ThinkstockThe average U.S. TV viewer may regularly watch just 17 of the hundreds of channels available, but that average viewer’s consumption of TV is skyrocketing. The main agents of the rapidly rising…
Microsoft plans to release a version of its Office software suite -- optimized for touch screens -- for Google’s Android operating system. As consumers increasingly embrace non-Windows operating systems, Microsoft Office stands…
For the three months ending in April, Samsung Electronics gained 1% of market share from Apple and other smartphone makers to grow its share of the U.S. smartphone market to 27.7%.
thinkstockJune 3, 2014: Markets opened slightly lower on Tuesday and never really recovered. Trading was moderate again today and the index losses were small in most sectors. Shortly before the closing bell…
Last week Steve Ballmer, the former Microsoft CEO, bid $2 billion to buy the Los Angeles Clippers -- a price most experts consider way too high. Is this just a vanity purchase…
Google’s Chromebooks, the inexpensive laptops powered by Google’s Chrome operating system, are coming to New Zealand, the Philippines, Norway, Denmark, Mexico, Chile, Belgium, Spain and Italy. In countries with developing economies, Chromebooks…
ThinkstockOne thing we have related to 24/7 readers over the years is that for all of their pedigreed executives and portfolio managers, hedge funds tend to go a lot in the same…
Video game maker Ubisoft has now delivered its much anticipated Watch Dogs game for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and earlier devices from both Sony and Microsoft, as well as PCs.
Sitting on a fortune estimated to be worth about $20 billion, former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer agreed late Thursday to pay $2 billion for the Los Angeles Clippers. It is the second-highest…
Paul Ausick The announcement of a strategic partnership between Microsoft and Salesforce.com after markets closed on Thursday boosted the latter's shares in after-hours trading, but investor enthusiasm had waned by Friday morning.
The Google driverless car has taken another step toward becoming a real consumer product with real sales. It will launch cars onto U.S. streets this year.
Chinese gamers have only been able to play games on PCs and mobile devices. Gaming consoles such as PlayStation and the Xbox were banned by the government as a distraction for children.
Google topped all companies in terms of best pay and benefits in a new survey by online jobs site Glassdoor. The list was thick with tech and biotech companies.
Image via Floyd Wilde, Flickr.You know the story. The Chicago Cubs haven’t won a World Series since 1908, by far the longest championship drought in baseball. So naturally, fans take this to…
Google further cemented is position as the number one Web property in the United States based on April data. comScore reports that Google sites had 192.3 million unique visitors.
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