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The Future of Android Looks More Like Apple Inc.

Lengthier interims between updates, greater control over software, and a dash of secrecy has Google's Android looking more like Apple's...

23 minutes on minyanville.com

4 Ideas Google Rejected Before Project Loon

Google's newest project is Loon, a campaign to spread Internet connectivity via a fleet of balloons (or 'loons for short). Remote areas and difficult terrain will have Wi-Fi access thanks to the 30 balloons Google launched last week, as well as...

46 minutes on mashable.com

Apple Inc. (AAPL) Testing LinkedIn Integration For iOS 7

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) in a quest to increase the third party social networks on iOS, is examining deep LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD) integration for the iOS 7, which would be the latest to be launched as per the code-based references that are inside of...

1.1 hours on valuewalk.com

iPhone 6, 5S Display ‘Leaked,’ Matches ‘Leaked’ Logic Board

While some have been making a case for why Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) will skip over the iPhone 5S and instead go for the iPhone 6, but the answer may not be as simple as that. We have some new allegedly leaked photos of the next iPhone display, and the...

1.5 hours on valuewalk.com

Pre-Marketing: Google's private equity deal?

Fab now valued at $1 billion; SEC to seek more admissions of fault; and, U.S. futures rise, Europe falls andJapan...

2.6 hours on money.cnn.com

Microsoft partners with Samsung, HP to help stop Windows piracy

Hewlett-Packard and Samsung Electronics will now ensure that their PCs in China are installed with licensed Windows and Office software as part of new agreements signed with Microsoft meant to fight piracy.Microsoft announced the agreements Wednesday...

3.6 hours on pcworld.com

Google AdSense Celebrates 10th Birthday

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) AdSense, which has made tens of billions of dollars for online sites, large and small, celebrated its tenth birthday. The ad system allows publisher to easily run ads on...

5.3 hours on 247wallst.com

Facebook Video Ads Said to Be Delayed Until Fall

Facebook has pushed back the introduction of video ads in its News Feed until the fall, according to a report Advertising Age cites a "source familiar with the product" as saying the launch, originally set for the spring and then summer, is now...

5.6 hours on mashable.com

Facebook’s Carolyn Everson On Right-Hand-Side Ads, Mobile, Instagram, And Hashtags

Facebook Vice President of Global Marketing Solutions Carolyn Everson touched upon several topics in a conversation with Ad Age, including the future of right-hand-side ads, the social network’s mobile advertising prospects, potential advertising...

5.9 hours on allfacebook.com

10 Best Google Nexus 4 Cases

In our never-ending quest to find you the very best case for your smartphone of choice, we've taken a look at what's available for the Google Nexus 4 We have found 10 very different cases, with materials ranging from neoprene to shiny...

6.1 hours on mashable.com

Google Drive Gets 18 New Languages

Google has added support for 18 new languages to its Google Drive web app suite. Besides Drive itself, this includes Google Docs, Sheets and Slides. The newly supported languages are Afrikaans, Amharic, Basque, Chinese (Hong Kong), Estonian, French...

6.6 hours on mashable.com

Microsoft updates Blink for Windows Phone 8 with GIF-like clip creation (video)

If Vine still leaves you pining for the choppiness of GIFs, Microsoft's got you covered -- on Windows Phone 8, at least. Redmond's Blink app, which helps smartphone photographers capture bursts of images, has hit version 2.0 and scored the...

7.6 hours on engadget.com

Anticipation Builds For QUAN's Debut iPad Case

Filed under: Investing Anticipation Builds For QUAN's Debut iPad Case HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- As Apple (NAS: AAPL) is expected to release the iPad 5 this summer, Quantum International Corp. (OTCBB: QUAN) is...

8.3 hours on dailyfinance.com

A&E, Lifetime and History Channel streaming apps land on Google Play

No need to envy your iPhone- and iPad-toting friends anymore just because they can catch the latest episodes of Bates Motel or Dance Moms on the go. Streaming apps from A&E, History Channel and Lifetime have just arrived on Android, and you can...

8.5 hours on engadget.com

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT) May Be Google Inc (GOOG)’s Secret Weapon

The PC may be dying, but good luck convincing Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) that the laptop is on the way out. The world’s leading search provider announced yesterday that the number of stores stocking Chromebook notebooks will triple this week....

10 hours on insidermonkey.com

Apple vs. Samsung: iPhone vs. Galaxy [INFOGRAPHIC]

The two biggest technology giants Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Samsung have been fighting for years, but who’s winning the smartphone battle? Whether it’s revenue or advertising spend they both vary dramatically. Gumtree have discovered that...

11 hours on valuewalk.com

Apple Inc. (AAPL) Adding More App Flexibility With iOS 7

For many, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) remains a near perfect operating system with numerous users, and when polled nearly 30 percent of users claim “they wouldn’t change a thing.” For those with complaints, high on the list...

12.8 hours on valuewalk.com

Apple Recap: Rivalries, E-Book Drama, and Wrong Goals

Even though Samsung (SSNLF.PK), a tough Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) competitor, has been hit with a wave of analyst downgrades throughout June, shares of the iPhone maker have not made up any lost territory. So far this month, the stock has lost 0.34 percent of...

13.3 hours on wallstcheatsheet.com

Microsoft says it freed at least 2 million PCs from Citadel botnets

Earlier this month, Microsoft announced that it took down 1,400 Citadel botnets with the help of the FBI, and now Ballmer and Co. have divulged just how big of an impact the effort had. According to Richard Domingues Boscovich, the firm's Digital...

13.8 hours on engadget.com

Microsoft Stock Needs a Little Help From Its Friends

Filed under: Investing Microsoft turned heads last week with its move to open 500 stores inside Best Buy locations this summer. Microsoft stock didn't get the kind of bubbly reception that Best Buy shares received on the news, but...

14.1 hours on dailyfinance.com

Google Is Using The First Amendment To Push Back Against The NSA

Google is taking its fight for transparency and image rehabilitation one step further in the wake of the revelation that the government is collecting people's digital data in a sweeping program called PRISM. The Washington Post reported late...

14.4 hours on huffingtonpost.com

Apple amends Siri’s response to suicide with more direct approach

When it comes to aiding someone who is emotionally driven to kill him or herself, the right response can literally be a matter of life and death. In order to help those in crisis, Apple has updated Siri’s search response system to field...

14.6 hours on gigaom.com

Sirius XM Radio Inc (SIRI) News: Tops 10,000 Used-Car Partners, Threat from Apple Inc. (AAPL), NASDAQ Gainers Watch List & More

Editor’s Note: Related Tickers: Sirius XM Radio Inc (NASDAQ:SIRI), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) Sirius Tops 10,000 Used-Car Partners (DailyFinance) Sirius XM Radio says it has just passed the 10,000 mark on the...

14.9 hours on insidermonkey.com

Bits Blog: Google Asks Secret Court for Permission to Publish National Security Request Data

Google escalated its pressure on the government to permit it to publish more detailed data about the requests it receives for the information of foreign...

14.9 hours on nytimes.com

Google cites 1st Amendment in transparency push

Google is citing the First Amendment in a new push for more transparency. The company wants to be able to publish national security government user-data requests separately.     ...

14.9 hours on ewallstreeter.com

Should Shareholders Fear the Google Stock Split?

Filed under: Investing Last year, tech demigod Google enraged investors with the proposed introduction of a new class of stock, one that would enable more investors to buy into the company at prices south of $500 per share. The caveat was, those...

15.1 hours on dailyfinance.com

Why Did Facebook Add Twitter’s Iconic Hashtag?

In the same week that the word “tweet” was added to the Oxford English Dictionary, it has also been added to Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB). By so doing, anything that is accompanied by a hashtag will immediately be made click-able. In...

