courtesy of Nokia Corp.According to several news reports, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) made it into advanced discussions to buy troubled handset company Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK). Talks with other handset, personal computer…
courtesy of Google Inc.Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) may have a bit of controversy over privacy issues under PRISM and under the company still apparently trying to create a watered down share class.…
Jon C. Ogg courtesy of Google Inc.Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) AdSense, which has made tens of billions of dollars for online sites, large and small, celebrated its 10th birthday. The ad system allows publishers to…
Douglas A. McIntyre courtesy of Nokia Corp. In comments just before Chinese telecom firm Huawei introduces its new high-end smartphone, the Ascend P6, the company would consider an acquisition of Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) to…
Now that the news behind PRISM has scared millions of consumers about privacy issues, companies are releasing figures covering how many requests local, state and federal governmental agencies have made. The periods are…
Jon C. Ogg ThinkstockHow does a large company market a product on Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB)? By using the Facebook page of one of its senior executives? Huawei is about to find out whether that approach…
Douglas A. McIntyre courtesy of Apple Inc.Why did one of the world’s largest tech companies take so long? In another in several announcements from large tech companies about government demands for private information about customers…
Douglas A. McIntyre courtesy of MicrosoftBest Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) have decided to set a deal for the world’s largest software company to have a store within a store,…
courtesy of Google Inc.The total amount spent on digital advertising in 2012 was just more than $104 billion. That total is expected to grow to $116.8 billion in 2013, and Google Inc.…
thinkstockToday’s announcement that Gannett Company Inc. (NYSE: GCI) would pay $1.5 billion in cash and assume more than $700 million debt to acquire Belo Corp. (NYSE: BLC) comes about two months after…
courtesy of Google Inc.It is official news now that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has decided to acquire Waze to enhance and maintain its dominant position with Google Maps. The news was confirmed on…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Yesterday’s announcement by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) that its next version of the iOS operating system would include a streaming music service called iTunes Radio is perhaps a better…
ThinkstockOne in every five jobs in the United States required a high level of knowledge in science, technology, engineering or math as of 2011. Since the industrial revolution, the share of these…
ThinkstockRecent information from Japan and the United Kingdom shows that accelerated recoveries from deep recessions are underway. There may be a way to track how these governments worked to turn around their…
ThinkstockThe disclosure that the U.S. government tracks phone call patterns and a broad spectrum of data from large consumer-facing tech companies, which probably include Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG)…
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