As a part of a series of major privacy intiative meant to protect people from data gathering by websites, apps, and browsers, several companies have agreed to insist customers know what information…
Google has applied to provide TV products to homes in Kansas City, Mo. The media has pointed out that this puts the search company into direct completion with cable TV. The offering would also include high…
There are reports out today that Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) is set to launch an 8-Gbyte version of its Nook tablet tomorrow and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is expected…
A patent dispute over the “slide-to-lock” feature between Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (NYSE: MMI) in a German court has been decided in Apple’s favor. This marks the…
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) are the leaders of the consumer technology sector in the U.S. One dominates search and mobile OS, the other digital content, smartphones and tablet PCs.…
Research firm Gartner has released its fourth-quarter China smartphone market share data. It shows that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has fallen behind. Apple now stands fifth in share at 7.5%, down from 10.4% in the previous…
Foreclosure abuses likely occurred across the U.S. (Reuters) Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone loses market share in China, based on Gartner data. (Reuters) Improved odds of a Greek bailout lift markets. (Reuters) The…
Google set up its search software so that it would bypass certain security software in Apple’s mobile OS. That gave the search company access to personal information from iPhone and iPad users.…
If you want to know what is hurting Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and helping Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), it may be nothing more than continued chatter about an index rebalancing act by…
Google’s gambit to get into the hardware business through a buyout of Motorola has been approved by regulators in Europe and the US. Not so in China, which could be a problem. Industry experts…
Apple wants to sue Kodak over patent infringement. Since Kodak is in Chapter 11, Apple has to ask the court which has supervised the process. The suit is part of a very…
Chinese central bank leader Zhou Xiaochuan told European officials that his country will provide funds to aid the struggling nations of the eurozone. The money could come through the International Monetary Fund of the European Financial…
China offers financial support to the fund that will be used for bailouts of the eurozone’s weakest economies. (MarketWatch) Greece is in the midst of what may be one of the deepest recessions on…
Gartner released its research about Q4 2011 smartphone sales. The data was pretty much as expected. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android based phones added market share. Weaklings which include former market leader…
The relentless attack by U.S. credit rating agencies on the risk of the sovereign debt of EU members continues. It happened again yesterday when Moody’s downgraded a number of nations just after a deal was set for…