15.1 hours on valuewalk.com

Microsoft Dynamics ERP software now available on the Azure cloud

Microsoft is upping the stakes in the growing market for cloud-based ERP, with its Dynamics GP 2013 and NAV 2013 products now available for deployment on its Azure service.The launch, announced Tuesday, gives customers another option for cloud-based...

15.1 hours on pcworld.com

Facebook iOS 6.2 Lets You Easily Change Who You Just Shared That Racy Pic With

It happened to me. Yes, I once uploaded a pic of my friend to Facebook from my phone, forgot to change the setting from “Public” to “Friends” and had the friend get told that day by a random person: “Hey...

15.2 hours on techcrunch.com

3 Buzzing Social Media Stocks: Facebook Saves Lives, Zynga’s New Adversary, and LinkedIn Gets an Upgrade

Facebook (NASDAQ:FB): A small adjustment to its profile settings might have saved thousands of lives, a new report is indicating. Last May, Facebook kicked off an organ donor program, and gave a 21-fold boost to the number of people who registered...

15.3 hours on wallstcheatsheet.com

Amazon Birthday Gift helps you buy your Facebook friends something nice, lets others pitch in

Look at the people with smiling faces in the above illustration. It's not too difficult to figure out what's going on: it's their birthday, and they're all happy because they're about to get presents. What if they knew that you...

15.4 hours on engadget.com

Facebook Now Has 1 Million Active Advertisers

Facebook now has more than 1 million businesses actively advertising on the social network, the company announced Tuesday. The "vast majority" of those advertisers are small businesses, according to Dan Levy, Facebook's director of small...

15.6 hours on mashable.com

Microsoft's Sneaky Apple Attack

Filed under: Investing Users of Apple's iOS have long been clamoring for a version of Microsoft Office that would allow them to operate simultaneously within the leading productivity software suite and the leading mobile ecosystem. Mr....

15.8 hours on dailyfinance.com

Google Puts Consumers at Risk, AGs Say

Three attorneys general have accused Google of helping facilitate the sale of illegal...

15.8 hours on cnbc.com

Google asks to make surveillance orders public, citing First Amendment

Google has asked the court overseeing terrorism-related surveillance programs at the National Security Agency to allow the company to publish information on the number of surveillance requests it receives. The Internet company, in a Tuesday filing...

15.8 hours on pcworld.com

Google Challenges Secret Court's Gag Orders

In its latest push against secrecy, Google has asked the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to ease its gag orders and allow the company to publish more data about the requests it receives from the court. On Tuesday, the company filed a...

15.9 hours on mashable.com

Can Little-Known Huawei Challenge Apple & Friends?

Huawei Technologies Co. of China is looking to become one of the world’s top smartphone makers. The company announced plans to potentially acquire Nokia (NYSE:NOK) and launched its new smartphone, the Ascend P6, on Tuesday. NEW! Discover...

15.9 hours on wallstcheatsheet.com

Can Amazon Dominate Gift-Giving on Facebook?

On your friend’s birthday, rather than go all the way out to the store, search through dozens of stores and wait in long lines to find the right present, years ago Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) perfected an option for the more, er, comfort-inclined consumer...

15.9 hours on wallstcheatsheet.com

Google challenges surveillance court on First Amendment grounds

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Google Inc asked the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Tuesday to allow it to publish aggregate numbers of national security requests it receives separately from criminal requests, on First Amendment grounds. ...

16 hours on reuters.com

Google Fights Spying Gag Order, But Key Details Would Lack Even If Successful

As it promised it would, Google is fighting the government’s gag order on releasing how many users are monitored by the National Security Agency. Unlike Facebook and Microsoft, Google and Twitter publicly rejected a government deal to disclose...

16 hours on techcrunch.com

2 Key Reasons Why China Can't Save Apple

Filed under: Investing For most companies that are starved for growth, the answer's simple: look to China. And while this has been a pretty successful tactic for many, it might not be that easy for tech powerhouse Apple for a few very...

16.1 hours on dailyfinance.com

Google files free speech challenge to FISA gag orders, renews criticism of Guardian

Google has asked a secret Washington court to declare that it has a right under the First Amendment to disclose the number of security letters it receives under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Such letters, which the government uses...

16.4 hours on gigaom.com

Google Drive now stores your stuff in 18 more languages

Although Google Drive has spread far and wide, its localization hasn't always kept pace. The service just took a few needed strides forward, however, with the addition of 18 new languages. Asia gets the most recognition with support for Hong Kong...

16.5 hours on engadget.com

Does Facebook Want to Know If You "Like" Its Executive Pay?

Filed under: Investing If Facebook shareholders want to give their two cents on executive pay packages, they're going to have to wait three more years to do it. According to proxy vote results filed in an 8-K on Thursday, the vast majority...

16.6 hours on dailyfinance.com

Is Microsoft's Surface RT $199 Away From Zero?

Filed under: Investing The stealth discounting of Microsoft's struggling Surface RT tablet continues.  Tech blog Engadget is reporting that Microsoft is allowing school educators to order the portable devices that hit the market late...

16.6 hours on dailyfinance.com

Facebook Inc (FB) To Add Videos To Instagram On June 20 [REPORT]

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) might reveal the addition of a video sharing capability on Instagram, the popular photo sharing app of the social network giant during a special press event on June 20. Ingrid Lunden of TechCrunch cited that the information came...

16.6 hours on valuewalk.com

Google challenges FISA court on government data requests, asks for ability to release more details

17.1 hours on engadget.com

Google and other companies have already made general calls for more transparency in the wake of the PRISM revelations, and it looks like Mountain View is now escalating those requests to a court challenge. As The Washington Post reports, Google is...

Google’s Effort to Skirt Regulation May Invite More Scrutiny

Google may have pushed the boundaries of the law in its Waze deal, but the question is whether the government pushes...

16.8 hours on dealbook.nytimes.com

Google Inc (GOOG), Priceline.com Inc (PCLN): 3 Buys From Lone Pine Capital Holdings

Lone Pine has $18.6 billion worth of assets under management. Currently, Priceline.com Inc (NASDAQ:PCLN) holds 6.74%, Dollar General Corp. (NYSE:DG) holds 3.87%, and Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) holds 5.96% in Lone Pine’s portfolio. Lone Pine...

16.9 hours on insidermonkey.com

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Going All Apple Inc. (AAPL)-like With New Ad Concept?

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is almost unapologetically like most other tech companies, especially the big ones – there is very little innovation, just upgraded tweaks to what another company already developed. There is a saying...

16.9 hours on insidermonkey.com

What's Up Facebook's Sleeve?

Filed under: Investing Facebook has a new toy to show off this week. "A small team is working on a big idea," reads the social networking website operator's invitation for an unveiling on Thursday, and TechCrunch is hearing...

17.1 hours on dailyfinance.com

What’s Next For Apple Inc. (AAPL)?

Previously, the mobile phone industry was dominated by one single player and the industry was anything but competitive. Today, however, the smartphones industry is as competitive as it could be, with some of the major players trying to adapt and use the...

17.1 hours on insidermonkey.com

States tackling Google on human trafficking, drugs

The attorneys general of several states are turning up the heat on Google, concerned that the search engine giant makes it easier for criminals to sell illegal drugs online, engage in human trafficking and peddle pirated intellectual property.At the...

17.1 hours on pcworld.com

Psst Apple, a Low-Cost iPhone Case Is Looking for a Suitor

We might not have confirmation that an Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) low-cost iPhone is in the works, but we may be able to affirm that the construction of its case is…? Is Apple now a once-in-a-decade buying opportunity? Click here to get your...

