Copyright 2013 http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 21:46:13 -0700 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:46:13 -0700 NBC Owned Television Stations http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Mark-Zuckerberg-Visits-Germany-208533291.html Wed, 22 May 2013 12:39:50 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*120/zuckerbergsubB.jpg
Mark Zuckerberg has been seen in Germany, but many are speculating why, according to a report.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Apple-to-Make-Macs-in-Texas-208529171.html Wed, 22 May 2013 12:33:38 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/180*120/146178356_8.jpg
Apple chief Tim Cook tells a U.S. Senate subcommittee that Apple will be creating U.S.-made Macs in Texas.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Eminem-Sues-Facebook-For-Song-Use-208372201.html Tue, 21 May 2013 13:32:10 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*120/eminemthumb1.jpg
Eminem's song publisher sues Facebook for unauthorized use of the rapper's music on a Facebook Home commercial.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Apple-Satisfaction-is-Waning-208362411.html Tue, 21 May 2013 13:30:56 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/AP130314123279.jpg
While most Apple owners say they are happy with their iPhones, they're not as happy as they were a year ago, according to a satisfaction survey.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Apple-Dropping-iPhone-Costs-in-India-208172641.html Tue, 21 May 2013 06:49:37 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*122/alg_iphone4-thumb-550xauto-54948.jpg
A new report says that Apple is offering trade-ins and discounts worth hundreds of dollars in India.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/10-of-Facebook-Users-Arent-Human-208095791.html Tue, 21 May 2013 10:37:57 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/194*120/FacebookFoxes.jpg
A study says that about 100 million of Facebook users are pets, brands or companies.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Facebook-Employees-Love-Mark-Zuckerberg-207912861.html Fri, 17 May 2013 13:13:47 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/180*120/118503913.jpg
A survey says that Facebook employees give their wunderkind boss a 99 percent approval rating since its IPO last year.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Facebook-and-Twitter-Launch-Google-Glass-Apps-207905681.html Fri, 17 May 2013 13:13:04 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/180*120/sergey-brin-project-glass-on-his-face-thumb-550xauto-91384.jpg
Both Facebook and Twitter launched Google Glass applications Thursday.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Send-Money-Through-Gmail-207746141.html Thu, 16 May 2013 11:37:43 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/215*120/GmailGoogleWallet.JPG
Google has combined Google Wallet and Gmail so that users can send money to friends, family or others through email.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Yahoo-Teams-Up-With-Twitter-207741011.html Thu, 16 May 2013 11:33:10 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*120/jobs4younetworking_640x480.jpg
Yahoo partners with Twitter to bring tweets to its news feed.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Apple-Ringleader-207496701.html Wed, 15 May 2013 16:27:51 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/180*120/stevejobs_dc.jpg
The U.S. Justice Department calls Apple the "ringmaster" in an e-books price-fixing conspiracy.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Larry-Page-Suffered-from-Vocal-Cord-Paralysis-207490951.html Wed, 15 May 2013 16:26:45 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/LarryPage1.jpg
Google chief Larry Page tells the world that he suffered vocal cord nerve problems for 14 years and led to vocal paralysis.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Google-YouTube-Second--and-Third-Largest-Social-Networks-207432221.html Tue, 14 May 2013 14:08:54 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/207*120/GooglePlus.JPG
While Facebook is the undisputed No. 1 social network, Google+ and Google-owned YouTube battle it out for second and third.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Rumor-New-iPhone-to-Get-S-207420681.html Tue, 14 May 2013 14:08:20 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/iphone51.jpg
The new iPhone 5S is rumored to come with a sapphire home button with a new fingerprint sensor.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Google--206884091.html Mon, 13 May 2013 06:04:27 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/203*120/GoogleEarthEngine.JPG
Google partners with the U.S. Geological Survey, NASA and Time magazine to create satellite pictures from 1984 to 2012.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Only-a-Million-Have-Downloaded-Facebook-Home-206882611.html Mon, 13 May 2013 06:03:40 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/zuckerberg1.jpg
Only about 1 million Android users have downloaded the Facebook Home software suite, according to the social network.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Facebook-to-Buy-Waze-for-1B-and-Beat-Out-Apple-206830411.html Fri, 10 May 2013 07:59:34 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/260*120/waze+lead+image+app+story.jpg
Rumors say that Facebook is close to paying $1B for social mapping and traffic app Waze, and just might beat out Apple for the acquisition.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Facebook-Phone-Now-99-Cents-206775781.html Thu, 09 May 2013 09:42:07 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/169*120/165537457_8.jpg
