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Coursera racks up users with its online courses

PHILADELPHIA -- The online education company known as Coursera has racked up gaudy numbers within a year of its launch: 3.1 million users from around the world have signed up for an ever-expanding menu of courses offered for free from 62 leading colleges and universities.On Friday, hundreds of ...

Facebook unveils ‘Home’ for Android smartphones

MENLO PARK, Calif. -- With its new "Home" on Android gadgets, Facebook aims to put its social network at the center of people's mobile experiences.If users choose to download Facebook's Home software starting on April 12, the social network will become the hub of their Android smartphones. A ...

SEC gives companies OK to use social media

WASHINGTON -- The Securities and Exchange Commission will allow public companies to make significant announcements on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites provided they alert investors which sites they intend to use.The decision announced Tuesday allows companies to use social media ...

Your online product, in a locker near you

Online retailers Walmart.com and Amazon.com are looking to extend their reach by putting delivery lockers in drugstores and convenience stores, and in chain stores like Staples, to meet customers' demands for faster access to online orders.E-commerce giant Amazon has quietly been testing ...

Dell drama takes new twist with 2 new bids

SAN FRANCISCO -- The two new suitors pursuing Dell have a message for Wall Street: Don't allow Michael Dell to hoard potential gains from the PC maker's expansion into more profitable technology products and services.Competing bidders Carl Icahn and the Blackstone Group LP are wooing Dell ...

Is space tourism poised to take off?

WASHINGTON -- Sending people into space is a tough way to make a buck. Not only is it risky, but it's hard to turn a profit given the sky-high cost of rocketing into the upper atmosphere or beyond.But recently, a handful of entrepreneurs, marketers and, yes, even rocket scientists, have ...