17.4 hours on wallstcheatsheet.com

Google Inc (GOOG) Grabs a Competitive Advantage with Waze Acquisition

Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) recently announced that it had entered into an acquisition agreement with privately held online mapping firm Waze. Despite the fact that many casual tech users have never heard of Waze, observers have placed the value of the...

17.5 hours on insidermonkey.com

Wal-Mart May Be Google's Secret Weapon

Filed under: Investing The PC may be dying, but good luck convincing Google that the laptop is on the way out. The world's leading search provider announced yesterday that the number of stores stocking Chromebook notebooks will triple this...

17.6 hours on dailyfinance.com

Apple Inc. (AAPL), Microsoft Corporation (MSFT), Intel Corporation (INTC) – Dividends, Valuation, and Growth: The Perfect Combination

Some investors look for growth in their investments. Others look for value. While those are both good, other investors are looking for cash. After all, “cash is king.” Now, imagine if there were companies that offer all 3. Well,...

17.7 hours on insidermonkey.com

Google challenges U.S. gag order, citing First Amendment

Google is preparing to ask the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to ease long-standing gag orders over data requests it makes, arguing that the company has a constitutional right to speak about information it’s forced to give the...

17.9 hours on washingtonpost.com

5 Biggest Complaints About Working At Facebook Are Just Humblebrags

Lots of people dream about working for Facebook, and why wouldn't they? It has, after all, produced its fair share of millionaires and billionaires. Facebook employees voted the company the best place to work in 2013 in Glassdoor's annual...

17.9 hours on huffingtonpost.com

Nvidia's GPU neural network tops Google

A year ago, Google constructed a “neural network” of servers that eventually learned how to recognize cats. On Tuesday, Nvidia said that a team of Stanford researchers had used its own graphics cores to create another approximately 6.5...

17.9 hours on pcworld.com

Google brings carousel layout to local search results on the desktop

Google users may have already spotted the carousel design on search results while browsing on Nexus slates or the iPad, but, as of today, you can also expect this layout to show up on the desktop version of the site. Essentially, this new feature...

18 hours on engadget.com

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT): A Surface RT Tablet for How Much?

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is known for making its devices and software affordable for students, especially those college students too broke to buy textbooks without a student loan but can afford kegs of beer and a daily Starbucks before their 8...

18 hours on insidermonkey.com

Apple: Smart Watch Unlikely to be Big Money Maker, Says Jefferies

Jefferies & Co.’s Peter Misek was on CNBC a short while ago to related findings of a perusal of smart watches he recently conducted, the upshot of which was that there seems little opportunity for Apple (AAPL) to actually make much money in...

18.1 hours on blogs.barrons.com

Apple Inc. (AAPL), Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ): Top CAPS (Investment) Ideas for the Second Half of 2013

The Motley Fool CAPS is a place where you can test your wits against fellow retail and professional investors. I began playing in the fourth quarter of 2012 and already have a player rating of 96.49 with a score of 1,174.79. The player rating indicates...

18.3 hours on insidermonkey.com

Apple Inc. (AAPL), NV Energy, Inc. (NVE) & More: Top Holdings of D.E. Shaw Worth Buying

As per the recent 13F filings, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A), and American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG) are among the top five holdings of D.E. Shaw and Company. These companies account for 4.5% share of its...

18.4 hours on insidermonkey.com

Websense Inc. (WBSN), Microsoft Corporation (MSFT): Buyout Clears the Way for Its Competitors but may Face Hurdles

Websense Inc. (NASDAQ:WBSN) is currently in the process of tendering all of its shares to Vista Equity Partners. This move follows a string of previous technology buyouts and highlights the growing competitive pressures that upstart companies face in a...

18.4 hours on insidermonkey.com

Apple's Out of Ideas

Filed under: Investing Have you seen Apple's new commercial? There's something noteworthy missing. See if you can figure it out. Unlike the ads we've seen in recent years, which have generally shown off the iPhone, iPad, or Mac,...

18.6 hours on dailyfinance.com

Mike Schroepfer, David Ebersman Exercise Facebook Restricted Stock Units

Facebook Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer and Chief Financial Officer David Ebersman disclosed their Facebook stock transactions in Form 4 filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday. continued… New Career Opportunities...

18.6 hours on allfacebook.com

Apple Inc. (AAPL), The Procter & Gamble Company (PG): Ignore Pimco and Buy These 3 Companies

Every time markets correct you will often see a spate of negativity coming from the media over the direction of the stock market. You’ll often see long-range predictions that often involve a doomsday like scenario, or calls for a double-dip...

18.7 hours on insidermonkey.com

Apple Inc. (AAPL), The Procter & Gamble Company (PG), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT): What are the Best Stocks for the Next Five Years?

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) recently pulled back from 15,500 to 14,852 before recovering back to 15,227. Over the past couple week’s market experts were speculating on a recession, but now those same market experts are talking...

19 hours on insidermonkey.com

Apple vs. Microsoft: Which Is the Better Dividend Stock?

Filed under: Investing Many investors still don't get it: Apple is no longer a growth stock -- it's a dividend stock. To settle it once and for all, in the video below Fool contributor Daniel Sparks puts Apple up against Microsoft in a...

19.1 hours on dailyfinance.com

Why Google Is a Better Bet Than Facebook

Filed under: Investing eMarketer expects Facebook's digital ad revenue to grow 37.6% this year, trumping Google's  18.6% estimate. Impressive, indeed. But as Fool contributor Daniel Sparks explains in the video below, valuation...

19.1 hours on dailyfinance.com

Apple’s iWatch Potential, GlaxoSmithKline Fields Drug Bid, and 3 More Hot Stocks

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL): Jefferies’ analyst Peter Misek believes that the speculated iWatch will be more of a hobby line for Apple, but not a full-blown product line for the company. Misek keeps a broad price range of $50-$300 on the device...

19.2 hours on wallstcheatsheet.com

Can Apple Dominate Taiwan's Growing Tablet Market?

Apple stands a strong chance of taking control of the nascent Taiwanese tablet market if it makes the right...

19.4 hours on minyanville.com

Facebook: 1M Active Advertisers Over Past 28 Days

Facebook Director of Small Business Dan Levy announced a milestone of sorts during a small business roundtable in New York: 1 million advertisers have been active on the social network in the past 28 days. continued… New Career Opportunities...

19.8 hours on allfacebook.com

Apple Inc. (AAPL), Microsoft Corporation (MSFT): Screening Dividend Stocks for Future Growth (Part I)

If you have read any of my previous dividend-focused articles, you know that not only do I consider absolute yield as a factor for my selection of a company, but I also consider the number of years that the company has been paying and raising its...

19.8 hours on insidermonkey.com

Google Updates Local Search Results On Desktop With Carousel Design

At the end of last year, Google introduced a new design for some local search results on tablets that put a carousel with the top results at the top of the page. Today, it’s bringing this design to the desktop, too. This new feature can be...

19.8 hours on techcrunch.com

Will Facebook Inc's Copycatting of Twitter's Hashtags Garner Profits or Protest?

The social media giant is clearly keeping an eye on what's trending with its primary competitor, but will users be on...

20 hours on minyanville.com

Microsoft Undercuts Apple In Schools With $199 Surface RT

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is invading Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s territory by offering K12 schools the Surface RT 32 GB for just $199. This price is impressively lower than some of the Microsoft Office productivity suites....

20 hours on valuewalk.com

Amazon's New Social Gifting Service “Amazon Birthday Gift” Leverages Facebook, Competes With Facebook's Own Gifts

Stealing a page right out of a startup called Aggregift’s playbook, Amazon today launched a new feature called “Amazon Birthday Gift,” which allows a group of Facebook friends to go in on an Amazon.com Gift Card together....