The price for the new HTC First with a Facebook Home skin has been slashed to only 99 cents with contract.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Foxconn-Wants-to-Build-Apple-TV-206543551.html Wed, 08 May 2013 06:54:49 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/foxconn-workers.jpg
Taiwanese manufacturing giant Foxconn wants less reliance on Apple, but may want to build its Apple TV.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Tesla-Talks-About-Partnering-with-Google-for-Driverless-Cars-206542881.html Wed, 08 May 2013 06:54:09 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*120/googlecar.jpg
Tesla Motors is considering adding driverless technology to its electric cars and is in now in talks with Google.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Facebook-Lets-Your-Friends-Double-as-IT-205912551.html Fri, 03 May 2013 08:52:07 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/203*120/TrustedContacts.jpg
Facebook launches "Trusted Contacts," where friends can help users recover their passwords.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Google-Hires-Chief-Game-Designer-205911451.html Fri, 03 May 2013 08:50:26 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/181*120/152807919.jpeg
Google hires a chief game designer -- Noah Falstein, a veteran who's worked at LucasArts and Dreamworks Interactive.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/JCPenney-Apologizes-for-Former-Apple-Retail-Chief-Ron-Johnson-205850831.html Thu, 02 May 2013 14:08:49 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/179*120/RonJohnson.jpg
J. C. Penney launches national ads to apologize to customers for changes made under its former chief executive officer Ron Johnson, who had been hired away from Apple.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Facebook-Profits-Rise-US-Users-Drop-205847391.html Thu, 02 May 2013 13:40:20 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/zukerberg.JPG
Facebook announced its quarterly results and

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Google-Glass-Hacked-205516011.html Wed, 01 May 2013 07:19:10 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/212*120/AP560366379354.jpg
After only a few days of the Google Glass prototype being available, a developer shows how the device can be hacked.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Facebook-Rejects-Ad-Criticizing-Zuckerberg-PAC-205514201.html Wed, 01 May 2013 07:17:55 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/zuckerberg1.jpg
A report says that Facebook rejected an advertisement from a group criticizing Fwd.us, a political action committee started by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Apples-New-iOS-7-Wants-to-Drive-Your-Car-205429381.html Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:57:28 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*160/8428a21e3cae11e2996722000a9f18fe7.jpg
Apple wants to get inside cars and will use its new iOS 7 to embed Siri and Maps, according to reports.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Google-Glass-Starts-to-Appear-205440211.html Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:51:59 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*160/GoogleGlassSassy.jpg
The first shipment of Google Glass prototypes has been received by owners, as evidenced by their many pictures of themselves on social media.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/After-23B-Cash-Out-Mark-Zuckerberg-Takes-1-Salary-205180301.html Mon, 29 Apr 2013 06:40:47 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/180*120/118503913.jpg
After cashing in $2.3 billion of shares, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg decides to take $1 a year salary as chief executive.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Google-Can-Predict--205175951.html Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:45:54 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/180*120/New+Image31.JPG
Google search terms can predict the flu, travel plans and now apparently the stock market, according to a new report.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Facebook-Buys-Startup-Parse-204805751.html Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:42:43 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/175*120/165537345_8.jpg
Facebook reportedly acquires mobile app builder Parse for $85 million in cash and stock.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Google-Fiber-Heats-Up-Competition-204804691.html Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:40:51 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/170*120/GoogleFiber.jpg
Prices for cable drop and and free Wi-Fi show up in Google Fiber cities.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Government-Censorship-Requests-Jump-20-Percent-204720061.html Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:02:24 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*128/GoogleRequests2012.jpg
In the last six months, Google's government censorship requests have risen 20 percent and seem to continue to grow each year.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Hacker-Comex-Fired-from-Apple-Goes-to-Google-204716711.html Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:54:46 -0700 Andrea Vascellari on Flickr]]> http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*120/googleandapple.jpg
