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AP Technology NewsBrief at 1:10 p.m. EDT(Associated Press Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) The apps that eat your wireless dataNEW YORK (AP) _ If you have a cellphone with a monthly limit on how much data you can use, here are some tips on what types of phone use will gobble up your precious megabytes: _ Streaming video and videoconferencing. The biggest offender. One minute of YouTube-quality video eats up 2 megabytes. If you're on a plan that gives you 200 megabytes per month, you can't even watch Lady Gaga's "Telephone" video once per day. If you're on a 2 gigabyte plan you can, but don't make your iPhone a replacement for a TV. In either case, it's fine to indulge in YouTube and Netflix if you're on Wi-Fi. Budgeting for wireless data on Verizon's new plansNEW YORK (AP) _ Are you a wireless data glutton or a nibbler? Many Verizon Wireless customers will have to figure that out _ perhaps as soon as this week _ as the country's largest wireless carrier is set to introduce data plans with monthly usage caps. Netflix to stream movies, shows in Latin AmericaLOS GATOS, Calif. (AP) _ Netflix is expanding its movie and TV show streaming service into 43 countries throughout Latin America in the online movie rental company's largest international expansion yet. Analysts said the expansion was larger than expected. The company's stock hit an all-time high of $283.50 in morning trading Tuesday. China's Baidu, Microsoft to cooperate in searchBEIJING (AP) _ Chinese search giant Baidu Inc. will use Microsoft's Bing for some English-language results as the software giant tries to expand its small share of China's search market. China has the world's biggest population of Internet users, with more than 450 million people online. Global e-commerce, search and other Internet brands have struggled to gain a foothold against aggressive local competitors in a heavily regulated market. Ford UK to pull ads from UK tabloid over hackingLONDON (AP) _ Ford U.K. says it is pulling its advertising indefinitely from Britain's News of the World tabloid amid growing accusations against the paper in a phone hacking scandal. The tabloid paper is facing claims that it hacked into a missing teenage girl's phone messages, possibly hampering a police inquiry into her abduction and murder. Next gen video games let players control the storyLOS ANGELES (AP) _ Menacing alien machines descend on Earth, and amid all-out war, a soldier searches a building to find a frightened boy hiding in a vent. "It's OK," says the soldier. Secret Service to probe hack on Fox News TwitterWASHINGTON (AP) _ The Secret Service said Monday it will investigate the hacking of Fox's political Twitter account over updates claiming that President Barack Obama had been assassinated. Secret Service spokesman George Ogilvie says the law enforcement agency whose job it is to protect the president will conduct a probe of the false postings and that "we will conduct the appropriate follow up." Google temporarily disables 'Realtime' searchGoogle Inc. has temporarily shut down a search engine feature that allows users to find real-time updates from Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed and other social networking sites. A message posted early Monday on Twitter by the team behind Google Realtime says the search feature has been temporarily disabled while Google explores how to incorporate its recently launched Google+ project into the feature. The tweet tells readers to "stay tuned." Airlines positioned for big gains in efficiencyPlanes are being built out of the same lightweight materials used for Formula 1 race cars. Their engines are being redesigned to squeeze more thrust out of every gallon of fuel. And governments are developing air-traffic systems that will allow airlines to fly shorter routes. Those and other advances have positioned airlines for the biggest gains in fuel efficiency since the dawn of the jet age in 1958. For airlines, more efficient jets will reduce their biggest expense. For passengers, it means fares won't jump around as much with the price of oil. Radiohead ventures into Chinese social mediaHONG KONG (AP) _ Radiohead has taken a tentative step into censored Chinese cyberspace, even though the British rock band has been critical of China's human rights record. Radiohead recently launched a page on the "weibo" site of leading Chinese Internet portal Sina.com. "Weibo," which translates as "microblog," is the Chinese-equivalent of Twitter. (c) 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |