV
Why Companies Are Thinking Twice About Buying American
John Chambers, chief executive of Cisco Systems, confirmed this week what many analysts had suspected following recent revelations about spying by the National Security Agency. Some customers are starting to think twice about
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Google Just Won One of Its Most Important Victories Ever
In a landmark decision, a federal judge has found that Google Books is protected by the “fair use” principle of copyright law
Candy Crush Saga: The Science Behind Our Addiction
A year after the game’s mobile launch, we still can’t stop playing. The app’s designer and psychology experts weigh in on exactly what makes it so irresistible
Google Beats Authors in Digitial Books Case
Win for tech company in fair use case
Dell (Yes, Dell) Is About to Make History
Now that Michael Dell has taken his company private after a brutal eight-month battle over the future of the company, is the company better positioned to turn itself around? Perhaps, in time. But until then it’s looking like Dell …