| Company behind magicJack to banish calling costs By PETER SVENSSON 2010-08-13T20:00:38ZNEW YORK (AP) -- The company behind the magicJack, the Internet phone gadget heavily advertised on television, has another trick up its sleeve: free phone calls from computers, smart phones and iPads.... hosted.ap.org |
Facebook sued in California over teen endorsements By 2010-08-27T20:59:38ZLOS ANGELES (AP) -- Two Los Angeles County teenagers are suing Facebook, claiming the social network effectively sold their names and images to advertisers without parental permission.... hosted.ap.org |
Nokia dumps CEO, turns to Microsoft exec By MATTI HUUHTANEN 2010-09-10T16:56:40ZHELSINKI (AP) -- Nokia Corp. is replacing CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo with Microsoft executive Stephen Elop as the world's top maker of mobile phones aims to regain lost ground in the fiercely competitive smart phone market.... hosted.ap.org |
Survey: Children like e-books, parents not so much By HILLEL ITALIE 2010-09-29T12:40:52ZNEW YORK (AP) -- Children are ready to try e-books, with some thinking that a bigger selection of electronic texts would make reading for fun even more fun, according to a new study. But a solid majority of parents aren't planning to join the digital revolution.... hosted.ap.org |
Facebook says apps transmitted user information By BARBARA ORTUTAY 2010-10-18T23:57:29ZNEW YORK (AP) -- The latest Facebook privacy fiasco shows that the world's largest online social hub is having a hard time putting this thorny issue behind it even as it continues to attract users and become indispensible to many of them.... hosted.ap.org |