20.1 hours on techcrunch.com

Sodastream International Ltd (SODA) Takes a Page From the Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (GMCR) Playbook

The validation of Sodastream International Ltd (NASDAQ:SODA) continues. Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE:WHR) is teaming up with SodaStream to jointly develop a carbonation system that will be available in time for this year’s holiday shopping...

20.1 hours on insidermonkey.com

Why Apple Sucks as an Investment, but Amazon Doesn't

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Yes. That's a provocative headline. Designed to make you click. Pretty amazing, isn't it, that we do that in this business. We actually want to catch your attention at the front door, so you'll walk in, spend some...

20.2 hours on thestreet.com

Microsoft seeks entry to the education market via the Surface RT

Consumers may not be buying Surface RT tablets, but that isn’t stopping Microsoft. The company will offer $199 Surface tablets for K-12 schools and higher-education institutions, according to the company. The deal isn’t live yet,...

20.4 hours on pcworld.com

Apple Inc. (AAPL): A New Player in the Internet Radio Industry

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is a major player in the technology business. The product innovation introduced at the end of the last decade propelled the stock to trade as high as the $700′s, as you probably know. However, after the release of the...

20.4 hours on insidermonkey.com

Higher Mortgage Rates Won't Hurt Housing Affordability: Freddie Mac

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Mortgage rates will have to rise as high as 7% before home purchases becomes unaffordable in most parts of the country, according to economists at housing giant Freddie Mac. The economists estimate that median-income families...

20.4 hours on thestreet.com

Tour the E3 Show Floor Through Google Glass

E3 is a crazy place, where you can find everything from a building-sized working robot to real-life zombies trying to escape from behind a fence. Game publishers big and small go all out for the annual conference, making it a sight you have to see to...

20.4 hours on mashable.com

Apple Inc. (AAPL), Google Inc (GOOG), Facebook Inc (FB): PRISM, Should Tech & Social Media Investors Brace for Impact?

20.5 hours on insidermonkey.com

Google Inc (GOOG): Is This George Orwell’s Dream?

Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) surely is a fan of George Orwell, don’t you think? Many of us remember reading George Orwell’s dystopian book, 1984. The idea of “Big Brother” watching you germinated from that book, and...

20.6 hours on insidermonkey.com

Before You Invest, 'Google'

Google is your best friend when it comes to catching a financial advisor with dreams of pulling off a Ponzi...

20.8 hours on cnbc.com

Tech News: On the Heels of Project Loon, a New Green Energy Project From Google X

Plus, Yahoo reveals government data request numbers, Mark Zuckerberg meets with the president of Samsung, and...

21 hours on minyanville.com

Can Apple Really Turn Your iMessages Over to the Feds?

To distance itself from allegations of collaborating with the secret surveillance program PRISM, Apple issued a statement on Sunday night that denies it granted the National Security Agency direct access to its servers. The company went one step further:...

21.1 hours on mashable.com

Will Facebook Inc (FB) Continue to Plummet?

Many short-term traders have made nice profits from Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) thanks to the wild swings in its stock price. However, most long-term investors have been disappointed. Facebook IPO’d at $38, but it’s now trading at just $24....

21.1 hours on insidermonkey.com

Apple Inc. (AAPL): Jefferies Reaffirms Hold, Sees iWatch As A Flop

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has had its share of ups and downs over the last several months, and today analysts at Jefferies have reaffirmed their hold rating on the stock. One of the main focal points of the latest report from Jefferies is on the...

21.2 hours on valuewalk.com

iPhone 6 Will Be A Success [REPORT]

The iPhone 6 could be successful without any major innovation. According to PhonesReview.co.uk, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s loyal following could be just enough to give Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) what they need to be successful. IPhone 6 To...

21.2 hours on valuewalk.com

Apple Inc. (AAPL), Google Inc (GOOG): The Kind of Money Americans Hate

Flickr, TaxCredits. Some don’t like talking about it because it’s political, but the shift in wealth inequality is one of the most important economic stories of the last 20 years. Harvard economist Greg Mankiw — one of the...

21.3 hours on insidermonkey.com

Microsoft Injects New Creative Tools Into Its Tiny Social Network

Microsoft is rolling out a series of social features to make creating on the web even easier, from a new meme generator tool to creating animated photographs you can share on social networks. The updates are coming to the company's Socl online...

21.3 hours on mashable.com

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT), Google Inc (GOOG): The Strange Coincidence That Built Wintel

On this day in economic and business history… Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) are so closely connected that they have their own celebrity-style name mash-up: Wintel. While it’s commonly thought...

21.4 hours on insidermonkey.com

Developers Can Now Ship Hard Drives To Google To Import Large Amounts Of Data To Cloud Storage

Google just added a new service to Google Cloud Storage that will allow developers to send their hard drives to Google to import very large data sets that would otherwise be too expensive and time-consuming to import. For a flat fee of $80 per hard...

21.4 hours on techcrunch.com

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT), Barnes & Noble, Inc. (BKS): Is Windows Behind the NOOK Fire Sale?

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) got itself waist-deep with Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) in spring 2012 when it shocked a lot of people by paying $300 million for a one-sixth stake in Nook Media LLC, the subsidiary of Barnes & Noble...

21.5 hours on insidermonkey.com

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Google Glass privacy concerns raised by international data protection authorities

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Mark Zuckerberg Went To South Korea To Meet With Samsung

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Sales estimates for Samsung’s Galaxy S4 were slashed by as much as 30 percent last week, spawning investor concerns over the company’s mobile devices division. Analysts now admit to making extremely optimistic forecasts for sales of the S4,...

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Apple Inc. (AAPL), Microsoft Corporation (MSFT): Tablets Will Be More Popular than PCs This Year

In a report on May 28 by PC Magazine, the company said that tablets will be more popular than laptops this year. While the idea that tablets will dominate the more traditional way of mobile computing isn’t news, the fact that it could be...

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There is no denying the fact that tablet sales appear to be on the rise in almost every nook and cranny of the globe. While this is more so the case in some areas than others, Taiwan is beginning to see some major growth. This is somewhat of a surprise...

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SodaStream Takes a Page From the Green Mountain Playbook

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Would You Trade Your Location Information For Free Wi-Fi From Facebook?

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You Can Now Send Amazon Group Gift Cards via Facebook

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Paper iPad app gets $15M for more productivity software, services — and hardware

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E-Book Drama: Did Amazon Muddle Evidence Against Apple?

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Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Can Still Dominate the Tablet Market

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Michael Whalen: Is Facebook a Wasting Asset?

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iPhone 6 Logic Board Looks Similar To iPhone 5′s

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The Consequences of Apple Inc. (AAPL) Losing This Trial

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FHFA Notes Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Improvements in New 2012 Report

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Tuesday Reading: More Google Maps for Bicyclists Overseas

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Amazon Friends & Family Gifting Adds Ability To Send Group Birthday Gift Cards To Facebook Friends

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Yandex Takes Another Swipe At Google In Russia, Launches Yandex.Browser On iOS And Android

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Facebook Apps Draining Your Batteries? Try Uninstalling And Using Its Mobile Site

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3 Reasons Apple Is a Buy

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New Jersey American Water's Report Cards Available on Facebook

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Seoul Man: Mark Zuckerberg Meets With South Korean President Park Geun Hye, Samsung

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As If Apple Didn't Have Enough Problems, China's Huawei Is Launching A High-End Smartphone

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei will launch a new smartphone on Tuesday to better compete with high-end rivals like Apple and Samsung overseas, a company official said. Huawei will unveil the Ascend P6 in London in one of its major smartphone launches of...

