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Report: Yahoo board approves deal to buy Tumblr for $1.1B

Rumors that Yahoo might be in talks to acquire the blogging site emerged last week

Software developer wages fall 2 percent as workforce expands

Less costly young and long unemployed older developers may be expanding the workforce at less cost to employers

Progress at Foxconn factories, but working hours still exceed Chinese laws

Foxconn wants to bring its employees' working time to China's legal limit of 49 hours per week

Dell profit dives 79 percent on falling PC sales

Dell reported another weak quarter as its founder fights to make it a private company

Microsoft responds to Larry Page remarks, but Oracle is quiet

Larry Page criticized both companies in response to questions at Google I/O, just after lamenting negativity in the tech industry

Google issues YouTube ultimatum to Microsoft as Hatfield-McCoy feud heats up

The company demands that Microsoft yank home-grown app by May 22; Microsoft's response cites Google CEO's call for less negativity

Google allows Android app vendors to illegally collect user data, lawsuit alleges

Lawsuit aims to get Google to provide full disclosure of its own data collection practices and that of Android application developers

New privacy low: Retailers sniffing cellphone Wi-Fi signals at the mall

Indoor location technologies are allowing retailers to track shoppers' every move inside their stores

Google CEO on innovation: 'We're at 1% of what's possible'

Google I/O conference kicks off with Maps, Search, and a new music service

TechAmerica: US tech employment grows slightly in 2012

Tech jobs increased by 1.1 percent during the year, with 39 states seeing more tech workers

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New privacy low: Retailers sniffing cellphone Wi-Fi signals at the mall
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New privacy low: Retailers sniffing cellphone Wi-Fi signals at the mall

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Indoor location technologies are allowing retailers to track shoppers' every move inside their stores
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