Tweet SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co is preparing a broad push to make it easier to print images and information from the Internet, building an iPhone-style apps market in the process, the head of the company’s imaging group said on Wednesday. See the original post: HP plans Web-connected printers without PCs  Read More →

Tweet KIHEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – Global shipments of smartphones may grow 50 percent this year and drive explosive expansion in high-end OLED display sales over the next five years, a Samsung Mobile Display executive said on Thursday. See the article here: Samsung unit sees firm smartphone market  Read More →

Tweet SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The Internet is a lifeline for Asian mothers, with a survey finding two-thirds use it to shop for themselves and their children and an even bigger number going online to research purchases and talk about them. Read the rest here: Asian moms hooked on Internet for children, selves: study  Read More →

Tweet TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese online mall operator Rakuten said on Thursday that it has agreed to acquire Buy.com Inc of the United States for $250 million, in a bid to expand its e-commerce business in the U.S. market. Original post: Rakuten to acquire Buy.com for $250 milionin U.S. push  Read More →

Tweet NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge has dismissed a plaintiff’s lawsuit against Apple Inc that accused company employees of waiting like “vultures” to spy on her every time she used an Apple laptop to access the Internet. Go here to see the original: Apple laptop user has "vultures" lawsuit dismissed  Read More →

Tweet WASHINGTON (AP) — Prohibition didn’t work with alcohol and it’s not working with Internet gambling now, say lawmakers pushing Congress to approve long-shot legislation that would legalize and tax online wagering…. Continue reading here: Lawmakers push to regulate, tax online gambling  Read More →

Tweet BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors are investigating Google Inc. on suspicion it violated privacy laws when it recorded fragments of people’s online activities through unsecured Wi-Fi networks…. More: German prosecutors probing Google’s mapping breach  Read More →

Tweet SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google plans to open a Web applications store in its Chrome browser later this year…. Follow this link: Google to polish Chrome with Web apps store  Read More →

Tweet WASHINGTON (AP) — Prohibition didn’t work with alcohol and it’s not working with Internet gambling now, say lawmakers pushing Congress to approve long-shot legislation that would legalize and tax online gaming…. See the rest here: Lawmakers push to regulate, tax online gaming  Read More →

Tweet WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two lawmakers who co-chair the House Privacy Caucus asked the Federal Trade Commission if Google broke the law in collecting WiFi and other Internet data while taking photographs for its Street View product. See the rest here: Lawmakers ask FTC to look into Google Wi-Fi data  Read More →