Verizon becomes yet another dumb tech company
The carrier's whiplash reversal on a new service fee is the latest example of stupid customer relations
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Facebook accepting Citibank rewards points
Iran's recent military exercises in the Persian Gulf have sent the price of oil up, Citibank customers can now use their rewards points on Facebook, and the nation's largest cigarette-maker is launching a public relations campaign. Ashley Morrison reports.
Apple TV faces many challenges
The iPhone and iPad maker may be looking at developing its own television set, but it has some serious hurdles to jump
Verizon backs down from $2 "convenience fee"
With only four days left until the Iowa caucuses, no clear frontrunner has emerged in the Republican race. And, as Jan Crawford reports, GOP candidates are going to extremes to make up the minds of undecided voters.
5 tech bah-humbugs for 2012
A number of companies will find to some degree or other that 2012 won't be all they wanted
Free remote access to your PC from iPhone or iPad
If you forget a digital file at home, LogMeIn lets you grab it with your mobile device, and get on with your day
Travel "truths" that are really just myths
Your iPad can make your plane crash. Cruise ship prices are all-inclusive. Expert debunks these, other travel myths
Facebook to open new engineering center
Facebook will open an engineering center in New York City early next year, its first such office outside the West Coast.
Personalization: a blow against innovation
Personalization not only threatens privacy but the creativity that feeds innovation
Android crushes iPhone, makes Google $5 billion
The search giant says it activates 700,000 devices a day and reasonable estimates suggest it also makes a bundle in revenue
Verizon suffers through a second 4G outage
The number of people filing first time weekly jobless claims fell to its lowest level in more than three years, Walmart is pulling a popular brand of infant formula after a child died from a bacterial infection, and Verizon's 4G network went down for the second time in a month. Ashley Morrison reports.
Apple patents using apps during calls
Apple claims exclusive rights to another basic -- and elegant -- feature people expect in smartphones, whether they use it or not
Hold off extended warranties until you read this
Here are tips from consumer and product experts on how to make extended warranties work for you
Saudi Prince pumps $300M into Twitter
Shoppers have spent 15% more online compared to last holiday season, the U.S. homebuilder sentiment rose to the highest level in over a year, and billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal invested $300 million into Twitter. Alexis Christoforus reports.
Facebook is the biggest secret flop on the net
The social network giant is pathetically bad at making money from its users
Tennessee prison system head to resign after failed Christa Pike execution
Debris found of medical plane that went missing near Nantucket with 6 on board
Cornell president says school "must do better" amid criticism of its investigation
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Senior Trump administration officials met to discuss Iran war at Camp David
Trump urges daylight saving time bill supporters to personally call Sen. Cotton
Iowa approves pricy foreign-owned steel plant project in swing district
Zach Bryan wears "Free Palestine" shirt during concert at Gillette Stadium
More details emerge about FlyDubai co-pilot who tried to crash plane
