Obama to press reform progress on Myanmar visitFears that Myanmar's reforms are stagnating are in the spotlight as it hosts Barack Obama during major regional summits showcasing the country's giddying transition.
13 November 2014
YouTube debuts subscription music serviceYouTube introduced a long-rumored subscription music video service with ad-free access to tunes in a challenge to Spotify, Pandora, Apple and others
Yahoo buys video ad platform BrightRoll for $640 mnYahoo announced it is buying video advertising platform BrightRoll for $640 million to bolster its ability to make money from marketing on desktop computers.
13 November 2014
SpaceX chief Musk confirms Internet satellite planHigh-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk confirmed that he is working on a web of small, low-cost satellites that could provide wireless Internet around the world.
12 November 2014
Virus may affect mental abilities: US researchersPeople with an algae virus in their throats had more difficulty completing a mental exercise than healthy people, and more research is needed to understand why.
12 November 2014
Google takes over NASA airport in Silicon ValleyEver-growing Google now has an airport to its name: the Internet giant has signed a 60-year lease to run a NASA airbase that comes with massive hangars for dirigibles.
12 November 2014
Nicki Minaj apologizes for Nazi imagery in videoHip-hop star Nicki Minaj apologized and denied any Nazi sympathies after she came under criticism for imagery that resembled the Third Reich in a video.
US welcomes Xi-Abe meeting as chance to 'reduce tensions'The United States welcomed the meeting in Beijing between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as a chance to lower their simmering tensions.
'Sesame Street' celebrates 45 yearsSesame Street, the hit children's television show that has been broadcast in more than 150 countries, reached yet another milestone as it celebrated its 45th anniversary.
Google to boost Ebola donationsGoogle launched a campaign to raise money to fight Ebola, tossing $10 million into the pot and saying it will match donations to the fund two to one.