iPhone hacker Comex, who was let go from Apple after not answering an email, is now going to be working at Google.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/A-Facebook-Fan-is-Worth-174-204404261.html Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:13:35 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/219*120/facebook7.jpg
A social media marketing firm says the average Facebook fan is worth $174.17.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Google-Buys-Wavii-for--204402031.html Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:12:17 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*160/c685b4c8a7e111e2852322000a9e288c7.jpg
Reports say Google bought Wavii, a language processing startup, for more than $30 million.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/iPhone-Users-Get-15-for-Apple-Antenna-Settlement-204326071.html Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:10:39 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*120/AppleCheck.jpg
Apple iPhone 4 users get their $15 checks from Apple's $53 million settlement over its antenna problems.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Apple-iCloud-204311261.html Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:03:43 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/165*120/Apple-iCloud-details-thumb-550xauto-638861.jpg
Apple confirmed iCloud outages Tuesday morning, one of the several experienced in the last few weeks, according to reports.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Siri-Stores-Your-Commands-for-Two-Years-204039411.html Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:54:14 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/siri_app.jpg
All questions and messages sent to Apple's virtual assistant Siri are stored on Apple servers for up to two years, according to reports.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Facebook--Shuts-Down-Tsare-204029731.html Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:52:02 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/AP376501538682.jpg
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev fan pages have been removed, Facebook reports.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Facebook-Google-and-Twitter-Called-to-Stop-CISPA-203735701.html Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:05:38 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*122/facebook.png.jpg
Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian calls upon the Silicon Valley tech community to battle the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA).

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/New-Google-Terminal-Approved-203732751.html Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:06:52 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/sjairportinvestigation.jpg
San Jose City Council approved the finalization of a 50-year lease for Google corporate aircraft at the Mineta San Jose International Airport.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Apple-Shares-Hit-New-Low-203729231.html Fri, 19 Apr 2013 06:54:15 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*155/stevejobs.jpeg
Apple's share price dropped the lowest it's been since the death of its former chief and founder Steve Jobs.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Google-Earnings-Spur-Trading-203728301.html Fri, 19 Apr 2013 06:46:05 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*149/Google_glass_photos3_610x568.jpg
Google's first quarter profit hits $11.58 a share, topping estimates, but doesn't meet analysts' $11.2 billion projected sales.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Amazon-Takes-a-Bit-Out-of-Apple-203339871.html Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:30:33 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/50962074.jpg
Amazon accounts for 22 percent of music downloads in 2012, up 7 percent from 2011, according to a market research study.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Facebook-Hires-Fired-Apple-Maps-Exec-203329831.html Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:29:58 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*123/Facebook+logo+final.jpg
Facebook hires Richard Williamson, the manager who led the creation of Apple's failed Apple Maps, reports say.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Google-Mail-Other-Services-Disrupted-203403881.html Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:10:41 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*120/Google+generic+crop.jpg
Google's mail and application services are unavailable to some users.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Apple-Third-Gen-Apple-TVs-May-Have-WiFi-Problems-203251991.html Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:44:24 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/175*120/appletv_4real-thumb-550xauto-46003.jpg
Apple informed retail stores that its third-generation Apple TVs may have WiFi problems

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Google-Glass-Will-Have-No-Ads-Paid-Apps-203244671.html Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:36:44 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/google-project-glass.jpg
Developers for the new Google Glass are told there are no ads or paid apps allowed.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Facebook-and-Twitter-Killed-the-DUI-Checkpoint-202964111.html Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:38:09 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*125/facebook-mobile-website-new.jpg
Sobriety checkpoints are losing popularity because users are updating social media and telling people where they are.

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