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Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY 12:27 a.m. EST December 17, 2013 Candy Crush, no. 1 downloaded Apple app of the year.(Photo: King) Story Highlights Communication apps reign in Top 10 Pandora is No. 9 despite new competition from Apple, Clear Channel and others YouTube is No. 2 SHARE 6 CONNECT...

December 16, 2013 05:57pm EST In lieu of holiday gifts, some people prefer to give money to a friend or family member's favorite charity. This year, Facebook is simplifying the process by rolling out easy donations to nonprofits. Visit any of the 19 participating organizations' Facebook pages...

On the Chinese calendar, 2014 is the year of the horse. On the roads of China, it could be the year of the Model S. After a slow start in the country, Tesla is taking orders in the world's largest car market and hoping to cash in on two trends that favor the automaker: The Chinese have a...

Alan Mulally’s candidacy for the top job at Microsoft Corp. (MSFT:US) threatens to overshadow car introductions at Ford Motor Co. (F:US) and raises the risk of internal strife among his deputies at the automaker. Keeping the focus on autos rather than management will be paramount as Ford plans...

GoogleNidhi Subbaraman NBC News Facebook Share on Facebook LinkedIn GooglePlus Email 13 minutes ago Boston Globe / Boston Globe via Getty Images Worcester Polytechnic Institute students received ATLAS, a 330-lb. humanoid robot, that they will use to compete in a DARPA robot competition...

Mobiles Technology News Digital Life NewsSamsung's Galaxy Core Advance. This post was originally published on Mashable. Samsung has announced a new smartphone in the Galaxy family, the 4.7-inch Galaxy Core Advance. Not to be confused with the 4.3-inch phone named Galaxy Core from May, the new...

It isn’t often companies have reason to cheer for a competitor’s deal. But if Sprint moves forward with a bid for T-Mobile US, as it is considering, AT&T and Verizon Wireless might not necessarily object to having a bigger rival to deal with. But that, in turn, might put the kibosh on any deal...

Dec 16, 2013 (ACCESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- New York, December 16, 2013 / Accesswire / - Market Buzz Report, which provides live alerts on penny stocks, issues critical stocks analysis for Apple Inc. /quotes/zigman/68270/delayed/quotes/nls/aapl AAPL +0.55% , Facebook Inc...

Facebook has introduced Donate, a new feature that makes it simple for users to quickly donate to charities. (Facebook / December 16, 2013) By Salvador RodriguezDecember 16, 2013, 3:02 p.m. Donating to charities on Facebook will now be as easy as "liking" their posts and pages. The...

December 16, 2013 05:15pm EST San Francisco is expanding its connectivity with today's rollout of free municipal wireless access along the city's busiest corridor, Market Street. Running from the Castro neighborhood to The Embarcadero, the three-mile stretch now provides no-cost Wi-Fi access...

Google recently acquired robotics company Boston Dynamics, its eighth robotics acquisition in the last six months. But the newest bots added to Google's bundle are a walk on the wild side. They say that a dog is a man’s best friend. So does that make BigDog, Boston Dynamic’s four-legged robot...

General Motors is planning to introduce a brand new electric in 2016, alongside the next-generation Chevrolet Volt which is scheduled to arrive the same year.According to Business Week, GM wants to develop a compact car that can run 200 miles on a single charge and carry a generator that could...

Twitter is reportedly testing a feature that shows users tweets sent by others near them. (David Paul Morris / Bloomberg / November 7, 2013) By Salvador RodriguezDecember 16, 2013, 10:55 a.m. Twitter is reportedly testing a timeline that shows tweets that were sent from a nearby location...

The exclusivity arrangement is over! Sony fanboys and girls can now savor the sweet taste of Minecraft PS3 Edition that Xbox 360 and PC owners have been enjoyed for months and years. It will taste so salty sweet, like the sweet dripping off the brow of someone who has spent 10 hours straight...

By Deepa Seetharaman DETROIT Mon Dec 16, 2013 12:24pm EST 1 of 2. Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally attends a gathering with members of the media at the Ford Conference Center in Dearborn, Michigan December 12, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Rebecca Cook DETROIT (Reuters) - Every Wednesday, Ford...

If you want something done, sometimes you just have to do it yourself. The city and county of San Francisco teamed up with Earthlink and Google nearly a decade ago to build what was planned as a citywide Wi-Fi network, only to see Earthlink retreat from its municipal Wi-Fi business in 2007. The...

KOREAN PHONE MAKER Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Core Advance smartphone on Monday, complete with ageing specifications. Samsung will release the Galaxy Core Advance in early 2014, and it clearly is aimed at budget conscious shoppers. This is confirmed by the handset's low-end specifications...

Ever wonder why most e-mail clients hide images by default? The reason for the "display images" button is because images in an e-mail must be loaded from a third-party server. For promotional e-mails and spam, usually this server is operated by the entity that sent the e-mail. So when you load...

   Print  Reprints  Respond Ford CEO Alan Mulally's candidacy to become Microsoft's CEO has faded in recent weeks. Thought Leadership   »   »   »   »   » Related Topics December 16, 2013 - 6:29 am ET DETROIT (Bloomberg) -- Alan...

27 mins ago Dec. 16, 2013 - 5:51 AM PST If you’re looking to buy a Kindle Fire HDX, but don’t want to plunk down the full $229 or $379 all at once, Amazon now offers a payment plan that lets you pay the tablet off in four interest-free payments over the course of nine months. Introduced on...