Apps help parents track Halloween trick or treaters
(Reuters) – Parents worried about letting their children go trick-or-treating at Halloween can download new apps that track kids and send alerts when they venture...
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Google+ rolls out movie-making features, claims 300 million users
(Reuters) – Google Inc on Tuesday unveiled new technology that creates polished movies, complete with music soundtracks, from collections of home videos and photos that users post...
Motorola aims for do-it-yourself smartphones
(Reuters) – Motorola wants to let consumers design their own smarpthones. The Google-owned manufacturer has launched Project Ara to create a free, open and standardized...
Review: Curved phone falls flat, literally
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Galaxy Round created some buzz in the tech circles when Samsung announced it earlier this month, but no one...
Brazil to insist on local Internet data storage after U.S. spying
(Reuters) – Brazil, seeking to shield its citizens from alleged U.S. spying, is pushing ahead with its plan to force global Internet companies to store...
Apple’s iPhone sales, holiday quarter up for scrutiny
(Reuters) – Apple Inc’s iPhone sales and revenue forecasts, due to be released on Monday, may offer clues as to whether its low-cost 5C model missed the...
Analysis: Apple, Facebook options reflect hopes for stock gains
(Reuters) – The options market is reflecting a higher probability of large upside moves in Apple Inc and Facebook Inc stock when both companies report quarterly earnings next week. Stock of Apple –...
FBI on the hunt for eBay car ‘fraudster’
The FBI has issued wanted posters for a man they say is behind an eBay car scam that has netted $3m (£1.8m). Authorities in the...
Samsung sees $1.4 billion dividend payment from Corning deal
(Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co said on Friday it expected an additional 1.5 trillion won ($1.4 billion) payment from Corning Inc after the U.S. firm agreed to buy the...
Twitter IPO pegs valuation at modest $11 billion
(Reuters) – Seeking to avoid a repeat of FacebookInc’s much-maligned public debut, Twitter Inc revealed more modest ambitions, saying its initial offering would raise up to...