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Snapchat Goes Public In Largest Tech IPO Since Alibaba

7:14pm March 02, 2017

by Sonari Glinton

The popular video messaging service Snapchat went public Thursday under the name Snap Inc. It's the largest tech IPO since Alibaba in 2014. But Snap faces big obstacles, including how to broaden its audience, boost advertising sales and fend off competitors.

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Parent Alert! Your Child Just Skipped Class

7:14pm March 02, 2017

In a study, automated text messages to parents reduced absences and the number of F's earned by high school students.

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The Global Mobile Internet Conference in Beijing in 2016. The Chinese government has released its first paper on cyber policy, which defends state control of Internet access in the country.

China Describes Its Vision Of Government-Controlled Internet

4:42pm March 02, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

In its first cyber policy paper, the Chinese government emphasize the idea that each country should govern the Internet as it sees fit, and insisted that the Internet in China is "fully open."

The banner for the Snap Inc. IPO is raised on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange. Snap Inc. is expected to start trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday under the symbol SNAP.

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Snapchat Parent's Stock Soars By 50 Percent On First Day Of Trading

1:36pm March 02, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

After pricing its initial public offering of 200 million nonvoting shares at $17 each, Snap Inc., saw the stock rise to more than $25 a share.

Otherlab is among the companies working with DARPA on prototypes for disposable drones.

Someday Disposable Drones May Deliver A Payload, Then Vanish

9:35am March 02, 2017

by Lucia Maffei

DARPA, the Pentagon's R&D agency, is working with partners to develop low-cost gliders that travel about 100 miles and disappear within hours. The vehicles could have humanitarian and military uses.

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Uber CEO Apologizes Over Video Of Dispute With Driver

6:21pm March 01, 2017

by Alina Selyukh

Uber's founder Travis Kalanick says he needs leadership help. The frank acknowledgement comes after video surfaced of him berating an Uber driver, and follows a blistering blog post by a former engineer who said she was subjected to repeated sexual harassment and the company failed to stop it. The question many are asking now is whether Kalanick can continue to serve as the public face of the company he created.

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In this 2015 photograph, Uber co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick speaks during the opening of the Digital Life Design Conference in Munich.

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After Video Of Dispute With Driver, Uber CEO Says He Needs To 'Grow Up'

9:53am March 01, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Travis Kalanick apologized Tuesday for his actions in a video posted this week, in which Kalanick had a heated argument with an Uber driver after the driver raised complaints about pay.

Visitors arrive at the cloud pavilion of Amazon Web Services at the 2016 CeBIT digital technology trade fair on March 14, 2016 in Hanover, Germany.

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Amazon Cloud Outage Disrupts Traffic For Websites, Apps

3:31am March 01, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

The cloud-computing service went down around midday on Tuesday, and Amazon said the issue was resolved just after 5 p.m. ET. Thousands of companies were affected by the outage.

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Ford Replaces CD Player With Streaming Music In New Vehicle

4:33pm February 28, 2017

by Sonari Glinton

For the first time in 25 years, Ford Motor Company is offering a vehicle without a CD player. The company will replace the CD player with streaming audio and video. As car companies compete to get out front on self-driving cars, they will also be providing more entertainment options.

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HMD Global Plans To Bring Back Nokia 3310 Cell Phone

4:33pm February 28, 2017

HMD Global will be relaunching the Nokia 3310, the iconic phone that originally came out in 2000 and became one of the best-selling mobile phones ever.