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Prospects for Uber and other ride-sharing services in Maryland remain uncertain after the Public Service Commission's decision to treat them as common carriers

Co-pays, refurbished replacement and being placed on hold

Users of the Maryland Transit Administration's bus system will be able to track buses in their area via their smartphones and other mobile devices starting this fall, one of many changes announced Monday as part of the agency's years-long bus improvement project.

Usually the point of a dating app is to meet someone online. A Baltimore startup wants to help people who met — or at least saw each other — for a too-brief moment offline. It's the smartphone version of the "missed connection" ad.

More than 30 Maryland cab companies filed a lawsuit against the popular ride-sharing company Uber on Thursday

Baltimore soccer fans watch anxiously as U.S. advances despite World Cup defeat

Since legalized gambling began in Maryland, tens of billions of dollars have been wagered in the state's casinos — spinning off funds for schools, the horse racing industry and local programs that have financed everything from paving and police to iPads and small business loans.

The application is called MyLaurel and is intended to be both informational and interactive. The chief function of the application is a feature that allows residents to place a variety of service requests – like reporting crime tips, downed trees, etc. The application also alerts residents during emergency situations and provides information on the city including a map of its historical locations and a directory to the city's elected officials and employees.

Facebook took a bite out of the Baltimore company Millennial Media's earnings and sent its stock crashing this week.

Southwest customers now need only an ID and a cellphone to fly out of Thurgood Marshall Baltimore-Washington International Airport.

The Baltimore Parking Authority is looking to hire a mobile technology company to provide drivers with the option of paying city parking meters via their cell phones by the end of the year.

Decision to define ride-share firm Uber as a common carrier reveals inadequacy of existing regulations

A judge with the Maryland Public Service Commission proposed a ruling that would categorize Uber as "common carrier" taxi service, subject it to the same regulations as other taxi companies.

Comcast announced Wednesday that it has increased the speeds of Internet services for many customers in the Northeast including those in Baltimore.

Maureen Royer gets an email every time Rubie's dog walker arrives that tells her not only when the visit started, but the route the Boston terrier/pug mix will take for her stroll, how long the dog was out and when she returns home.

Mobile advertising company Millennial Media is plotting a major expansion that includes a deal to dub its headquarters the Millennial Media Center at the Can Company.

More than 40 guests, including families, children, Harford County officials, library representatives and members of the Harford County Public Library Foundation attended the launch of the Little Leapers 3.5 program on March 5 at the Edgewood library

The popular ride share company Uber began urging Baltimore users this month to help "save" it, declaring that "Uber's future in Maryland is in jeopardy." Uber's PR campaign was spurred by regulators wading into the same controversy that already hit cities across the county as Uber and other technology-fueled ride sharing companies disrupt the local taxi cab market.

A new $1.13 million code enforcement platform will transform the county's work on around 80,000 code enforcement requests each year from a tedious, pen-and-paper process to a digital one that allows inspectors to spend more time in the field

Greg Cangialosi's personal hashtag is #neverstop. It may not have been created by the 40-year-old Baltimore techie, but it's one he's used for years.

The proposed merger between Comcast and Time Warner highlights the vast gap between the imagined world the broadband industry's critics and the real world in which these companies must compete. The companies that use the broadband Internet are making six to eight times the margins of the allegedly monopolistic companies who provide it — the exact opposite of what you'd see if the price gouging accusation was real.

This month, the council is once again looking at salaries for the next four years, as required by the county's charter.

Three years after Verizon discontinued Baltimore's weather line, a company has revived the service via a new number.

While cell phones top the list of "most coveted objects," and 80% of us would never dare to leave home without them, most of us are only using about 10% of the capability of our mobile devices.

Alexis Ohanian rose from Howard High School to build reddit, a top-50 website, and is now paving the way for other web entrepreneurs with his book "Without Their Permission".

Hundreds of miles of new fiber optic cable are lighting 21st-century ambitions across Maryland: Economic development officials imagine businesses opening or expanding thanks to more robust Internet connections. School administrators envision students using more electronic resources. Some folks just look forward to dumping their dial-up modems.

Howard County's Choose Civility program explores the generational divide in how we connect with one another.

TESSCO Technologies supplies 30,000 different products to the wireless industry, the vast majority of them the sort that the nation's cell phone users don't see or hardly notice. The company's pretty low profile itself, but it's coming out of the shadows with a new branded line of products.

On Friday, Apple will release the latest version of its flagship phone, the iPhone 5S, along with a colorful budget conscience model, the iPhone 5C. As with other product launches, the new phones are expected to be in demand, so much so that area retailers have geared up for the occasion.

An local media business owner launched his campaign on Monday, Aug. 19.

The Baltimore County library system is working to meet the challenge of customers who expect more, who do not want to turn pages, but to click buttons on their Nooks, Kindles, iPads or home computers. Perhaps no public service provider is evolving as fast as local libraries in meeting changing demand from users.

Smartphones with cracked screens seem to be nearly as common as the phones themselves. A cottage industry of repair services has popped up at mall kiosks, computer shops and college campuses.

For all the hype and all the "next big things" that have flashed across the screen and died small, it really does feel like the revolution in TV viewing has arrived.

As you move through the ordinary activities of your everyday life, you're leaving an electronic trail rich in data about your whereabouts, your interests and your relationships. That's information of keen interest — and not only to marketers. As recent revelations about two National Security Agency surveillance programs show, at least some of those digital details are being collected and analyzed by the government.

President's remarks at Ellicott Dredges

CD players are going the way of the ashtray, roll-down windows and white wall tires. Chevrolet is the latest to join the ranks of automakers like Ford who have ditched physical media players in favor of music streamed through onboard systems and auxillary music devices like smartphones and iPods.

It's a tumultuous time for the game-development industry, with the implosion of local studios on the one hand and the rise of the indie movement on the other.

T-Mobile USA Inc. launched its 4G LTE network service in seven metropolitan areas on Tuesday, including Baltimore and Washington D.C.

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 far more likely to check email or collaborate with colleagues on one of her two personal computers.

Uber, a technology company that lets customers hire luxury cars by app, is facing a challenge from Baltimore cab owners who say the startup skirts the law.

Laurel High School performs "Willy Wonka," teachers achieve National Board Certification, Chesapeake Math and IT Academy distribute iPads, Board of Education holds public hearings on the proposed FY14 operating budget.

Regardless of whether the president and Congress strike a deal or take the nation headfirst over the "fiscal cliff," federal taxes for some Marylanders will increase next year — and under some scenarios the pain could be worse than in other states.

Retailers striving to remain relevant are experimenting with new concepts at malls across the Baltimore region and elsewhere this holiday selling season. Specialty retailers are opening even more specialized stores, targeting specific segments of shoppers.

Towson kicks off the holiday season with black