Google releases Chrome browser for iPhone, iPad

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google's Chrome browser can now be used to surf the Web on the iPhone and iPad. The Chrome application released Thursday is the latest volley in the escalating rivalry between Google Inc. and Apple Inc., which makes those two popular mobile devices. The announcement highlighted the second day of Google I/O, an annual conference that the company hosts ...

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Google to sell prototype of futuristic glasses

Google sells small tablet, challenges Kindle Fire

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Reno OKs tax breaks for Apple project

RENO, Nev. (AP) - The Reno City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved tax breaks to coax Apple Inc. to open two facilities in northern Nevada as part of a $1 billion investment over 10 years. The City Council agreed to the city's portion of a deal that includes $89 million in county, city and state tax abatements. Analysts say that's a 79 ...

Zynga expands game line up amid investor doubts on stratgey

CDC trying out free AIDS tests at drugstores in pilot program

Feds: Sting targeted online financial fraud

Quest Software gets higher takeover bid of $2.32B

ALISO VIEJO (AP) - Quest Software Inc. said Monday that it received a higher buyout offer worth about $2.32 billion from an unnamed buyer, ramping up the battle for the technology services provider. The most recent offer of $27.50 per share follows a string of increasing bids that began after the company announced in March that it was being bought by investment ...

Microsoft buying Internet startup Yammer for $1.2B to add Facebook style sharing

T-Mobile to buy, swap spectrum with Verizon

NEW YORK (AP) - Verizon Wireless on Monday said that it has agreed to sell some wireless spectrum rights to T-Mobile USA and swap others, in a continuing quest to get regulators to approve a bigger spectrum deal it has worked out with a consortium of cable companies and another wireless carrier.

Facebook names 1st woman, Sandberg, to board

New-home sales rose at fastest pace in 2 years

Hawaii’s island of Lanai depends on wealthy owner

HONOLULU (AP) - The 3,200 people living on a rural Hawaiian island that will soon be purchased by billionaire Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison have a laundry list of what they'd like to see him provide.

Executives admit that TV isn't everywhere yet

Executives admit that TV isn't everywhere yet

More Americans quit jobs, a sign of confidence

Opting for overdrafts means higher fees

Apple unveils music streaming service dubbed iTunes Radio

McCheap menu helps lift McDonald’s sales

NEW YORK (AP) - Cheap eats and new menu items helped McDonald's boost a key sales figure in May, bouncing back from a decline the previous month.

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Apple revamps look of iPhone, iPad software

Senate passes $500 billion farm bill

Dissent against execs in Wal-Mart's proxy vote

Microsoft hypes next-gen Xbox One games at E3

Business Briefs

S&P BOOSTS OUTLOOK FOR US GOV'T'S LONG-TERM DEBT: WASHINGTON (AP) - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services upgraded its outlook Monday for the U.S. government's long-term debt. S&P cited the government's strengthened finances, a recovering U.S. economy and some easing of Washington's political gridlock.

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Economy adds 175K jobs, jobless climbs to 7.6 %

Microsoft says used games will work on Xbox One

NEW YORK (AP) - Microsoft's upcoming Xbox One gaming console will be able to play used games, clearing up a worry among gamers and video game retailers such as GameStop, which trade in used games. That means video games discs users buy will not be limited to one Xbox One device, and players can share or trade in the games they have bought for other used games, just as they have been able to do ...

J.C. Penney launches new home department