By Julie Wernau
A Chevy Volt being charged at a public electric vehicle charging station in Detroit, Oct. 12, 2010. Google will help electric vehicle owners find charging stations. (Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg)
Soon electric vehicle owners looking for somewhere to charge up will need little more than Google.
The U.S. Department of Energy said Tuesday that a new partnership will draw on Google Maps to create an online network of all the charging stations in the country and will serve as a primary data source for GPS and mapping services to track electric vehicle charging locations. Get the full story »
Monday at 2:49 p.m.
Filed under:
Internet
By Reuters
Match.com said it will begin checking users against the national sex offender registry, days after a class action lawsuit was filed by a woman allegedly sexually assaulted by a man she met on the dating site. Get the full story »
Monday at 1:53 p.m.
Filed under:
IPOs,
Internet,
Real estate
By Reuters
Real estate and housing data company Zillow Inc. filed with U.S. securities regulators on Monday for an initial public offering of up to $51.8 million. Get the full story »
Monday at 1:14 p.m.
Filed under:
Computers,
Internet,
Privacy issues
By Dow Jones Newswires
Yahoo has made a big about-face by extending the amount of time it will keep user search records to 18 months from 90 days. Get the full story »
Monday at 12:01 a.m.
Filed under:
Advertising/Marketing,
Internet
By Wailin Wong
Chicago-based daily deals provider YouSwoop will be launching in the North Shore as early as Tuesday, marking the company’s first expansion outside of the city. Get the full story »
Friday at 2:52 p.m.
Filed under:
Consumer news,
Internet
By Reuters
The Obama administration urged the private sector Friday to develop methods that consumers can use instead of passwords to identify themselves online and, in some cases, in brick and mortar stores.
“The Internet has transformed how we communicate and do business,” said President Barack Obama in a statement accompanying release of a national strategy to safeguard identity on the Internet. Get the full story »
By Reuters
A Best Buy store in Alexandria, Va. (Reuters)
Best Buy Co. Inc. plans to boost its Web presence and open a greater number of small stores in the United States targeting mobile customers in an effort to win back market share from the likes of Amazon.com Inc and Wal-Mart Stores Inc .
The news came after many investors had raised concerns about the retailer’s huge overhead costs and oversized stores at a time when many shoppers go online to buy gadgets. Get the full story »
Thursday at 6:17 a.m.
Filed under:
Internet,
Technology
By CNN
Google’s stock is exactly where it was in September 2007, and it has fallen 9 percent since Eric Schmidt announced in January that he’d be stepping down as CEO. The problem, investors say, is that for every reason to believe in Google, there seems to be a counterbalancing reason for concern. Get the full story »
Thursday at 5:58 a.m.
Filed under:
Cell phones,
Internet,
Wireless
By Los Angeles Times
T-Mobile announced on Wednesday a new “Even More” unlimited 4G data plan that will throttle down a user’s Web speeds after they use more than 2GB per month. Get the full story »
April 13 at 6:01 a.m.
Filed under:
Advertising/Marketing,
Internet,
Media,
TV,
Video
By CNN
As broadcasters and television networks try to figure out their Internet strategy, the limited TV content that actually is online is making quite a pretty penny. Get the full story »
April 12 at 11:34 a.m.
Filed under:
Internet,
Taxes,
Technology
By Wailin Wong
Internet search giant Google has released data suggesting that more Chicago residents are filing their taxes online, with searches for tax software provider TurboTax featuring prominently on the company’s list of top tax-related search terms. Get the full story »
April 12 at 10:44 a.m.
Filed under:
Advertising/Marketing,
Internet
By Chicago Breaking News
People trying to access the Cook County Recorder of Deeds website this morning are being redirected to a site featuring ads.
The web address http://www.ccrd.info/ redirects users to a generic web page that lists a series of advertisements. At 10 a.m., county officials said they were working on fixing a “technical malfunction.”
April 12 at 5:48 a.m.
Filed under:
Cell phones,
Internet,
Wireless
By Associated Press
AT&T will install 35 new cell sites in the Chicago area to increase network coverage as part of the company’s $19 billion nationwide investment plan. The company will dedicate $160 million in improvements in metropolitan Chicago. Get the full story »
April 11 at 12:57 p.m.
Filed under:
Internet,
Media
By Reuters
Tyler Winkelvoss, left, and his identical twin brother Cameron. (Don Bartletti/Los Angeles Times)
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss cannot back out of a settlement with giant social networking firm Facebook over claims that Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg stole their idea, a U.S. appeals court ruled Monday.
The saga of the Winklevoss twins and Zuckerberg became silver screen lore with the release of the film “The Social Network” last year. It has long been a legal battle as well. Get the full story »
April 8 at 5:44 p.m.
Filed under:
Internet,
Technology
By Reuters
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Friday to reject Internet “neutrality” rules that were adopted last year to keep big Internet service providers from blocking certain traffic. Get the full story »
