PayPal hopes to make micropayments easier online
By RACHEL METZ 2010-08-13T03:52:29ZSAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- PayPal wants to make it easier to buy low-cost digital goods online, whether it's a single article on a news website or virtual items in a video game.... hosted.ap.org |
New cables tie West Africa closer to Internet
By TOM MALITI 2010-08-30T16:52:08ZLAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- For a decade, West Africa's main connection to the Internet has been a single fiber-optic cable in the Atlantic, a tenuous and expensive link for one of the poorest areas of the planet.... hosted.ap.org |
Nokia chairman expected to stay on until 2012
By MATTI HUUHTANEN 2010-09-14T18:34:17ZHELSINKI (AP) -- Nokia Corp. said Tuesday that board chairman Jorma Ollila has signaled readiness to stay on at the helm of the world's leading handset maker until 2012.... hosted.ap.org |
Free speech group fights lawsuits vs. news sharers
By CRISTINA SILVA 2010-09-30T23:02:25ZLAS VEGAS (AP) -- A San Francisco group that defends online free speech is taking on a Las Vegas company it says is shaking down news-sharing Internet users through more than 140 copyright infringement lawsuits filed this year.... hosted.ap.org |
Netflix customer growth eclipses 3Q earnings miss
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE 2010-10-20T23:27:47ZSAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Netflix Inc.'s video subscription service won another horde of new fans in the third quarter, overshadowing a rare earnings shortfall.... hosted.ap.org |