Chattanooga touts transformation into Gig City
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A city once infamous for the smoke-belching foundries that blanketed its buildings and streets with a heavy layer of soot is turning to lightning-fast Internet speeds to try to...
View ArticleSony: PlayStation Network back online after 3-day outage
Sony said its PlayStation Network is back online after three days of disruptions that began on Christmas.But heavy traffic might continue to cause problems for customers seeking to play their favorite...
View ArticleSony Pictures CEO reveals the low-tech ways company had to communicate in...
LOS ANGELES — More than six weeks after hackers attacked Sony Pictures Entertainment, its computer network is still down but the studio has not lost a single day of production on any of its films or...
View ArticleHopes of RadioShack revival fade with stock to be delisted
FORT WORTH — The signal from RadioShack Corp., the company that introduced the first mass-market personal computer, is fading after years of heavy losses and the suspension of its shares.The...
View ArticleAmy Pascal steps down as co-chairman of Sony Pictures
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amy Pascal will step down as co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment and head of the film studio, nearly three months after a massive hack hit the company and revealed...
View ArticleRadioShack files for bankruptcy protection, to sell stores
NEW YORK — Struggling electronics retailer RadioShack has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and says it will sell up to 2,400 stores.General Wireless, a subsidiary of Standard General,...
View ArticleFCC head defends Internet neutrality rules on the road
NEW YORK — The head of the Federal Communications Commission is taking the defense of new Internet regulations on the road.Speaking at the Mobile World Congress wireless show in Barcelona, Spain, FCC...
View ArticleCan phone companies do more to block robocalls?
WASHINGTON — Jeri Vargas put her elderly mother on the “Do Not Call” list years ago. So why is the 88-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease still getting several recorded phone calls a day pitching...
View ArticleApple Watch not the only gadget out this week
NEW YORK — The public will have its first chance to see, touch and buy the Apple Watch on Friday, as Apple stores in the U.S. and eight markets abroad start previews and online orders commence.Prices...
View ArticleUSTelecom files suit against government's new Internet rules
NEW YORK (AP) — A legal fight against the Federal Communications Commission's new Internet traffic rules has begun.read more
View ArticleVerizon barges into online video, buying AOL for $4.4B
NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon is buying AOL for about $4.4 billion, advancing the telecom's push in both mobile and advertising fields.read more
View ArticleWhat Charter-Time Warner Cable deal could mean for consumers
NEW YORK — As the Internet has upended their business, cable companies have been racing to reinvent themselves as dominant broadband providers and distributors of online video.Charter Communications’...
View ArticleAs new owner of DirecTV, AT&T offers TV-wireless discount
NEW YORK — AT&T customers will save $10 a month and get a single bill for their TV and wireless services under a new package the company is offering after its $48.5 billion purchase of satellite TV...
View ArticleYou still use a landline? FCC voting on new phone rules
WASHINGTON — The copper network behind landline phones, a communications mainstay for more than a century, is going away, as cable and fiber-optics lines come along with faster Internet speeds.But the...
View ArticleOut with the old...iPhones? 4 ways to reuse, resell, recycle
NEW YORK (AP) — Each year, Apple dazzles its devoted fans with faster, sleeker, more powerful iPhones with better cameras and a bevy of bells and whistles. So, what's to become of last year's...
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