ThinkstockJust in time for the holiday shopping season, Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) has made it simpler customers to search and browse its wide selection of offers. The Chicago-based company Monday revealed a…
courtesy of Google Inc.The consortium that bought a portfolio of more than 6,000 patents from bankrupt Nortel has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and seven other Android…
Courtesy ZTE Corp.Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has released the Nexus 5 at its Google Play website, using words like “stunning,” “powerful,” “colorful” and “slim.” It is, in other words, like almost every other…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Mobile games are by far the most popular apps in both number of downloads and revenue for mobile device makers. Game downloads for the iPhone and iPad from Apple…
courtesy of SamsungDuring the third calendar quarter this year 11% of mobile phone subscribers decided to replace or upgrade their phones. Of that number, nearly 80% chose a smartphone. According to research…
Courtesy BlackBerryBlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ: BBRY) is a merger story that just refuses to go away. Fairfax is the interested party at $9.00 per share, and there have been published rumors and written…
Microsoft Sweden, via Wikimedia CommonsAfter Steve Ballmer announced in August that he will step down as Microsoft Corp.’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) chief executive officer, director John Thompson was put in charge of the…
courtesy of Google Inc.If you know any of the 10,000 early users of Google Glass, it may be time to cozy up to those friends and acquaintances. Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced…
Trey Thoelcke Healthcare.govSince the passage of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, the launch has been riddled with problems. Accessing the sign-up page, poor Web design, untested and inept technology, and endless attacks on…
courtesy of Verizon WirelessMergers and acquisitions (M&A) sometimes can be an excellent measure of the economy’s financial health. However, since there is a great deal of evidence that most M&A results are…
Microsoft Sweden, via Wikimedia CommonsMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) managed to post such strong earnings and was positive enough in its outlook that there is one thing to consider. No one wants to…
Microsoft Sweden, via Wikimedia CommonsIf Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) had posted a long string of quarters similar to its most recent one, Steve Ballmer might not be on his way out the…
Courtesy Alibaba GroupWith Twitter Inc. executives and bankers preparing for Friday’s kick-off to the roadshow they hope will convince investors that the company’s nominal initial public offering (IPO) valuation of around $12.8…
ThinkstockOnline video has radically changed the way Americans consume media. People want to watch when it is convenient for them, not when network programmers want them to. The industry’s term for it…
courtesy of Google Inc.Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), which has been the victim of censorship and cyber attacks in China, has decided to help smaller organizations to exist without similar attacks — at…
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