Tech Round Up: Comcast, NBC deal faces hurdles, Bing suffers outage, AOL puruses Apple's model
Comcast lands NBC in deal that reshapes media
Comcast Corp struck a deal to buy a majority stake in NBC Universal from General Electric Co, creating a media superpower that would control not just how television shows and movies are made, but how they are delivered to the home. See full story.
More: Comcast-NBC deal faces regulatory hurdles
Bing suffers outage after rolling out new features
Just a day after Bing rolled out an array of changes and updates including its new Bing Maps, Microsoft had to apologize after its search engine went offline on Thursday evening. Bing users were unable to access the site between 6:30pm to 7:00pm PST. At first, the site was simply unresponsive or returned partial search results. See full story.
AOL CEO Looks to Apple for Turnaround
AOL Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Armstrong has studied the turnaround of Apple Inc to chart his own course for the revival of the once powerful Internet company, according to a report from BusinessWeek. See full story.
Teen Internet addicts more likely to self harm: study
Teenagers who are addicted to the Internet are more likely to engage in self-harm behavior, according to an Australian-Chinese study. See full story.
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