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House Speaker John Boehner, Others In Congress Like Facebook Hashtags

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Apple Inc. (AAPL): Why Analyst Views May Not Mean Much

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Google adds more retailers for Chromebook

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S Korea ‘likes’ Zuckerberg

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Google's Buy of Waze Will Be Big, Election 2016 Big

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Filed under: Company News, Facebook, Investing BasicsGetty Images Think Facebook (FB) executives are overpaid? Join the club. A close review of Facebook's 2013 proxy voting results suggests that most average outside shareholders are unhappy with...

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Shazam for iOS updated with Pulse discovery feature, redesigned tab bar on iPhone

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How Apple shook up the electronic book market

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Why Was Apple Late To The PRISM Party?

If there’s one striking thing about those PRISM slides, other than their hideous aesthetics, it’s that Apple’s allocated yellow oval, instead of a date, has the words “(added Oct 2012)” underneath it....

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Apple Inc. (AAPL) To Revolutionize TV [REPORT]

Each Monday sees Tim Bajarin, president of Creative Strategies Inc., contribute to Time magazine’s tech blog. Today, Mr. Bajarin suggest what Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) can do for the impending TV revolution, either with Apple TV or by...

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Big Brands Are Growing More Quickly On Twitter Than Facebook (According To Optimal)

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Google Settles Lawsuit, Netflix Signs With DreamWorks: Market Recap

U.S. stocks rose on Monday, but investors are still keeping a close watch on possible changes in the Federal Reserve’s stimulus program. Investors are looking for data indicating economic growth, which would lead to the Fed beginning to scale...

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Apple Recap: Innovation Questions, Stock Volatility, and the NSA

U.S. stocks closed broadly higher on Monday and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)  was swept upward on the stock chart as well. Even with negative nitpicking continuing over the company’s latest update to its mobile operating system and its future...

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Is the iPhone Getting a Makeover?

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Microsoft offering Surface RT tablets for $199 to educational institutions

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Microsoft kills linked accounts in Outlook.com

Microsoft said Monday that it is eliminating the ability to link accounts within Outlook.com, replacing them with aliases instead. Currently, Outlook users can link their account with others from within Outlook.com. Outlook allows users to not only...

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Is Apple About to Get Phabulous?

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Can Facebook Make Instagram a Money Machine?

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Google Inc (GOOG) Ponies Up $5M to Fight Online Child Exploitation

Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) has been about an open and transparent Internet so that billions of people on the planet can intercommunicate with each other and share information and experiences without borders. When it comes to censorship, Google has been...

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Four ways iTunes Radio can live up to expectations

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3 Buzzing Social Media Stocks: Groupon Plods Towards Turnaround, Facebook Brings Video to Instagram, and LinkedIn’s Influencers Pay Off

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Google announces Chromebooks are coming to more retailers around the world

Sure, you can already snag one of those Chromebooks from places such as Amazon, Best Buy and Google's own Play shop. But, starting today, the Mountain View-based company is making various Chrome OS-sporting laptops available at more retailers...

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Move Over, iTunes. Wax Is Back!

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Let’s Hack Google’s Share Split

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3 Tech Titans Making Noise: Apple Weighs In on Info Requests, BlackBerry Sales Belie Wary Outlook, and Google Paves Way For C-Class Offering

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Apple Inc.'s Number of Government Data Requests Lags Facebook Inc., Microsoft Corporation

Apple received fewer account data requests from governmental agencies compared to its big tech peers, the company...

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Google Will Soon Start Selling Chromebooks At Walmart And Staples, Other Retailers Coming Soon

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Wearable technology has been around for some time. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) revived the languishing mobile music scene with its iPods and replaced brick-like tablets with the iPad, and the company is set to shake up the wearable technology arena....

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Apple's 2013 13-Inch MacBook Air Sweetens The Deal For One Of The Best Available Computers

The MacBook Air was the only new Apple hardware to be announced and launched at WWDC this year (besides the new AirPort Extreme), and while it isn’t a big change from the previous version, it packs some crucial improvements that really cater to...

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Wozniak begins by explaining he believes individual liberty and the right to own property are essential elements to a free society. “When I was brought up my dad taught me, for example, [that when] other countries got prisoners in a war, they...

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Apple Inc. (AAPL): iPad 5 Actually Coming Sooner Rather Than Later?

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Google Settles Suit, Clearing Way for Stock Split

Google has resolved a shareholder lawsuit blocking a long-delayed stock split, clearing the way for the Internet search leader to issue a new class of non-voting shares later this...

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Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Blunders Again with Mobile Office

With Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s Windows 8 flop and the firm’s restriction on gamers in its upcoming Xbox One release, it looked as if the company couldn’t get more bad press. But then along came the new Microsoft...

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Apple Inc. (AAPL) Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Rethinks America

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) co-founder Steve Wozniak was stopped by a group of Spanish language journalists while he was at the airport, and he had quite a bit to say about the direction he thinks the U.S. is heading. Of special concern to him was the...

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Skype Launches Video Messaging For iPhone, Android, BlackBerry Users

Skype just launched video messaging for all users. This new feature also allows users to send messages to friends and family members who are offline. Last winter, Skype initially launched the feature in beta mode, but now all users can access these...

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Understanding Windows 8 Gestures

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Microsoft Launches Windows App for iPhone and 2 Other Dow Movers to Watch

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POLL: What ‘New Product’ Will Facebook Introduce Thursday?

Facebook will introduce a new product Thursday, but what will it be? Early speculation has focused on two completely unrelated products, both of which have been bandied about recently: a video-sharing service for Instagram, or a reader for RSS feeds. ...

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Was Waze a Good Deal for Google?

Filed under: Investing Google made headlines recently with its acquisition of Israeli mapping start-up Waze. The deal's received mixed reviews, especially due to the price tag, which is rumored to be north of $1 billion -- quite the...

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Facebook Inc (FB): Mark Zuckerberg Meets His Critics

For the first time since going public last year, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) held an annual shareholders meeting to discuss the future of the company with its rather angry shareholders. Many will remember that Facebook went public last year with high...

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Amgen, Inc. (AMGN), Apple Inc. (AAPL), Coach, Inc. (COH): Three Attractive, Future Dividend Achievers

I am an advocate of investing in companies with a long-term proven ability to regularly increase their annual dividend. I regularly browse through a current list of components within the dividend achiever index (companies with 10 or more years of...

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Facebook Claims Mobile Ads Cost More Than Desktop Ads

CANNES, FRANCE — Bucking an industry trend, the price tag on Facebook's mobile ads are higher than those for its desktop ads, according to Carolyn Everson, Facebook's VP of global marketing solutions. Everson says CMPs — the...

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Google Inc (GOOG) Slapped with $5 Billion Fine?

Life is good for Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG). Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)’s stock soared in 2013, up 22% from the first of the year. But all this success has attracted the attention of both competitors and the tax man. With a $5 billion fine...

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Google Inc (GOOG) Clears A Big Hurdle To A Stock Split

It looks like Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) is closer than ever to a stock split, but if it splits too soon, the company might miss a major milestone. The search giant announced a split more than a year ago, but then investors sued it over the split of its...

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Why Apple Inc. (AAPL) Will Make You Rich

“Siri, how is Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock performing?” A soft double ring assures me Siri has gotten my message and is contemplating a response. A short time later a friendly, somewhat snarky voice answers, “It’s been...

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Sony Corporation (ADR) (SNE) Stepping on Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s and Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)’s Turf

Sony Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) recently released the next iteration of its tablets, with the Xperia Tablet Z. The tablet market is becoming increasingly important as it is seen as the third alternative to entry-level computing. Most of the growth in...

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Facebook Inc (FB): Is The Press Event This Week Going Straight to Video?

