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Roku CEO discusses state of Internet video, TV 06/16/2014 05:48pm • MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- If Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is the star of the Internet video-streaming phenomenon, then Roku CEO Anthony Wood is the best supporting actor.Both men play pivotal roles in popularizing technologies that are shaking up the entertainment and b Egypt asks YouTube to remove video of sex assault 06/16/2014 10:30am • CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt has asked YouTube to remove a video of a woman being sexually assaulted in Tahrir Square during a rally supporting the country's newly elected president.Presidential spokesman Ehab Badawy said in a statement that the Egyptian Embassy in Washington had made the request to YouTube, Comic Kathy Griffin to host Daytime Emmys online 06/15/2014 12:50pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kathy Griffin is taking her comedy online as host of the Daytime Emmy awards as the event heads to a new home on the Internet.The 41st annual awards will be presented June 22 from the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills.Griffin joked that her only regret is that the epic evenin Twitter COO Ali Rowghani resigns 06/13/2014 02:08pm • BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Twitter's chief operating officer, Ali Rowghani, has resigned from his post and won't be replaced as CEO Dick Costolo seeks more direct involvement with the company's engineering and product teams.Rowghani joined Twitter in 2010 as chief financia Tesla handing over the keys to its technology 06/13/2014 12:52pm • MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writers SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Electric car maker Tesla Motors is handing over the keys to its technology in an unusual effort to encourage other automakers to expand beyond gasoline-burning vehicles.Tesla CEO Elon Musk promised Thursday to give away the company's entire p Woodstock Park to Get New Basketball Court, Playground 06/13/2014 10:00am • Woodstock Park in the Waverly Hills neighborhood could soon be getting a $700,000 renovation. The County Board will vote Saturday on county staff’s recommendation to award a $644,000 contract to Fort Myer Construction Corporation, with a $64,000 contingency, to build a new baske Private tours no longer just for wealthy travelers 06/13/2014 09:48am • BETH J. HARPAZ AP Travel Editor NEW YORK (AP) -- I had one night only in Medellin, Colombia. It was Christmas and I was determined to see the city's famous holiday lights. An online search led me to LandVentureTravel.com, which specializes in private Medellin tours. By email, I booked a guide to mee China's startups hope for boom after Alibaba IPO 06/13/2014 03:12am • JACK CHANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) -- Nils Pihl has spent 18 months building what he calls cutting-edge software to crunch "really big data sets." But instead of going to Silicon Valley, the 27-year-old Swede and his four colleagues have been working on his invention from a small apartment ove Pentagon City apartments converted to ‘high-end luxury' 06/12/2014 05:30pm • The Metropolitan Pentagon City apartment building has undergone a renovation and rebranding and is now charging more than $6,000 a month for some apartments. The 17-story building at 901 15th Street S. is now Instrata Pentagon City, a part of the Instrata Lifestyle Residences chain that cas Google helps open new home for startups in Berlin 06/12/2014 04:30pm • BERLIN (AP) -- Internet entrepreneurs have received a new home in the German capital with the opening of the "Factory" -- a workspace developed in partnership with Google Inc. that allows startups to innovate and collaborate under one roof."Factory" founder Simon Schaefer said Wednesday's opening of Future of Metro fares could be smartphones, credit cards 06/12/2014 03:46pm • WASHINGTON -- As Metro moves away from paper fare cards to SmarTrip, the agency also looks toward the next generation of paying fares. Metro begins a pilot program in 2015 to test fare gates with near-field communication (NFC) that would allow passengers to pay for a ride with an equipped credit Google buying satellite maker Skybox for $500M 06/12/2014 09:52am • MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google is buying Skybox Imaging in a deal that could serve as a launching pad for the Internet company to send its own fleet of satellites to take aerial pictures and provide online access to remote areas of the world.The $500 million acquis Thermostat wars heating up 06/12/2014 08:36am • By Gregg Stebben, Men's Health WASHINGTON -- Most houses have thermostats to keep air temperatures comfortable through changing seasons. And one of the hottest tech trends -- smart thermostats -- is helping make the process easier and more cost-efficient. Google paid $3.2 billion for smart-th Brazilians make their mark on Florida and beyond 06/11/2014 09:22pm • LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ Associated Press MIAMI (AP) -- As all eyes turn to Brazil for the World Cup, Brazilians in the U.S. are also gaining notice. According to the U.S. Census, more than 325,000 people of Brazilian ancestry now call the United States home, but experts put the numbers higher. Most have c Brazilians make their mark on Florida and beyond 06/11/2014 09:22pm • LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ Associated Press MIAMI (AP) -- As all eyes turn to Brazil for the World Cup, Brazilians in the U.S. are also gaining notice. According to the U.S. Census, more than 325,000 people of Brazilian ancestry now call the United States home, but experts put the numbers higher. Most have c