Industry

Yahoo buys concert live-streaming startup Evntlive

The Internet company could expand its entertainment offerings through the deal

Wall Street Beat: Tech stocks hit 13-year high

PCs and servers slump but software, components for mobile devices and good economic news generate optimism

Mobile chip speed wars have to end, Broadcom chairman says

Battery life will win out over ongoing performance upgrades, according to Henry Samueli

FCC chairman aims for TV spectrum auction in mid-2015

The FCC will conduct the complex auction when its software and systems are ready, Wheeler says

Flashlight app vendor settles with FTC over privacy violations

Goldenshores lied to users about its flashlight app's data sharing habits, FTC says

Apple knows where shoppers are in its stores with nationwide iBeacon rollout

Shoppers could start receiving notifications as they walk past the latest iPhones

About 25 percent of HealthCare.gov applications have errors

CMS is working with insurance providers to identify applications with problems, an official says

Mobile Printing via NFC: A Novelty With Little Real Value

NSA spies on Italians from roof of US Embassy in Rome, magazine reports

The allegations are based on documents the magazine says were provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden

NSA cites Reagan-era executive order to justify collection of cellphone location data

Insists program is legal and purely outward-facing