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Tumblr deal sparks talk on next big tech target
May 20, 2013 (AFP)
The billion-dollar deal for Tumblr has stirred talk on the next big acquisition target in the sector, with cash-rich tech giants looking for the next potential ...
Apple rumored to be testing hardware for smart 'iWatch'
May 20, 2013 (UPI)
Apple is testing a 1.5-inch OLED display for its rumored smart watch and may have ordered an initial iWatch production run, a Taiwanese newspaper says. Apple ha...
Yahoo! to buy blog-maker Tumblr for $1.1 bn: report
May 19, 2013 (AFP)
Yahoo!'s board has approved a deal to purchase the popular blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. The deal,...
Three new suicides at Foxconn China factory: report
May 18, 2013 (AFP)
Three Foxconn workers have committed suicide at a factory in China in the past three weeks, a labour rights group said Saturday. All three jumped to their death...
US lawmakers raise Google Glass privacy concerns
May 17, 2013 (AFP)
A group of US lawmakers has asked Google to answer questions on the privacy implications and possible "misuse of information" of its Google Glass project. Eight...
Mexican court tosses $2.7 bn penalty in Yahoo! case
May 16, 2013 (AFP)
Yahoo! announced on Thursday that a Mexican appeals court tossed out a $2.7 billion dollar damages award in a breach of contract lawsuit. "The appellate decisio...
New Zealand Supreme Court to hear Kim Dotcom appeal
May 16, 2013 (AFP)
New Zealand's Supreme Court on Thursday granted Kim Dotcom leave to appeal a ruling that US authorities do not have to disclose all of the evidence they have ag...
Playing at pirate games
May 16, 2013 (SPX)
The results of a large-scale, analysis of BitTorrent file-sharing of computer games, focusing on using open methodologies are to be published in the Internation...
Apple marks 50 billionth app with big prize
May 16, 2013 (AFP)
Apple on Thursday announced that the number of mini-programs downloaded from its App Store has blasted past the 50 billion milestone, and celebrated the moment ...
Facebook outlook still muddled one year after IPO
May 16, 2013 (AFP)
A year after a nightmarish share offering, Facebook still has its ardent backers and detractors. The world's biggest social network, which now has more than 1.1...
Dell profits plunge on PC woes
May 16, 2013 (AFP)
US computer giant Dell said Thursday its quarterly profit plunged 79 percent from a year ago, as a shift away from PCs hammered the company's bottom line. The n...
Technology lets fragile, 'unreadable' historical documents to be read
May 16, 2013 (UPI)
British researchers say new technology can read "unreadable," fragile historic documents that could crack and crumble if unrolled or unfolded. Pioneering X-ray ...
Facebook and Twitter jump on Google glasses
May 16, 2013 (AFP)
Facebook and Twitter launched applications Thursday for Google glasses as developers rushed to learn more about tailoring software for the Internet-linked eyewe...
Software makers getting face time with Google glasses
May 15, 2013 (AFP)
Google Glass was a common sight Wednesday as software savants here shared visions of games, weather reports, news and more delivered to the Internet-linked eyew...
Google debuts music service for mobile gadgets
May 15, 2013 (AFP)
Google on Wednesday rolled out a music service for smartphones and tablets powered by its free Android software, in a challenge to streaming radio firms such as...
Fresh anger over Amazon's UK tax bill
May 15, 2013 (AFP)
Internet giant Amazon on Wednesday came under fresh fire over its British tax status after official figures revealed it only paid 2.4 million ($3.6 million, 2.8...
Page to keep Google helm despite vocal cord paralysis
May 14, 2013 (AFP)
Google co-founder and chief Larry Page disclosed Tuesday that his vocal cords are partially paralyzed but that it will not stop him from running the Internet co...
Windows 'Blue' set to preview June 26
May 14, 2013 (AFP)
The tweaked version of Microsoft's operating system nicknamed Windows Blue will be previewed on June 26 and will be a free update for users as Windows 8.1, the ...
Android, Samsung extend smartphone lead: survey
May 14, 2013 (AFP)
Google's Android mobile operating system grabbed three out of four smartphones sold in the world in the first quarter of 2013, extending its gains over Apple an...
BlackBerry adds low-cost smartphone to its device lineup
May 14, 2013 (UPI)
Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry says its new low-cost Q5 unit is intended for emerging markets where smartphone use hasn't yet reached a saturation point. ...
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