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Columbia tech company Lotame Solutions gets $5.5 million loan

Columbia-based technology company Lotame Solutions Inc. has been awarded a $5.5 million venture loan that's expected to help boost sales and...

High Street Partners receives $8 million in financing

High Street Partners, a business software and services company based in Annapolis, said Monday it received $8 million in financing, the...

AT&T rolls out 4G network in Catonsville and Ellicott City

AT&T has upgraded a mobile Internet cell site in Catonsville that will expand 4G LTE mobile coverage for Catonsville and Ellicott City...

Epic Games closes Baltimore County location

Epic Games Inc., a North Carolina-based video game manufacturer, closed its office in Baltimore County last month, laying off 40 employees,...

Columbia-based Micros Systems gets boost from ValueAct acquisition

Micros Systems Inc., a maker of software for the hospitality and retail industries, jumped its most in 18 months Tuesday after ValueAct...

Roland Park Civic League to hold public meeting about broadband

The Roland Park Civic League has scheduled a public meeting March 14 to talk about options — or lack thereof — for broadband...

'Bring your own' devices pose challenges for government

Mika J. Cross, a human resources manager for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, sometimes uses a laptop issued by the agency. But she is...

Zynga closes Timonium video game studio in broader consolidation

Zynga, the video game maker best known for FarmVille and Words With Friends, has closed its Timonium office as part of a broader corporate...

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer causes uproar with telecommuting ban

SAN FRANCISCO — Corporate America's most famous working mother has banned her employees from working at home. Now the backlash is...

O'Malley names state cyber security czar

Gov. Martin O'Malley tapped a private-sector cyber security veteran to lead a push to promote that industry's job growth in the state, he...

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Mailbox hits send on new iPad app

SAN FRANCISCO -- Mailbox is coming to the iPad.

Shazam revamps iPad app, adds auto-tagging feature

Shazam, the app that identifies a song's name and artist, is being updated for the iPad, giving tablet users many of the tools already found...

Verizon, Jennifer Lopez launch Viva Movil stores aimed at Latinos

Verizon Wireless and Jennifer Lopez teamed up Wednesday to launch Viva Movil, a new brand of cellphone retail store that will target...

Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer

Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer at an announcement that the company's photo and video storage website, Flickr, would receive a new...

Another first for Google Glass -- tester loses a pair

In tech, when you're the first to do something it's usually a good thing, unless you're the first person to lose a $1,500 Google Glass...

Boost Mobile rolls out virtual wallet for Android smartphones

Android smartphones on Boost Mobile’s network can now serve as a mobile wallet.

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EU wants big companies to reveal national tax bills

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's top regulatory official is seeking to force large companies to disclose how much tax they pay in each...

Aixtron shake-up aims for LED equipment top spot

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Aixtron's new chief executive laid out a strategy focused on returning to profit and wrestling back leadership of...

Stock futures fall on stimulus plan concerns, China data

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures fell on Thursday, putting the S&P 500 on track for its first daily back-to-back declines in a...

Huawei's Middle East revenue rose 18 percent in 2012: executive

DUBAI (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies Co's Middle East revenue rose 18 percent to $2.08 billion in 2012 and the roll-out of 4G...

Global shares sink, following 7.3 percent drop in Japan's Nikkei

LONDON (Reuters) - Share markets fell sharply on Thursday as investors piled back into safer assets, unnerved by the twin setbacks of...

HP raises 2013 outlook as Whitman's plan takes hold

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co raised its 2013 earnings outlook after quarterly results beat low expectations, as CEO Meg...

China's Lenovo buys and diversifies to outshine PC rivals

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Lenovo Group Ltd's bold acquisitions in its flagship PC business, a foray into mobile gadgets, and a relatively...

Pfizer takes its shot at a vaccine for evasive superbug

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Kathrin Jansen is a microbiologist with at least two breakthrough vaccines to her name: she brought the cervical...

Ireland says will not be U.S. 'whipping boy' on tax

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's finance minister said the country would not be the "whipping boy" for what he called a flawed U.S. Senate...

Dish on national security PR offensive against SoftBank

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dish Network Corp is ramping up its Washington-centric campaign to thwart Japanese firm SoftBank Corp's...

Apple, former Washington wallflower, now at center of tax fight

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Twitter beefs up security after hacking spree on media

(Reuters) - Twitter Inc unveiled technology to boost security for its users, following a spate of attacks on accounts of prominent media...

America's frogs and toads disappearing fast, study warns

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Frogs, toads and salamanders have been in trouble for decades, but a new U.S. government study shows just how quickly...

'Irrational' hackers are growing U.S. security fear

(Reuters) - Cybersecurity researcher HD Moore discovered he could use the Internet to access the controls of some 30 pipeline sensors around...

Former Yahoo executive Shashi Seth to head Tribune digital

(Reuters) - Former Yahoo Inc executive Shashi Seth has joined Tribune Co to lead its digital ventures as the newspaper and broadcast company...