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Snapchat rejected $3 bn offer from Facebook: report

Nov 13, 2013 (AFP)

The mobile messaging service Snapchat recently rejected a $3 billion cash offer from Facebook, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Snapchat, considered ...

Jawbone introduces new activity-tracking UP wristbands

Nov 13, 2013 (AFP)

Jawbone introduced new UP24 wristbands Wednesday as the wearable computers evolve into smart accessories tailored to augment Internet lifestyles. The second-gen...

Motorola aims at new markets with Moto G smartphone

Nov 13, 2013 (AFP)

Google-owned Motorola Mobility moved Wednesday to shake up the global smartphone market with an entry-level handset aimed at cost-sensitive consumers around the...

China Singles Day online shoppers spend almost $6 bn

Nov 12, 2013 (AFP)

Chinese shoppers spent a record 35.0 billion yuan ($5.7 billion) at the country's biggest online marketplaces on Singles Day, their operator said Tuesday, after...

Australia reveals innovative 'video stamp'

Nov 12, 2013 (AFP)

Australia's mail service has injected modern technology into the simple postage stamp -- creating a "video stamp" to deliver a personal message that recipients ...

Google Glass gets music integration

Nov 12, 2013 (AFP)

Google's new Internet-connected eyewear will have music too. The company said Tuesday music would be available on Google Glass by allowing wearers to use Google...

Android smartphones dominate, Windows gains: survey

Nov 12, 2013 (AFP)

Google's Android platform was used on four out of five smartphones sold worldwide in the third quarter, while Microsoft's Windows Phone showed strong gains, sai...

Apple, Samsung to face off in court again on patents

Nov 11, 2013 (AFP)

Apple and Samsung return to a California court this week for another round in the blockbuster patent trial between the two biggest smartphone makers. A jury tri...

China shoppers embrace online spending spree for singletons

Nov 11, 2013 (AFP)

Chinese shoppers spent billions of dollars online Monday, data showed, as they took advantage of discounts offered on Singles Day, a festival created by e-taile...

Novel LEDs pave the way to cheaper displays

Nov 11, 2013 (SPX)

OLEDs are already used in the displays of smart phones or digital cameras today. They offer an especially bright image with high contrast, but come with a serio...

As Twitter flies, fears mount on bubble

Nov 08, 2013 (AFP)

Twitter's high-flying Wall Street debut drew attention to the growing power of social media, but it has also raised concerns about a potential bubble in the sec...

US Media Consumption to Rise to 15.5 Hours a Day - Per Person - by 2015

Nov 08, 2013 (SPX)

A new study by a researcher at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, says that by 2015, the sum of media asked f...

Survey finds people prefer wrist or arm as best for wearable tech

Nov 07, 2013 (UPI)

People prefer to put wearable tech devices on the arm or wrist, rather than on the collar, torso, waste or pants, a U.S. study found. Georgia Tech researchers s...

Twitter to hit Wall Street with hefty price tag

Nov 07, 2013 (AFP)

Twitter will make its Wall Street debut Thursday with a price tag of $26 per share, bidding to raise up to $2.1 billion in the most eagerly awaited stock offeri...

Samsung vows to boost dividend at rare analyst meeting

Nov 06, 2013 (AFP)

Samsung Electronics promised better shareholder returns, dismissed fears over smartphone market saturation and signalled a more aggressive acquisitions policy W...

Twitter IPO looks imminent, at higher price

Nov 06, 2013 (AFP)

Twitter was on the verge of revealing the price of its stock offering Wednesday, giving the popular messaging platform a value of around $15 billion, media repo...

Blockbuster to close last of video rental stores

Nov 06, 2013 (AFP)

Blockbuster will close the last 300 of its own US video rental stores by January, its parent firm said Wednesday, after consumers shifted en masse to streaming ...

Microsoft needs to 'start up again': CEO

Nov 05, 2013 (AFP)

Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer on Tuesday said the computer giant had to reinvent itself to avoid being "old and tired" as his company struggles to kee...

Twitter hikes IPO share price range

Nov 04, 2013 (AFP)

Twitter boosted its public stock offering to as much as $2 billion Monday, suggesting strong demand for its shares and a higher overall value for the one-to-man...

BlackBerry scraps search for buyer, ousts CEO

Nov 04, 2013 (AFP)

BlackBerry abandoned hopes of finding a buyer, and instead pegged its future on a $1 billion cash infusion as it shook up top management Monday and named a new ...