Facebook Inc. (FB) plans to introduce real-time bidding for advertising on its site, a technology used by Google Inc. (GOOG) and other Web companies to more effectively target ads to consumers.

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Chairman Rupert Murdoch has posted several messages on Twitter in recent days criticizing the Obama administration for not supporting the legislation and arguing that technology companies like Google Inc.

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Technology companies including Microsoft and Google Inc.

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The autonomous car idea got a boost in 2010 when Google Inc. disclosed its effort to perfect the technology.

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Mr. Zuckerberg provided few details on two of Facebook's recent big technology initiatives: its revamped Graph Search tool and its Home mobile interface for Google Inc.

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If completed, a merger of Microsoft and Yahoo would be the world's largest of two computer technology companies and would create a formidable rival to Internet search and advertising leader Google Inc.

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