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Google's new Gmail feature lets users send money by email

Gmail already lets you attach photos, videos, documents and event invitations, so Google figured, why not money too? The Silicon Valley giant said Gmail users will now be able to send each other payments through the popular  email service. Payments...

Fewer Facebook users take a liking to its new Home software

SAN FRANCISCO — It may be too soon to call Facebook Home a flop. But it's clearly not the breakout hit that some expected. One month after its splashy debut, fewer and fewer people are downloading Facebook's new mobile software. It took weeks...

Tags: Google Play, Tim Cook, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Samsung Group, Science and Technology

Candace Bushnell's upcoming novel leaked by hacker Guccifer

Candace Bushnell, author of "Sex and the City," is the latest to fall victim to Guccifer, the hacker who exposed former President George W. Bush's secret life as a painter, New York magazine reported. Taking control of Bushnell's email, Twitter...

Tags: Authors, Federal Reserve, Twitter, Inc., George W. Bush, Ernest Hemingway

Bill could lead largely to end of Internet sales tax loophole

WASHINGTON — With rare bipartisan support, the Senate is poised to pass a bill this week that could lead largely to the end of the nation's long online sales tax holiday. The measure would allow states to require that large online retailers...

Tags: E-Commerce Industry, Dick Durbin, U.S. Congress, Amazon.com Inc., Computing and Information Technology Industry

Associated Press' Twitter hacked, fake tweet sends stocks plunging

The Associated Press' main Twitter account was taken over Tuesday by hackers who sent out a fake tweet saying two explosions had gone off at the White House, injuring President Obama. Within minutes, the real AP used other accounts at its disposal to...

Tags: White House, NPR, The Associated Press, Twitter, Inc., Dow Jones Industrial Average

In wake of hack, Twitter reportedly testing two-step verification

Twitter is working on a two-step verification security method that could make it more difficult for hackers to take over users' accounts, according to a report. Wired said Wednesday that the San Francisco-based social network is internally testing the...

Tags: NPR, Twitter, Inc., Social Media, Media Industry

Men sentenced in naked-photo plot against pro poker players

Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Los Angeles International Airport, Prosecution, Theft, Prisons

Israel braces as hackers launch Internet attack

JERUSALEM -- A widespread hacker attack targeting Israeli websites caused some disruption to government, academic and private sites Sunday. The extent of the damage was unclear at midday, but officials said strategic infrastructure appeared to have...

Tags: Israel, Politics, Computer Networking and Internet, Anonymous (internet groups), National Government

Email newsletters connect advertisers with eager audiences

Actor Rob Lowe is the face of InsideHook L.A., a free, curated email newsletter announcing special experiences to men too busy to find those experiences themselves. The newsletter, which launched in Los Angeles last week, is the latest effort from...

Tags: Corporate Officers, Investments, Marketing, Advertising, Business

Google's decision to change Gmail 'compose' feature sparks complaints

After announcing a controversial decision to shut down its Reader Web feed aggregator, Google is once again drawing heat -- this time for changing the way users write emails on Gmail. With the change, users now have to compose their email in a new...

Tags: Social Media

L.A. Votes: Endorsements and ethics complaints

Since winning a spot in the runoff, mayoral candidates Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti have spent much of their time rolling out new endorsements. But how much do these endorsements matter? The Times looks at how the backers, including a former president,...

Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Politics, Local Elections, Lawyers

L.A. city attorney candidates trade ethics charges

The candidates vying in the May 21 election to be Los Angeles' top lawyer are questioning each other's ethics in increasingly harsh ways, dueling complaints made to authorities last week showed. Supporters of City Atty. Carmen Trutanich, widely...

Tags: Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Laura Chick, Trials, Political Fundraising