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HTC makes Windows version of flagship One phone 08/20/2014 05:38pm • ANICK JESDANUN AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- HTC will start making a version of its flagship HTC One phone with Microsoft's Windows software inside.HTC said it developed the new model at the request of Microsoft, which has been trying to boost its Windows Phone system. The company will conti Bethesda Fire Department To Brief Public On Redevelopment Plans Next Month 08/20/2014 03:25pm • The Bethesda Fire Department’s meeting with neighbors on Monday to discuss the potential redevelopment of Fire Station #6 will be just for neighbors. But Department Board member Nat Finkelstein said the organization will have a pair of open-to-the-public meetings in September, one on Thursday, Google's pivotal IPO launched a decade of big bets 08/20/2014 10:24am • MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google's IPO, a decade ago this week, launched the company on a trajectory that continues to reshape its business and much of the world in its orbit.And CEO Larry Page is determined to push even further.Page's vision is that Google's product Washington's Top News -- Tuesday, August 19, 2014 08/19/2014 03:43am • Here's a look at some of the day's top stories from WTOP: Don Pardo, iconic TV announcer, dies at 96 Announcer Don Pardo, whose booming baritone was known to fans of ``Saturday Night Live,'' `'The Price is Right'' and other programs, has died. He was 96. Pardo's daughter, Dona Pardo, says her fath Google Maps saves travel data -- tips to unhook it 08/18/2014 06:01pm • WASHINGTON -- Google Maps has jumped from our desktops to our smartphones, and it can be a handy tool, whether you are navigating through D.C.'s side streets or the cafe-lined walks of Naples. But it has a feature many smartphone users may be unaware of: It tracks your movements. Whether you d Mexican billionaire offers advice for Latinos 08/17/2014 05:04pm • JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) -- Increasing workers' earning power and offering Latino-owned companies easier access to funding that can be used for growth and expansion can help improve the social and economic status of Latinos in the U.S. and throughout Latin America, Mexican billio Lenovo profit up 23 percent on mobile growth 08/15/2014 11:28am • JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) -- Lenovo Group, the world's biggest personal computer maker, said Thursday its latest quarterly profit rose 23 percent on strong growth in sales of smartphones and other mobile devices.The company said it earned $214 million, or $2.06 per share, in the t Wave of Chromebooks is starting to bury PCs 08/15/2014 04:23am • WASHINGTON -- The PC is dead. Long live the Chromebook. That's what WTOP's tech guy, Greg Stebben, of Men's Health, said in a recent conversation. And the tablet isn't looking all that healthy either. "I wouldn't write it off today, but I would say the Chromebook is another handful of nails be Amazon debuts mobile payment app and card reader 08/15/2014 01:34am • MAE ANDERSON AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Amazon is taking direct aim at mobile payment systems such as Square by introducing the Amazon Local Register, a credit-card processing device and mobile app designed to help small business owners accept payments through their smartphones and tablet Berlin taxi drivers hail city's Uber ban 08/14/2014 10:04am • FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) -- Berlin taxi drivers were celebrating Thursday after authorities banned the ridesharing service Uber from operating in the city because of safety concerns.In a decree Wednesday, Berlin authorities said they wouldn't tolerate Uber putting customers at risk Berlin taxi drivers hail city's Uber ban 08/14/2014 10:04am • FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) -- Berlin taxi drivers were celebrating Thursday after authorities banned the ridesharing service Uber from operating in the city because of safety concerns.In a decree Wednesday, Berlin authorities said they wouldn't tolerate Uber putting customers at risk Berlin taxi drivers hail city's Uber ban 08/14/2014 10:04am • FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) -- Berlin taxi drivers were celebrating Thursday after authorities banned the ridesharing service Uber from operating in the city because of safety concerns.In a decree Wednesday, Berlin authorities said they wouldn't tolerate Uber putting customers at risk Berlin taxi drivers hail city's Uber ban 08/14/2014 10:04am • FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) -- Berlin taxi drivers were celebrating Thursday after authorities banned the ridesharing service Uber from operating in the city because of safety concerns.In a decree Wednesday, Berlin authorities said they wouldn't tolerate Uber putting customers at risk Berlin taxi drivers hail city's Uber ban 08/14/2014 10:04am • FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) -- Berlin taxi drivers were celebrating Thursday after authorities banned the ridesharing service Uber from operating in the city because of safety concerns.In a decree Wednesday, Berlin authorities said they wouldn't tolerate Uber putting customers at risk Berlin taxi drivers hail city's Uber ban 08/14/2014 10:04am • FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) -- Berlin taxi drivers were celebrating Thursday after authorities banned the ridesharing service Uber from operating in the city because of safety concerns.In a decree Wednesday, Berlin authorities said they wouldn't tolerate Uber putting customers at risk