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Siemens Clears Way for New Leadership

Chief Executive Peter Löscher ousted.

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Apps for Kids Are Data Magnets; FTC Rules to Kick In

Some three years after the Wall Street Journal first tested data collection and sharing in smartphone apps — and discovered the majority of apps tested sending details to third parties without users’ awareness — the makers of widely used software continue to gather and profit from people’s personal information.

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How Clearwire Became the Darling of Telecom

Clearwire Corp. has long been the U.S. wireless industry’s most embattled carrier. In recent months, the money-losing company has also emerged as its crown jewel.

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Wary of China, U.S. Steps Into Sprint’s Board

SoftBank Corp. is readying a plan to allow the U.S. government an unusual level of influence over the operations of Sprint Nextel Corp., a concession to ease security concerns raised by the proposed cross-border takeover.

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Phone Firms Sell Data on Customers

Big phone companies have begun to sell the vast troves of data they gather about their subscribers’ locations, travels and Web-browsing habits.

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Social Media Pose New Riddle for CIA

Effective spycraft has long called for cover — a job, family or routine that would keep a government agent from drawing undue attention. Now, that calculation extends to spies’ use of social media.

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Apps: The New Corporate Cost-Cutting Tool

Apps may be creating new jobs for developers and marketers. But around the edges of the rest of the economy, they’re also starting to become a substitute for people who earn a paycheck.

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The Web-Deprived Study at McDonald’s

Cheap smartphones and tablets have put Web-ready technology into more hands than ever. But the price of Internet connectivity hasn’t come down nearly as quickly.

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Huawei’s Smartphone Sales Eclipse Nokia, RIM

Huawei has 5 percent market share of global smartphones, according to IDC.

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Google Creating Wireless Network, but for What?

Google is trying to create an experimental wireless network covering its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters, a move that some analysts say could portend the creation of dense and superfast Google wireless networks in other locations that would allow people to connect to the Web using their mobile devices.