Social media networks like Facebook are not putting users in an ideological information bubble, despite fears to the contrary, a new research report said Thursday.
The study published in the journal Science, based on an analysis of 10 million Facebook users and seven million web links, found many of the shared stories allowed people to get viewpoints different from their own.

Fitbit on Thursday filed paperwork with U.S. regulators to go public with a stock offering on the New York Stock Exchange.
The San Francisco-based company known for wearable devices designed to promote healthy lifestyles by tracking activity gave a preliminary target of about $100 million for the initial public offering, but the figure will likely change by the time shares are released.

Google's first campus for startups and entrepreneurs in Asia opened on Friday in a glitzy neighborhood of South Korea's capital Seoul.
Google cited South Korea's flourishing startup scene and pervasive smartphone use as the reasons for picking Seoul after opening similar sites in London and Tel Aviv.

A startup company wants to make your emails vanish forever -- but in a good way.
The firm, Confidential CC, has created an application that lets people send self-destructing messages from whatever email accounts they fancy.

Bogota-based startup Biko is out to make bicycling pay off for riders in traffic-choked cities around the world.
The creators of a mobile app that lets bicyclists track their routes and then rewards them with discounts or deals at local merchants, was at a Collision technology conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday seeking investors to help it spread beyond Colombia.

A Google toolbar to streamline tasks -- such as searching the Internet or bookmarking online pages with Web browsing programs -- made its debut in Cuba on Wednesday.
The U.S.-based Internet colossus updated its Spanish-language blog to put out word that people in Cuba could download the toolbar, which can be affixed atop browsers for quick access to Google services or capabilities when venturing online.

The boxing match billed as the fight of the century is over, but the battle over smartphone video streaming of the Las Vegas showdown is just beginning.
Revelations that dozens of smartphone users streamed the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather weekend fight have raised questions about how new technologies can get around copyright restrictions imposed at live venues such as sporting events and concerts.

Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg said she was devastated by the sudden death of her husband Tuesday but lucky to have known him and shared her life with him.
U.S. tech executive David Goldberg apparently died after falling on a treadmill and striking his head at an upscale resort in Mexico.

Apple Watch isn't so much a lifestyle revolution as it is a collection of small enhancements that add up.
Apple's smartwatch has a wider range of apps than rival watches from Samsung, Motorola and others. In my few weeks with one, I've been following my favorite baseball team more closely. I've walked to places without staring at a phone screen for directions. I've even stepped away from my desk more often — despite my annoyance at the watch for nagging me to move.

Internet file-storage company Mega Ltd., launched in 2013 by indicted entrepreneur Kim Dotcom, failed Wednesday in a bid to list on New Zealand's stock market.
Mega last year announced plans to list through a maneuver known as a reverse takeover.
