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Analysis: Yahoo CEO's comeback plan homes in on technology, not media
SAN FRANCISCO - Marissa Mayer, who earned a reputation for decisive action and intensity during her 13-year stint at Google Inc, has spent her first months as Yahoo Inc CEO quietly moving the Internet pioneer back to its roots in technology. | Video
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LME signs deal on new trading surveillance software
LONDON - The London Stock Exchange's technology system supplier Millennium IT said on Monday it had signed an agreement to provide the London Metal Exchange (LME) with surveillance software which will allow it to analyze trading patterns.
Isis finally launches mobile payments service in two cities
NEW YORK - Isis, a venture of three of the top U.S. mobile providers, said on Monday it has kicked off its much-delayed mobile payments service in two U.S. cities and promised that as many as 20 phone models would support the service by year end.
Video-sharing applications put users in the picture
TORONTO - Text messaging is fast and efficient but a new video-sharing application aims to put users in the picture.
Thiel could invest $150 million in AirBnb
SAN FRANCISCO - Peter Thiel, the PayPal co-founder and Facebook Inc's first outside investor, is close to investing roughly $150 million in Airbnb in a deal that would value the lodging rental start-up at about $2.5 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
Apple drops Java after experts warn Mac users on its security
BOSTON - Apple Inc is removing old versions of Oracle Corp's Java software from Internet browsers on the computers of its customers when they install the latest update to its Mac operating system.
The tracks of my fears
Advertisers say that if they can't track you online, your favorite websites will die. They're wrong.