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Apps & Software

Google Offers $15 for App Referral Sign Ups

Google is desperate to get businesses to use its apps. It has gone to a great length to add customers. Under a new plan, it will pay $15 to people who refer…

Douglas A. McIntyre
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Apps & Software

Google Offers Bounty for New Signups at Google Apps

On its official enterprise blog site, Google announced Monday that it is kicking off a new referral program for its online office and productivity programs, Google Apps. Current users can receive $15…

Paul Ausick
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Media

Icahn Adds Facebook Account to His Social Media Arsenal

ThinkstockActivist investor Carl Icahn said on Friday that Icahn Enterprises LP (NASDAQ: IEP) will begin using its Facebook page to disclose material non-public information. Icahn already uses Twitter and a website (www.shareholderssquaretable.com)…

Paul Ausick
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Apps & Software

Windows 8.1 Available Early

Microsoft Windows 8.1, which is not supposed to be available until later this year, can be downloaded now, if PC owners know a very few tricks. It is unusual that such an…

Douglas A. McIntyre
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Consumer Electronics

Sony Sells 6 Million PS4 Consoles

Sony announced it has sold six million PlayStation 4 gaming units, which the Japanese company says is ahead of schedule. Sony needs the success as its earnings have been poor for years.

Douglas A. McIntyre
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Apps & Software

Android Crushes Apple in Global Tablet Sales

Consumer electronics companies sold 195 million tablets last year. Unfortunately for Apple, which virtually invented the category, the share its iOS had of the global market dropped. Apple is desperate for the…

Douglas A. McIntyre
6:34am ET
Investing

The Five Stocks That Could Cause the S&P to Fall

Some experts believe the S&P 500 has risen too much, because the increase has little support from the general economy and corporate earnings. A sudden weakness of a few large cap stocks…

Douglas A. McIntyre
6:25am ET
Technology

360 Million User Names and Passwords For Sale

ThinkstockThe sheer amount of data about people’s private online information that is available for sale by criminals reached a staggering 360 million credentials. It is a sign of just how powerful cyber-thieves…

Douglas A. McIntyre
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Consumer Electronics

Can Nokia Save BlackBerry?

Shares of BlackBerry got a lift Monday morning following the company's announcement that its BlackBerry Messenger service (BBM) will be available on both the Windows Phone and Android-based Nokia X phones.

Paul Ausick
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Media

Netflix Did Not Sell Out to Comcast

Most opinion seems to be that Netflix gave up on its stand for net neutrality, the principle that all Internet traffic should be treated identically, when it agreed to pay a fee…

Paul Ausick
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Consumer Electronics

Nokia Launches Android-Based Phone; Google Giggles

The World Mobile Congress currently going on in Barcelona will generate some surprises, but Nokia's announcement of a cheap, Android-based smartphone is not one of them. The phone has been rumored to…

Paul Ausick