A Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) executive said that 3.7 million Android devices were activated on December 24 and 25, a sign the sales of smartphones which use the OS were brisk Andy Rubin tweeted…
A number of economists believe the U.S. debt burden, budget problems, recession and lack of growth will soon be the same as those now facing many EU nations. This would mean that…
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) chairman Eric Schmidt says his company will launch a new tablet PC in 2012. The product will run on the firm’s Android OS mobile platform. Google likely will struggle with…
Yahoo.comNew Comscore data shows the extent to which Facebook and Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) have become internet destinations while portals Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) MSN lose ground. The social network…
Is Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) just a good citizen, or is there a reason it supports nonprofit operation Mozilla, which operates the Firefox browser? Google has a browser of its own — Chrome.…
Toyota (NYSE: TM) forecasts that it will sell 8.48 million cars and light trucks worldwide next year — up 20% from 2011. The prediction is based on two factors. The first is that…
http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/hub.1324331373.html Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) may set a deal to sell part of its Asia assets in a deal worth $18 billion. The transaction would involve a drop in its ownership of Alibaba…
Douglas A. McIntyre What happens when the industry leader who never misses earnings manages a huge disappointment? This is the question regarding Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL). The company has a near-decade of history being very…
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) may have an interest in buying Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) (WSJ) Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) may have an interest in buying RIM (Reuters) China hackers…
Prosecutors raid Olympus to gain data in a probe of the accounting scandal at the company. (Reuters) Bank of Japan says it will hold to current policies as the economy in the…
As economic conditions in the country improve, it is not enough to quote national statistics and vague data. Tangible, localized measures often paint a much clearer picture of the recovery across the…
Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) earnings missed almost all Wall St. estimates and its shares fell 8%. The company has been among the most successful in the tech sector for years. Was the report…
The UK says it will not contribute to a new IMF-based 150 billion euro package for use in bailing out regional economies. The UK government senses that as it pushes it own austerity to…
Sony (NYSE: SNE) has counted on its new Playstation Vita portable game device to resurrect its chance in the console business. Early signs are that the attempt has worked. Nintendo sold 371,000…
Remarks made over the weekend by Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) CEO Steven Elop appear to quell any notion that the company plans to enter the tablet market any time soon. The company…