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) came out of the blue last week and sent some invitations for a press event to be held Thursday of this week. The invite was sent through snail mail, not through e-mail or some other modern way, as if to provide a hint for...

44 hours on insidermonkey.com

Microsoft Blew It on the Price of Xbox One

At last week's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) conference and show, both Microsoft and Sony unveiled their new gaming consoles which will be released this holiday season. While both systems support a wide variety of games, they each have...

44.1 hours on blogs.hbr.org

Analysts: Yahoo Won’t Reach Google Deal and 3 More Research Notes to Explore

Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO): Bernstein believes that it is unlikely that Yahoo will reach a deal with Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), given that the risk/reward ratio of such a deal would not be favorable for the latter. The firm expects...

44.1 hours on wallstcheatsheet.com

Digg's Google Reader Replacement To Launch Next Week, Available To All By June 26

Digg today announced that the first public beta of its Google Reader replacement Digg Reader will launch next week. Digg Reader will roll out in phases to allow the team to scale but the team promises that it will be available to everybody by June...

44.2 hours on techcrunch.com

New Mish iPhone, iPad, Android App Now Available

A new Mish iOS app for iPhone and iPad devices is now available on the App Store, and a new version of the Android app (compatible with phones and tablets), is now available on the Google Play store. The original iPhone app is still available in the App...

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Google settles suit with Massachusetts pension fund

Google Inc. settled a lawsuit brought by the Brockton (Mass.) Contributory Retirement System over the company's plan for a stock split that shareholders claimed would unfairly allow founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to strengthen their corporate...

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Facebook Revamps Page Post Ad Links

Facebook Monday announced several updates to its page post link ads, including the ability for brands to customize images, the ability to create these units directly via the social network’s self-serve ad-creation tool, and the ability to choose...

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Digg's Google Reader replacement beta access opens on June 26th, friends and family on the 19th

Digg -- yes, that Digg -- has a replacement in the works for Google Reader, and it looks like it'll arrive just ahead of the final days of Google's RSS aggregation service. The service, which uses the same API as Reader, is planning a public...

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Google Inc (GOOG): Were Page and Brin Trying to Grab More Power?

Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) has grown into a very popular company and a popular stock for investors to hold, as the company has developed a market cap that lists it among the five biggest companies on the U.S. markets. Once in a while, a company will...

44.8 hours on insidermonkey.com

Apple Inc. (AAPL), Pandora Media Inc (P): Lack of Innovation Could Sink Technology’s Titanic

The market still expects Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) to blow their minds at each and every product launch. In the recent past, the company has not lived up to these high expectations. There were high hopes from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s annual...

44.9 hours on insidermonkey.com

Microsoft Improves Windows Phone Voice Recognition: 2X Faster, 15% More Accurate

Google may have acquired Geoffrey Hinton’s DNNresearch and is now using his technologies to power its Google+ photo search features, but the academic work Hinton did on deep neural networks (DNN) is now also helping Microsoft to improve its...

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Facebook Inc (FB) Estimates Raised By Topeka Capital

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) have faced significant weakness since the company’s last quarterly earnings report, and one analyst at Topeka Capital believes now is the time to buy. Facebook Shares Struggling Analyst Victor Anthony issued a report to...

45.1 hours on valuewalk.com

Chart of the week: Turkey’s crackdown via Google

It’s hard to quantify an authoritarian crackdown. How do you measure curbs on free speech? And when a protest movement has many facets and disparate aims, they can be even harder to gauge, let alone put in numbers. However, when it comes to the...

45.2 hours on blogs.ft.com

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT): Windows Blue Can’t Save the PC

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is set to show off its updated version of Windows 8 on June 26 (codenamed Windows Blue). While the update includes a number of features, the most noteworthy are those that bring back the classic Windows feel...

45.2 hours on insidermonkey.com

Facebook Inc (FB), Google Inc (GOOG), Apple Inc. (AAPL): Which Tech Companies Win in a Time of Privacy Backlash?

Regardless of your opinion about the revelations that data stored by American businesses might not be afforded the level of privacy once assumed, public technology companies have to react in order to keep customers happy. It’s still early days,...

45.2 hours on insidermonkey.com

Apple sanctions iPhone game controllers: a first clue as to how they’ll look

iOS is already the leading mobile gaming platform. But come this fall Apple should cement that lead by giving iOS app makers permission to create sanctioned devices that will turn its devices into actual game controllers. Kotaku has the first...

45.2 hours on gigaom.com

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT): Why You Still Can’t Afford to Rest Easy

Once again, Redmond-based Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has successfully demonstrated how to ruin a great product and an otherwise stable source of revenue by broader plans that are not in sync with the real world. And that gives a fresh start...

45.3 hours on insidermonkey.com

Five Things to Know About Google Glass

Beware of coming off as a "Google Jerk" in public. It's easy to do, Virginia Heffernan tells The Daily Ticker. She's a national correspondent for Yahoo! News and has been writing about her experience with her own pair of Google Glass....

45.4 hours on finance.yahoo.com

Apple Says It Received 5,000 Data Requests From Law Enforcement, Doesn’t Say How Many It Fulfilled

(Earth2Kim)With many people still wondering about the extent to which the National Security Agency and other authorities were peeping in to consumers’ phone and Internet activities, some of the larger firms caught up in the scandal are making...

45.4 hours on consumerist.com

IRL: Mophie Juice Pack Plus for iPhone 5 and testing Solavei's MVNO

Welcome to IRL, an ongoing feature where we talk about the gadgets, apps and toys we're using in real life and take a second look at products that already got the formal review treatment. Welcome back, and happy Monday. After a week of getting...

45.6 hours on engadget.com

Apple Inc. (AAPL) Should (And Could) Do So Much Better

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8 Landing Page Remedies to Boost Conversion Rates

After clicking an intriguing link to your startup's website, the first thing a customer sees is your landing page. It's the prime opportunity to introduce your business, collect an email address and make a lasting impression that leaves him...

45.8 hours on mashable.com

STUDY: News Feed Page Post Ads Deliver 26X More ROI, 20X Greater CTR Than Facebook Right-Hand-Side Ads

Page post ads in Facebook’s News Feed are becoming the ad unit of choice for marketers on the social network, mainly due to their return on investment performance, according to a study released Monday by Facebook advertising platform Nanigans. ...

45.8 hours on allfacebook.com

Apple: Don’t Worry, We Don’t Give Your Data to the Government

Early in June, a contractor for the National Security Agency named Edward Snowden blew the whistle on a program called PRISM. At a glance, PRISM is a massive surveillance program that allegedly includes the collection of data from America’s...

45.8 hours on wallstcheatsheet.com

Warren Buffett News: Bill Gates, American International Group, Inc. (AIG) & More

Editor’s Note: Related tickers: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A), LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE:HNZ), American International Group, Inc. (NYSE:AIG), Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), Royal...

45.9 hours on insidermonkey.com

Facebook May Roll Out Vine-Like Videos

Facebook may announce a video feature to its photo-sharing app Instagram at an event it is hosting on...

45.9 hours on cnbc.com

Apple, Samsung Maintain U.S. Phone Lead, Says Baird; HTC Third, BBRY ‘Modest’

R.W. Baird’s William Power returns with his regular weekly check of top-selling smartphones in the U.S. Power writes that his conversations with stores of the four largest wireless carriers in the U.S. last week revealed Apple‘s (AAPL) iPhone...

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Sunrise Update Brings Foursquare, Crunchbase, And Google Maps Integration To The Already-Smart Calendar

Sunrise, the Google-friendly calendar app that focuses on design, may have some competition coming from iOS 7, but even with the added pressure, the Sunrise team is clearly making strides. Today, Sunrise was updated in the App Store to add support for...

