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Google unveils $10-a-month ‘All Access’ music plan
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google on Wednesday launched a subscription-based music service, allowing users of Android phones and tablets to listen to their favorite songs and artists for a monthly fee. The streaming service, called […]
Google unveils maps, photo, music features
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google’s sixth annual conference for software developers opened Wednesday with a chance for the company to showcase its latest services. Announcements include new features for online games, maps and search, a […]
ACT to start giving tests digitally
WASHINGTON (AP) — Goodbye, No. 2 pencils. Hello, iPads. Starting as early as spring 2015, the ACT college admissions exam will go digital, reflecting students’ tech savvy and the demand for quicker results. The tests […]
Warren Buffett leads annual meeting like no other
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Before facing questions from a crowd of more than 30,000, billionaire Warren Buffett has started the day being mobbed by fans. Berkshire Hathaway shareholders are treating the 82-year-old investor like a […]
How Siri and Google Now respond to 5 questions
With Google’s voice assistant now available on iPhones and iPads, The Associated Press used an iPad Mini to throw five test questions at Google Now and Siri on Monday afternoon in New York. Here’s what the two digital assistants had to say for themselves:
Apple to dole out $100B to shareholders
NEW YORK (AP) — Apple is finally opening the doors to its bank vault, saying it will distribute $100 billion in cash to its shareholders over two years.
Beleaguered caregivers getting help from apps
NEW YORK (AP) — A variety of online tools and apps are catering to people who care for friends and relatives who have Alzheimer’s, autism and other illnesses. Autistic youngsters are learning to communicate using iPads. A new app can help with medications.
To save endangered languages, tribes turn to tech
LAS VEGAS (AP) — In a windowless conference room in a Las Vegas casino, about three dozen people are swishing their fingers across iPads, trying out test versions of new apps and screening for glitches. Many are from far-flung American Indian reservations.
Analyst: 60-inch Apple iTV to launch this year
(AP) — It’s no secret that Apple wants to get into the living room by making its own TV set, and there have been plenty of rumors and reports about how and when it’s going to happen. Now, an analyst says he’s learned that the set will go on sale late this year.
Paralyzed ex-athlete’s foundation helping others
CLAREMONT, Calif. (AP) — As he rolls through the front door of the sprawling Claremont Club fitness center and shouts a friendly hello here and there, for just a moment it’s as if nothing has changed since Hal Hargrave Jr. was the big, friendly teenage gym rat who haunted this place.



















