Netflix hoping for memorable Memorial Day weekend
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Netflix is hoping this weekend's release of the resurrected TV series "Arrested Development" will lock up more subscribers to its Internet video service....
News Corp. board approves split, stock buyback
NEW YORK (AP) -- News Corp. says its board of directors has approved plans to split its entertainment and publishing businesses into two separate companies....
Taiwan cuts growth forecast on muted export demand
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- Taiwan has lowered its economic growth forecast for 2013 to a muted 2.4 percent as global demand for the island's electronics exports remained subdued....
Pandora posts in-line 1Q loss, upbeat sales
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Internet radio company Pandora Media Inc. reported higher-than-expected revenue in the latest quarter, with losses in line with analysts' forecasts, as the number of subscribers who pay for ad-free listening more than doubled to exceed 2.5 million....
Prosecutor: IPad theft defendants ambushed victim
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Two men accused of killing a high school freshman who refused to let go of his iPad were like wild animals ambushing a weak victim, a prosecutor said Thursday....
Google to add Galapagos Islands to Street View
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Few have explored the remote volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago, an otherworldly landscape inhabited by the world's largest tortoises and other fantastical creatures that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution....
Review: Google music plan solid, serendipitous
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Google's new music service offers a lot of eye candy to go with the tunes. The song selection of around 18 million tracks is comparable to popular services such as Spotify and Rhapsody, and a myriad of playlists curated along different genres provides a big playground for music lovers....
Lenovo says quarterly profit up 90 percent
BEIJING (AP) -- Computer maker Lenovo Group said Thursday its latest quarterly profit rose 90 percent as sales of smartphones and mobile computing technology expanded....
HP's 2Q offers hope even as revenue slump deepens
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Hewlett-Packard is still scrambling to meet the growing demand for more versatile and less expensive mobile devices as a slump in its personal computer sales deepens, but the company's cost-cutting measures and focus on more profitable areas of technology appear to be easing the pain....