46.1 hours on techcrunch.com

Apple Inc. (AAPL), Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN), Barnes & Noble, Inc. (BKS): The Winners and Losers of the E-Book Wars

These days, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) constantly looms large in tech and finance headlines. Whether it’s Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s upcoming iRadio, its polarizing release of iOS 7, or rumored smart watch and smart television products,...

46.2 hours on insidermonkey.com

Apple Inc. (AAPL): Here is How Much Info the Gov’t Got From Us Lately…

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is one of nine tech companies that were ensnared in the recent leak of information regarding the National Security Agency’s long-running PRISM data-collection program, and like all the others in this investigation, it...

46.2 hours on insidermonkey.com

This Morning: More BBRY Upside, Apple Discloses, Netflix Jumps, Cable M&A

Here are some things going on this morning in your world of tech: Shares of Netflix (NFLX) are up up $13.10, or 6%, at $227.09, after the company this morning announced a deal with Dreamworks Animation (DWA) that it said was its largest ever content...

46.5 hours on blogs.barrons.com

So what if Apple copies your app? Get to work, like Sunrise did

The Apple iOS app most badly in need of an upgrade was Calendar — and it’s getting one in iOS 7. And some of the coolest and most useful features in the new Calendar were, as I noted earlier, clearly borrowed from some third-party...

46.6 hours on gigaom.com

Google stock split closer to reality

It has been more than a year since Google announced a bizarre stock split -- which would allow the company to issue more shares. The move got held up due to a legal battle, but the split is finally closer to reality after Google settled a case with...

46.6 hours on money.cnn.com

Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s Testimony Creates Fodder For G8 Summit

Last month, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) executives testified on Capitol Hill but a swift call to action emerged in Europe. The G8 summit is coming up and some European leaders are pressed to address the issue of curbing corporations’...

46.7 hours on insidermonkey.com

Sen. Mitch McConnell’s Campaign Uses Facebook To Entertain, Persuade Voters

From cat videos to “The Harlem Shake,” the 2012 social election is all but a distant memory, as Republican candidates are taking to Facebook in new and creative ways to stay one step ahead of the competition in the 2014 cycle. ...

46.7 hours on allfacebook.com

Apple Inc. (AAPL) Helps Intel Corporation (INTC) But Threatens Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) at WWDC

The recently concluded WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) grabbed eyeballs. Apple unveiled a number of upcoming products including iOS 7, the revamped version of its operating system for iPhones and iPads. The MacPro...

46.8 hours on insidermonkey.com

Billionaire Weighs In On Facebook Inc (FB) IPO Mistakes

When it comes to the Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) IPO, everybody has an opinion on where the company went right and wrong. While some have been critical of the way Facebook handled its IPO, others feel that the company did its best and is now on the right...

46.8 hours on insidermonkey.com

Google Inc (GOOG) Continues Effort Against This Growing Problem

When most people think about Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) the first thing that comes to mind is its search engine dominance. Along with this, many consider the Android operating system the best in the world. While there is no denying the fact that Google is...

46.9 hours on insidermonkey.com

Is iOS 7 a Portent of Apple’s Decline?

Does Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) new iOS 7 reveal that the Cupertino-based company has lost its position as an industry innovator? Although many Apple aficionados embraced Apple’s fresh take on its mobile operating system, others were disappointed...

46.9 hours on wallstcheatsheet.com

Apple Inc. (AAPL) iOS 7 Beta Adoption Showing Strong Signs of Growth

The fact that developers are excited about Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) iOS 7 is no surprise. This is something that developers and consumers have been looking forward to for quite some time, and Cupertino hit it big with its release as part of its Worldwide...

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Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)’s Mini-Stores Are a Great Idea

After giving floorspace to Samsung mini-stores Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) is forging ahead with the strategy by announcing that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) will open 500 mini-stores within the big-box retailer over the next few months. The...

47 hours on insidermonkey.com

Google Settles Class Action Lawsuit Over Nonvoting Stock

Filed under: Investing Search giant Google has settled a class action lawsuit related to its issuance last year of Class C common stock, a move that was widely considered unfriendly to existing shareholders. Google filed notice of the settlement...

47.1 hours on dailyfinance.com

A Motorcyclist's Dream: Google Glass in Helmet Form

Using high-tech dashboards, drivers can reference navigation systems and voice control in the comfort of a quiet car, but motorcyclists still don't have an effective, high-tech solution. Referencing maps requires a roadside stop, and GPS systems can...

47.1 hours on mashable.com

Apple Inc. (AAPL) Received 4,000+ Federal Requests For User Data

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has revealed an estimate of the number of requests for user information it has received from the government in recent months. This comes just days after Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) revealed...

47.1 hours on valuewalk.com

Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)’s Smart TVs: Too Little, Too Late?

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is widely expected to unveil a smart TV sometime in the near future. At the same time, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)‘s latest console — the Xbox One — has many smart TV-esque...

47.2 hours on insidermonkey.com

Facebook Inc (FB) Turning Heads With Hashtags

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) has finally released its hashtag service for users. I played around with it for a couple of minutes. Hashtags are actually really interesting as they allow you to see what other people on Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) are doing...

47.2 hours on insidermonkey.com

Apple Inc. (AAPL): Will Mac Ever Become Mainstream?

At its recent Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) unveiled a revamp of its operating system, along with a more affordable MacBook Air line. The MacBook Pro is just around the corner, the company said, leading some...

47.6 hours on insidermonkey.com

Skype video messaging officially launches on Windows, Mac, iOS, Android -- but not Windows Phone

Out of beta and free, Skype today launches its video messaging service across all its major platforms. You can now send an unlimited number of messages (video missives were previously limited during beta, but free on premium subscriptions) to Skype...

47.6 hours on engadget.com

How the Facebook IPO Showed A Big Change in the Financial Sector

Filed under: Investing We interview Jonathan Macey, who is Yale University's Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance and Securities Law. Jonathan has authored several books on corporations and the law, and joins The Motley...

47.6 hours on dailyfinance.com

Apple Inc. (AAPL), General Electric Company (GE): How to Prosper During Market Volatility

Stocks recently had a tough day, and with Japanese equities (at the time of writing the Nikkei 225 is down by 6.6%) crashing on June 12, some are speculating that this is the end of the market rally for 2013. Macro picture There is a high possibility...

47.6 hours on insidermonkey.com

3 Reasons to Buy Apple Stock

Since falling from the $700-plus heights of September 2012, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock has gained a reputation for volatility. The last several months have not helped Apple’s reputation in this regard, since the stock dipped below $400 in...

47.6 hours on wallstcheatsheet.com

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) and Intel Corporation (INTC) in the Age of Low-Cost Mobile Computing

The prompt shift to low-cost mobile computing has taken Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) by storm. During the rise of the PC, Microsoft and Intel formed the powerful duo lovingly referred to as Wintel,...

47.7 hours on insidermonkey.com

Can Google Inc (GOOG) Fix Android’s Fragmentation Problem?

One of the most common knocks on Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)‘s Android platform is its “fragmented” nature. The Android OS has to support hundreds of hardware models from dozens of manufacturers, most of whom like to put their...

47.7 hours on ewallstreeter.com

Facebook Announcement: Video Instagram?

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Facebook is gathering up the press for a major product announcement on Thursday, asking attendees to "join us for coffee and learn about a new product." But those attendees may not be attending a Facebook event, after...

47.7 hours on thestreet.com

Finally, Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Releases Office for iPhone — Sort Of

This has been a long time coming, but Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has finally given in and released Office for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)‘s iPhone, sort of. A premature leak from Microsoft’s Czech Republic subsidiary late last...

