AFP - China has granted licences to 31 companies to provide web mapping services in the world’s biggest online market, an official said Thursday, but many foreign firms including Google have yet to apply.
AP - Google Inc. stepped on its Internet search accelerator Wednesday by adding a feature that displays results as soon as people begin typing their requests.
AP - Thursday marks the kickoff of the 2010 NFL season, and along with it, a renewed interest in fantasy leagues and video games that let Monday-morning quarterbacks feel as if they’re part of the action.
AP - Battling its Japanese gaming rivals on their home turf hasn’t been easy for Microsoft Corp. Its Xbox 360 game console runs a distant third in sales here behind Sony Corp.’s PlayStation 3 console and Nintendo Co.’s Wii.
PC World - Arm Holdings has taken the wraps off its next major chip design, promising a five-fold increase in performance that the company hopes will take it beyond smartphones and into new types of equipment such as high-performance routers and servers.
Mashable - One of the new features that Apple announced at its music event last week was AirPlay, a feature that lets users wirelessly stream their music to different stereo systems all over their house.
PC World - The spectrum shortage is forcing mobile operators to experiment more with pricing models, new technologies and partnerships, executives speaking at the Mobile Future Forward event in Seattle said Wednesday.
PC World - About 20 percent of mobile phone users said the antenna problem on the iPhone 4 caused them not to buy one. But more than 60 percent said it was because of Apple’s exclusive carrier contract with AT&T–and that they couldn’t use carrier Verizon Wireless–that they didn’t want the handset.
PC World - Printing 3D images can be an expensive undertaking (just look at Fujifilmâ??s Finepix Real 3D W3, whichâ??ll run you at least $500). But for those of us who can’t shell out a ton of green for a 3D camera and printer, toy company Takara Tomy has come out with a â??toyâ? 3D camera called the 3D Shot Cam thatâ??ll give you stereoscopic 3D images in a small form factor.
AP - For a dozen years, Google Inc. has been occasionally swapping its everyday logo for a “doodle,” a sketch celebrating holidays, inventions, artists and sporting events, and showcasing designs from contest-winning students.
UBS Sets Higher Price Target For Apple Forbes And UBS ( UBS - news - people ) raised its price target on shares of Apple ( AAPL - news - people ) to $350 as iPad sales continue to strengthen into the …
AP - General Motors Co. is testing software that would let drivers talk to their cars to update status messages on the Facebook social media website, as well as listen to Facebook messages, the company said Wednesday.
AP - Military bases across the U.S. have banned the sale of a new video game that lets a player pretend to be a Taliban fighter and “shoot” U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
AP - Oracle Corp. plans to pay newly appointed co-President Mark Hurd a base salary of $950,000 annually and said the ousted Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO is eligible for a target bonus of $5 million in the current fiscal year.