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  A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus

  It was supposed to be our IPO, the people's public offering.
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  Ex-Groupon CEO working 9 to 5 on business album

  Former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason is diving into several new ventures, including indulging his inner rock star with an album of "motivational business music."

• Stem cells recovered from cloned human embryos

  Scientists have finally recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos, a longstanding goal that could lead to new treatments for such illnesses as Parkinson's disease and diabetes.

• Correction: Tech Q&A: Law firm's custom email address locked in limbo

  A company that overpromises what it can deliver should never deal with a lawyer.
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  Lawmakers accuse Google of dishonesty over taxes

  U.K. lawmakers subjected search giant Google to blistering criticism Thursday, accusing the U.S. Internet company of playing games with Britain's tax rules to avoid paying what it owed.

• Sector Snap: Makers of computer networking gear

  Investors snapped up the stocks of companies that make computer networking gear Thursday after industry leader Cisco Systems Inc.'s latest quarterly earnings raised hope that business is picking up after a long stretch of lackluster demand.

• New Zealand's top court takes Kim Dotcom appeal

  New Zealand's highest court ruled Thursday that it will hear an appeal by Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom and three colleagues as they seek to avoid extradition to the United States.

• Apple says App Store hit 50 billion downloads

  Apple says its customers have downloaded more than 50 billon applications from its App Store since its launch in 2008.

• Dell's dismal 1Q illuminates PC maker's challenges

  Dell's financial decay worsened during its latest quarter as the company slashed its personal computer prices in response to the growing popularity of smartphones and tablets.
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  INFLUENCE GAME: Tech, labor spar on immigration

  To the U.S. technology industry, there's a dramatic shortfall in the number of Americans skilled in computer programming and engineering that is hampering business. To unions and some Democrats, it's more sinister: The push by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to expand the number of visas for high-tech foreign workers is an attempt to dilute a lucrative job market with cheap, indentured labor.

• UK court jails 4 Lulzsec hackers for cyberattacks

  Four young computer hackers who masterminded cyberattacks on targets from the CIA to Sony Pictures and Rupert Murdoch's News International were sentenced to up to 32 months in prison on Thursday.

• Labor group says Apple making progress at Foxconn

  A labor group Apple Inc. joined to assess working conditions at three manufacturing plants in China, where its products are made, says conditions are improving. But employees are still working more hours than the country's legal limit.

• Google challenger in Vietnam redirecting queries

  A Russian-financed search engine seeking to challenge Google's dominance in Vietnam is redirecting queries for some politically sensitive terms to the American company's search engine, apparently as a way of avoiding government anger or legal liability for sending surfers to sites containing criticism of the ruling party.
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  Pa. coffee run leads to hatchet hitchhiker arrest

  Life on the run for the Internet sensation known as Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker ended when he asked for a cup of coffee.

• Gadgets: Get your photos, slides digitized with simple service

  After my mom sent boxes of my family's photo albums years ago we found a nice space on my closet shelf with hope of one day digitizing them.
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  Students in Ghana launch mini-satellite

  Their project might not sound like much: The college students on Wednesday launched a tiny model of a satellite the size of a soda can on a big yellow balloon.
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  Google's music plan part of fresh wave of upgrades

  Google Inc. unveiled a streaming music service called All Access that blends songs users have already uploaded to their online libraries with millions of other tracks. Google made it available in the U.S. Wednesday for $8 a month to early birds who sign up for service before June 30.
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  Russians attempt to topple Google in Vietnam

  Vietnam's booming Internet scene is littered with failed startups that tried to take on Google and other entrenched U.S web companies. That's not deterring a newly launched Russian-Vietnamese outfit which believes it can unseat the American search engine in this fast-growing Asian market and also contend with a jittery, authoritarian government seeking to clamp down on freedom of expression online.

• Cisco 3Q net income rises 14 percent

  Cisco's net income jumped 14 percent in the latest quarter as revenue at all four of its divisions rose for the first time in a year and a half.
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  Google unveils maps, photo, music features

  Google's sixth annual conference for software developers opened Wednesday with a chance for the company to showcase its latest services. Announcements included new features for online games, maps and search, a new music-streaming service and enhancements to its Google Plus social network, including tools for editing and sharing photos.

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