Technoloy: Nokia, Microsoft complete $7.5B cellphone deal
HELSINKI (AP) — Nokia says it has completed the 5.44 billion-euro ($7.5 billion) sale of its troubled cellphone and services division to Microsoft, ending a...
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Technology: Google+ boss Vic Gundotra quits after eight years
The man who created social network Google+ is to leave the company, the search giant has confirmed. Vic Gundotra had been at Google since 2007,...
Technology: Facebook buys fitness app firm
Facebook has added a Finnish firm that makes a fitness tracking app to its ever-increasing portfolio of purchases. Helsinki-based ProtoGeo created the Moves app that...
Science: Risk of asteroid hitting Earth higher than thought, study shows
(Reuters) – The chance of a city-killing asteroid striking Earth is higher than scientists previously believed, a non-profit group building an asteroid-hunting telescope said on...
Technology: Huawei says reports of NSA spying won’t impact growth
(Reuters) – China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the world’s No.2 telecoms equipment maker, on Wednesday shrugged off analysts’ concerns that its growth will suffer from...
US: High court to hear dispute about TV over Internet
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thirty years after failing to convince the Supreme Court of the threat posed by home video recordings, big media companies are back...
Technology: Instagram users left frustrated and angry after photo-sharing website stops working
Many people took to Twitter to post angry messages and question why the site had gone down Users of the photo-sharing website Instagram have been...
Science: New technology unwraps mummies’ ancient mysteries
LONDON (AP) — The fascination with mummies never gets old. Now the British Museum is using new technology to unwrap their ancient mysteries. Scientists have...
Technology: In smartphone mass-market, Samsung, Apple have margins on their minds
(Reuters) – As the smartphone action shifts to the mass market, leaders Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Apple Inc are under pressure to make their...
Science: Birds of a feather: hummingbird family tree unveiled
(Reuters) – For such small creatures, hummingbirds certainly have racked up an outsized list of unique claims to fame. They are the smallest birds and...