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Sony Pictures Entertainment Co-Chairman Amy Pascal Resigns Follow 'The Interview' Hack, to Get Own Company

Amy Pascal will be stepping down from her position at Sony Pictures Entertainment as a co-chairman. Amy Pascal will be stepping down from her position at Sony Pictures Entertainment as a co-chairman.

Apple TV Rumors and News Update: Company Reportedly in Talks With TV Programmers to Offer Shows Online, Compete With Dish Sling and Sony PlayStation Vue

By Paola Hernández
Apple has spent years eyeing the TV business, and rumors have it the company is staking a claim in the pay-TV arena.

Swatch Watches to Introduce First Smartwatch: Swiss Watch to Be Compatible With Windows, Android Devices

By Paola Hernández
Swatch will introduce its own smartwatch in the next two to three months to compete with Apple and other competitors.

Microsoft to Buy Sunrise Calendar App for About $100M: Popular Android, iPhone & iPad App Syncs With iCloud, Google, Facebook & More [Video]

By Paola Hernández
Software titan Microsoft is acquiring startups that have created rival products, and its latest acquisition is calendar app maker Sunrise, for which Microsoft paid at least $100 million.

Anthem Hacked: Social Security Numbers and Other Personal Information of Over 80M Health Insurance Customers Stolen in Data Breach

By Paola Hernández
Anthem Inc., the nation's second-largest health insurer, has said that hackers broke into their database and stole personal information of about 80 million of its customers and employees.

New Twitter and Google 2015 Deal Means Tweets Will Start Coming Up in Search Results

By Paola Hernández
Google now has access to Twitter's "firehose" Tweets will soon be appearing in Google searches in an easier fashion thanks to a deal the two companies made.

Obamacare Tax Credit 2015: Health and Human Services Department Partners With Top Tax Filing Organization

By Paola Hernández
With the 2015 tax season being the first year for people to report their health insurance information on their tax returns, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) this week announced efforts to ease the process.

Ross Ulbricht News: Silk Road Founder Convicted for Online Black Market Selling Drugs Ecstasy, Cocaine & More, Faces Life in Prison

By Paola Hernández
In a Manhattan federal courthouse Wednesday, Ross Ulbricht was convicted of charges stemming from his role in founding and operating the Silk Road website that served as a black market version of eBay for worldwide drug dealers and users.

Colombia Businesses Prepare 500 Million Flowers for Valentine's Day 2015

By Paola Hernández
The world's second largest producer of flowers is producing more packages to the global market demand on Valentine's Day.

MARKETPLACE: Aerbook CEO Ron Martinez Explains How Work Experiences and Technology Paved the Way for Social Publishing Platform

By Paola Hernández
In this edition of Latin Post’s “Marketplace,” Ron Martinez, founder and CEO of Aer.io Retail and the social publishing and e-commerce platform Aerbook, discusses his journey from busboy to successful businessman

Net Neutrality: FCC Chair Tom Wheeler Proposes Strict Utility-like Regulations for Internet Providers

By Paola Hernández
Today Tom Wheeler, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, put to rest any doubt that the agency charged with regulating the infrastructure of the Internet plans to do so based on the strongest legal foundation available. It's victory for Net Neutrality advocates, to the chagrin of Internet service providers.

Petrobras Scandal and Corruption: Head of Brazil Oil Company Maria das Gracas Foster Resigns, Shares Soar

By Paola Hernández
Amid accusations of scandal and corruption Maria das Gracas Foster, the head of Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras has resigned.

Where Do You Go to Buy Your Gadgets? Soon It May Be Difficult to Tell

By Paola Hernández
Staples plans to buy out a major brick-and-mortar competitor, Office Depot, in a deal expected to be worth around $6 billion. But the technology and appliance retail landscape may further mutate this year, if Amazon gets its way with RadioShack.

Hispanicize Week 2015 Schedule: Univision to Provide Multimedia Coverage, Channel's TV Stars to Co-Host Miami, Florida Event [Watch]

By Paola Hernández
Hispanicize 2015 announced Wednesday that Univision Communications Inc. will provide multimedia coverage of the sixth annual Hispanicize Week 2015 that kicks off in March.

Fast Food Restaurant, Menu, Meals & Deals: Which US State is the Best for Fast Food?

By Paola Hernández
Texas, California score well, Alaska and Vermont don't Texans are very familiar with the huge offerings of fast food they encounter when driving around the big state.

Gallup CEO Jim Clifton: US Department Labor Data on Unemployment Rate and Claims Is a 'Big Lie,' 10 Million New Jobs Are Needed

By Paola Hernández
On Wednesday, Gallup's CEO Jim Clifton published an opinion piece Wednesday about the U.S. unemployment rate saying the data reported by the U.S. Department of Labor is misleading and dubbing it a "big lie" in the headline.

Mysterious Apple Vans Spotted Around San Francisco, California: Is Company Making It's Own Version of Google Maps' Street View, Self-Driving Cars?

By Paola Hernández
According to the California Department of Motor Vehicles, the camera-equipped minivan seen on San Francisco's Bay area streets is registered to a fleet company and leased by Apple.

Pew Research Survey Finds Latino Social Media Users Use Instagram More Than Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest & LinkedIn

By Paola Hernández
Instagram is more popular for Latinos and African-Americans than it is for whites, according to Pew Research.

Dish's Sling TV Partners with Univision, As Battle Over Online Latino Viewers Begins

By Paola Hernández
The battle for the cord-cutting, Internet savvy Latino viewer is heating up, as DISH network's Sling TV announced this week it would be adding Univision Spanish-language content to its live and on-demand Internet TV lineup.

Tinder Accounts & Dating App 2015: A Premium Version Coming Soon; How Much Will it Cost?

By Paola Hernández
Paid version will have more features. Tinder has been the quick-matching app of choice for singles since 2012. It has quickly evolved into an app with 50 million users without adding any new features.
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