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Pew study: Tablet users don’t want to pay for news

Last updated Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 7:34am

NEW YORK — Although tablet owners spend more time consuming news than poking around on Facebook, they’re reluctant to pay for news content.

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Q&A: Does Apple have to release health info about CEO Steve Jobs?

Barbara Ortutay, Rachel Beck, The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 10:19pm

NEW YORK -- Steve Jobs is the public face of Apple, but that doesn't mean investors get to know every last detail about the CEO's health.

Jobs announced this week he is taking his third medical leave from the company he started in 1976.

No date was given for when he will return. No information was provided about what was wrong. No interim CEO was named, though Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook will be responsible for Apple Inc.'s day-to-day operations.

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MySpace narrows focus to entertainment

Barbara Ortutay, The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 10:53am

NEW YORK -- MySpace, the online social hub that's been fighting to stay relevant in the age of Facebook and Twitter, is overhauling its image and its website into an entertainment destination for its mostly younger audience.

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(The Associated Press) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks about the social network site's new privacy settings in Palo Alto, Calif. on Wednesday.

Facebook adjusts privacy controls after complaints

Barbara Ortutay The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 6:03pm

NEW YORK -- In Facebook's vision of the Web, you would no longer be alone and anonymous. Sites would reflect your tastes and interests -- as you expressed them on the social network -- and you wouldn't have to fish around for news and songs that interest you.

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Google's operating system escalates Microsoft duel

Barbara Ortutay, Michael Liedtke

Last updated Wednesday, July 8, 2009 - 2:43pm

SUN VALLEY, Idaho -- Google Inc. is hoping to gain greater control over how personal computers work with its plans to develop a free operating system that will attack Microsoft Corp.'s golden goose -- its long-dominant Windows franchise.The new operating system will be based on Google's 9-month-old Web browser, Chrome. Google intends to rely on help from the community of open-source programmers to develop the Chrome operating system, which is expected to begin running computers in the second half of 2010.

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