Facebook users carrying their smart phones will soon be able to check in to real-life locations such as restaurants, pubs or live concerts. The new feature is called Facebook Places. Sharing your whereabouts with friends is its main focus.


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SciTech Facebook users carrying their smart phones will soon be able to check in to real-life locations such as restaurants, pubs or live concerts. The new feature is called Facebook Places. Sharing your whereabouts with friends is its main focus.
Record heat in the U.S. and Russia, massive flooding in China and glacier melting in Greenland have some scientists warning that climate change is already here.
![]() Meteor watchers logged on to tweet as the annual Perseid meteor shower reached its peak.
Bob Rice, managing partner for Tangent Capital, talks about Amazon.com Inc.'s business strategy and the outlook for the tablet-computer market. Rice speaks with Deirdre Bolton on Bloomberg Television's "InsideTrack."
The iPhone 4 went on sale today and hundreds of people queued for hours to buy Apple's latest smartphone.
The smallest sibling of the Mac family just graduated. The Mac Mini has some new smarts and a sharp new suit.
A security breach has resulted in 114,000 Apple iPad users -- including high-ranking government employees, CEOs and media personalities -- having their data exposed, Gawker Media's Valleywag blog reported Wednesday.
The next iPhone comes out June 24 and will have a higher-resolution screen, longer battery life and thinner design. CEO Steve Jobs opened Apple Inc.'s annual conference for software developers Monday by demonstrating the iPhone 4.
Thousands of excited and sleep-deprived gadget fans mobbed shops in Japan on Friday as Apple's iPad, touted as a revolution in computer use and publishing, began its international launch.
Facebook is simplifying its privacy controls amid growing unrest from many of its users.
After a week of flying together, shuttle Atlantis undocked from a larger and virtually completed International Space Station on Sunday and headed for home on its final voyage.
British web users are spending 65% more time online than three years ago, according to research of net habits.
Adobe is countering Apple CEO Steve Jobs' recent jab at Flash technology for Web video and games. Jobs had described Flash as buggy and unfit for Apple's iPhone and iPad gadgets.
With the stock market in the midst of one of the biggest bull markets in history, America's top CEOs are set for a once-in-a-lifetime pay bonanza.
Denver prosecutors have formally filed charges against a man suspected of mangling a shopper's finger while stealing an iPad. The Denver district attorney's office said 20-year-old Brandon Darnell Smith faces charges of robbery and assault.
NASA has unveiled the first images from a new satellite designed to predict disruptive solar storms, and scientists say they're already learning new things.
Facebook says new tools will allow users to see personalized versions of other websites they visit. It'll be based on the things they have shared on their Facebook profiles, such as friends, bands they like or news stories they've read.
![]() The German maker of a new tablet PC is setting out to rival Apple's iPad with the promise of even more technology such as a bigger screen, a webcam and USB ports.
![]() Microsoft has unveiled two cell phones that are meant for social networking-savvy teens and twenty-somethings, in an attempt to revitalize its mobile business and regain ground on iPhones and BlackBerrys.
![]() It's huge, and it smells like a corpse... The world's biggest flower is under threat, but a new scheme is turning indigenous tribes into custodians of the rare Rafflesia.
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