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Apple Settles Patent Suit With HTC
By NICK WINGFIELD
Apple and HTC have brought an end to their lawsuits against each other, in the first settlement between Apple and a maker of Android smartphones.
Oliver Luckett and his social media start-up, theAudience, offer celebrities a chance to build armies of fans across the likes of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Google Plus.
Apple and HTC have brought an end to their lawsuits against each other, in the first settlement between Apple and a maker of Android smartphones.
A number of firms that conduct their polls online had strong results. Some telephone polls also did well. But others, especially those that took methodological shortcuts, performed poorly.
Affairs are nothing new among Washington’s powerful, but in the digital age, it is nearly impossible to keep them from becoming splashy political scandals.
Biometric data-gathering — from palm scans to facial-recognition software — is all the rage. But consumer advocates worry that the public may be losing privacy.
From 1998 to 2001, Kozmo.com offered free delivery within an hour. Now, some online merchants and their delivery partners are inching back toward that vision.
Rap Genius has found roadblocks on the way to the definitive lyric resource.
A customer turned to the Haggler after prepaying for cellphone minutes — without knowing that there was a 90-day deadline for using them.
Jeff Weiner of LinkedIn says the company follows the “next play” philosophy of Duke University basketball — that the team shouldn’t dwell on celebrating recent successes or lamenting failures.
Many C.E.O.’s lament that recent college graduates lack specific, technical skills, but these employers should realize that a broad education has benefits, too.
For parents worried that their children may be spending too much of their young lives online, the storm provided a teachable moment.
Publishers in Europe and South America have joined anew in the fight against Google, arguing that it is picking their pockets every time it links to articles.
During Hurricane Sandy, social media both delivered and distorted the story.
Let’s devote one column to three big touch-screen products: the Barnes & Noble Nook HD, the iPad Mini and Windows Phone 8.
See whether you can answer a series of popular mobile Google queries — without reaching for your phone.
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