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Trade some privacy for a special offer? Consumers aren’t sure

Results show consumers plan to shop online, but are less excited about being tracked

Chinese professor builds Li-Fi system with retail parts

The 5 Best Things About Google’s Nexus 5

BlackBerry gives up on selling itself as CEO resigns

Fairfax and partners will purchase $1 billion in BlackBerry debt; former Sybase chief Chen named interim CEO

The first ad debuts on Instagram, courtesy of Michael Kors

Female users in the US will see the ad regardless of whether they follow the designer

Google’s Nexus 5: a radical move in smartphone ecosystem

New Google device runs KitKat and boasts a low $349 unlocked price; to be sold only on aggressive service plans of U.S. carriers Sprint and T-Mobile

Another major solar flare heads toward Earth

Fourth significant solar flare in 9 days; it may affect navigation and communications systems Thursday

Salesforce.com to offer private version of its AppExchange app store

Gartner has predicted 25 percent of enterprises will have app stores by 2017

Sprint taps into its spectrum for fast LTE, with room to grow

The carrier can offer 50-60Mbps peak speeds in five cities

Sprint to launch four smartphones with tri-band Spark technology

Speeds with Spark technology expected to reach 60 mbps