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Talk of Weibo listing as China's Sina posts profit jump

Feb 25, 2014 (AFP)

Chinese Internet giant Sina said its fourth-quarter net profit surged from a year ago, amid media reports it plans an overseas listing of its popular microblog ...

Disney launches cloud film service for mobile devices

Feb 25, 2014 (AFP)

The Walt Disney Co. announced Tuesday the launch of a service allowing users of iPads and iPhones to access hundreds of movies via the Internet cloud. "Disney M...

Raider Icahn takes aim at eBay

Feb 24, 2014 (AFP)

Corporate raider Carl Icahn took aim at eBay Monday, calling it to hive off payments unit PayPal while blasting its directors for conflicts of interest and its ...

WhatsApp deal shows stunning growth of messaging apps

Feb 24, 2014 (AFP)

The astonishingly high price paid for the messaging service WhatsApp underscores how mobile apps are transforming the way we communicate, shaking up the global ...

Comcast-Netflix deal may upend Internet payments model

Feb 24, 2014 (AFP)

Netflix's agreement to pay Internet giant Comcast for smoother delivery of its video-streaming service sets a precedent which could upend the model for who pays...

Apple sues China govt body, firm over Siri: report

Feb 24, 2014 (AFP)

US technology giant Apple is suing a Chinese government agency and a domestic company over patent rights for its "Siri" personal assistant, the official Xinhua ...

US attorney general calls for identity theft safeguards

Feb 24, 2014 (AFP)

US Attorney General Eric Holder urged Congress on Monday to create rules that would require companies to quickly inform customers when their personal electronic...

Cyber thieves blamed for Bitcoin heist: researchers

Feb 24, 2014 (AFP)

A gang of cyber criminals using an army of infected computers made off with at least $220,000 worth of Bitcoins and other virtual currencies, security researche...

China's Huawei unveils smart watch to rival Samsung

Feb 23, 2014 (AFP)

Rising Chinese smartphone maker Huawei launched Sunday a connected watch to rival Samsung's Gear 2, both unveiled on the eve of the world's biggest mobile fair ...

Hungry Chinese smartphone makers eye world market

Feb 23, 2014 (AFP)

China's smartphone makers are on a global expansion drive that could transform the market, analysts say, and one day challenge the titans Samsung and Apple. The...

Samsung's Galaxy S5, a 'must-want' phone of the year?

Feb 22, 2014 (UPI)

Smartphone companies can live or die based on the sales success, or lack of it, of their "flagship" phone -- as HTC found to its cost when the HTC One wowed rev...

Bhutan, world's last TV holdout, now at tech vanguard: PM

Feb 22, 2014 (AFP)

It was the world's last hold-out against television and is regarded by travellers as a Himalayan Shangri-La. But Bhutan's decision to make itself the poster boy...

Microsoft needs to get back to innovation roots: CEO

Feb 20, 2014 (AFP)

Microsoft's new chief executive Satya Nadella says the tech giant needs to start thinking like a startup again if it wants to move ahead in the new technology l...

WhatsApp founders swap struggle for billionaire status

Feb 20, 2014 (AFP)

Jan Koum, an immigrant from Ukraine, was so poor as a teenager that he used saved his old Soviet notebooks for school and queued with his mom for food stamps. B...

US military ready to share some airwaves with industry

Feb 20, 2014 (AFP)

The Pentagon said on Thursday it would take steps to share some airwaves in coming years to accommodate the wireless industry, which is clamoring for more bandw...

Facebook bets big on mobile with $19 bn WhatsApp deal

Feb 20, 2014 (AFP)

Facebook is betting huge on mobile with an eye-popping cash-and-stock deal worth up to $19 billion for Internet Age smartphone messaging service WhatsApp. The s...

Google out to spread its super-fast Internet service

Feb 19, 2014 (AFP)

Google on Wednesday ramped up its drive to build a super-fast US Internet network in a budding challenge to the grip a handful of titans have on service. Lesson...

US renews 'Open Internet' push after court order

Feb 19, 2014 (AFP)

US regulators called Wednesday for new "open Internet" rules following a court ruling that struck down much of the so-called "net neutrality" provisions. Federa...

Google asks Internet eyewear fans not to be Glassholes

Feb 19, 2014 (AFP)

Google on Tuesday gave early adopters of its Internet-connected eyewear a bit of advice: don't be "Glassholes." It was the final suggestion in a recommended cod...

Sony PS4 console sales top 5 mn worldwide

Feb 18, 2014 (AFP)

Sony on Monday appeared to be winning the latest battle in a long-running videogame console war. The Japanese consumer electronics and entertainment titan annou...