47.8 hours on ewallstreeter.com

Jay Z, Apple TV: Tim Cook Needs to Get His Head Out of His ...

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- In last week's Will Apple Ever Release a New Product I buried the lead. The question -- What the hell happened to Apple TV? -- must come to the forefront. It's shocking that few people press Cook on the issue. Steve...

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Is Apple Inc. (AAPL) About to Kill the iPad Mini?

In just a matter of months, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is expected to launch second-generation iPad Mini models. The newer versions are widely expected to follow Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s trend of high-resolution Retina displays, but...

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Apple's Privacy Statement and Other News You Need to Know

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. On Monday, Apple joined...

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Whitney Tilson: Two Significant Catalysts For Apple

Filed under: Investing Join The Motley Fool for a conversation with author, investor and philanthropist, Whitney Tilson. In addition to managing Kase Capital, Whitney has coauthored More Mortgage Meltdown: 6 Ways to Profit in These Bad Times, Poor...

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Source: Microsoft on Spending Spree For Windows Phone Apps

How much does Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) want to boost the app selection for its Windows 8 Phone? Apart from offering $100 gift cards to developers who deliver apps before the end of June, Microsoft is reportedly offering as much as $100,000 to...

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Apple got more than 4,000 user data requests from US government in last six months

Very early Monday morning, Apple joined other internet companies explaining how often the U.S. government requests the personal data of its users, for national security reasons and others. Like Microsoft and Facebook, Apple says it sought...

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See inside Facebook’s network & explore Google’s data dreams at Structure

Want to understand how Facebook connects its servers? Hear from VMware’s CEO how the virtualization giant plans to build its next big business? Discover why Snapchat builds on Google App Engine as opposed to Amazon Web Services? Or maybe you want...

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Apple Inc. (AAPL) iTunes Radio: A Potential Money-Spinner

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s 10 year old iTunes Music Store is the biggest music retailer in the world with more than 300 million outlets. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s chief executive Tim Cook recently revealed that the store has details...

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Google Inc (GOOG), Facebook Inc (FB) – The Mobile Battle: Round 2

Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) is strengthening itself in the mobile arena after it disclosed it was buying Waze, a software company that strives to make maps more accurate. This move comes at a time when the company was beaten by Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) as...

2 days on insidermonkey.com

Facebook Inc (FB) Just Got 4 Times More Important

Yesterday afternoon, the annual ritual known as the Russell Reconstitution began. Yet while plenty of attention goes to the small-cap stocks at the bottom end of the popular Russell 2000 Index , the rebalancing also has an impact on several large-cap...

2 days on insidermonkey.com

Google Starts Testing Project Loon

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) plans to increase internet coverage to the 4.8 billion people around the world who are still not connected. The company has put 18 months of work into the secret project, known as Project Loon. NEW! Discover a new stock idea...

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Facebook Inc (FB) Adopts Twitter’s Golden Child: The Hashtag

It was inevitable. Hashtags finally made their debut on Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) earlier this week. For users, this means an easier way to view discussion feeds and one more method for staying connected to a virtual community. But what about for...

2 days on insidermonkey.com

Apple Is Cooperating With The Government, But Just Barely

NEW YORK — Apple says it received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests from U.S. law enforcement for customer data for the six months ended in May. The company, like some other businesses, had asked the U.S government to be able to share how many...

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It’s Not Easy Being Apple Inc. (AAPL)

In many ways Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) operates in a privileged world. The company has a massive following of loyal fans who can be counted on to upgrade their iPhones and iPads from time to time, driving a significant (and profitable) long-term...

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The Good, Bad, and Ugly for Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) This Past Week

I’m a Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) shareholder, and after dealing with a few years of nearly zero return rates from the stock, I’ve been thrilled with the its performance year-to-date. The stock is up 28.72% this year, while...

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iPhone 6 Concept: ‘The Sign Of Design. With You In Mind’

We’ve seen all kinds of iPhone 6 concepts, a few of which have showcased some real innovation, although they’re probably way out in left field. This newest concept doesn’t have many things we haven’t heard before, although it does...

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Google Removing Child Porn From The Web

Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) is creating a database of images showing child exploitation. The database, once completed, will be shared with other tech companies, law enforcement, and charities to clean the internet from such images. The database created by...

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Like Microsoft and Facebook, Apple also asked to release customer data by US government

Apple has revealed that the United States government requested that the company release user information and affected accounts.     ...

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What’s Next In Apple’s E-Book Trial?

The past week of Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) antitrust e-book trial has been interesting to say the least. Earlier this week, observers were treated to the strange spectacle of watching a government attorney argue with an Apple executive over whether or...

2 days on wallstcheatsheet.com

Apple Responds to Privacy Concerns

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- In a rare move, Apple has put out a statement on consumer privacy, noting it received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests from the federal government for consumer data since December of 2012. Here's the statement in its...

2 days on thestreet.com

TechCrunch: Instagram getting Vine-like video at Facebook's June 20th event

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TechCrunch is reporting that Facebook is adding video capability to Instagram, which will be announced at the former's press event on June 20th. According to The Desk, the videos would last between five and 10 seconds, but there's no word on...

Facebook Inc (FB), Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Reveal Data Requests

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) revealed that in the second half of 2012, it received 9,000-10,000 requests from the US authorities for sharing user data, says a report from Bloomberg. As per the company the requests concerning 18,000 to 19,000 accounts were...

2 days on valuewalk.com

Will Berkowitz’s Big Bailout Bet On Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac Fructify?

Bruce Berkowitz’s recent stake increase in preferred shares of Fannie Mae / Federal National Mortgage Association (OTCBB:FNMA) Mae and Freddie Mac / Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTCBB:FMCC) could be betting on equitable treatment for all...

2 days on valuewalk.com

STUDY: Small Businesses Cite Pluses, Minuses Of Facebook’s Impact Over The Past Five Years

Small business owners comparing the environment today versus that of five years ago feel that the rise of Facebook and other social networks has been both a plus and a minus, making running their businesses more complicated, but offering them easier,...

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A Closer Look at Microsoft's Wide-Moat Server and Tools Business

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Apple Inc. (AAPL): Follower Or Leader?

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has become one of the most polarizing companies in existence today. There are those questioning whether the company has lost its innovative edge, and then there are those who just appear to love Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), no...

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Don’t Panic! iPhone Gets Emergency Alert System

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) users can breathe a little easier this week knowing that they will now be able to receive government-issued emergency alerts via their iPhones. On Friday, AT&T (NYSE:T) announced that customers using the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S...

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GOOGLE's 'internet balloons' offer remote areas web access...

GOOGLE's 'internet balloons' offer remote areas web access...(Third column, 8th story, link) ...

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Facebook Alerts Users About Upcoming Birthdays

Continuing its efforts to promote its Gifts feature, the spot toward the top-right-hand corner of Facebook’s News Feed that previously alerted users about friends’ birthdays now alerts users about upcoming birthdays when none of their friends...

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Apple Reports Up to 5,000 Government Requests for Data

Filed under: Investing Following recent controversy surrounding the U.S. government's "Prism" program, Apple has detailed its policies and information surrounding customer privacy and government data collection. After...

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Facebook: 9,000-10,000 Requests For User Data From U.S. Local, State, Federal Governments In Six Months Ending Dec. 31

For the six months ending Dec. 31, 2012, Facebook received between 9,000 and 10,000 requests for user data from U.S. government entities at all levels, local and national, related to between 18,000 and 19,000 accounts, outgoing Facebook General Counsel...

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You’re about to lose Google Reader. Now what?

In two weeks Google Reader will shut down. If that’s how you read this blog, you’ll have to find a new way. My suggestion: sign up for the daily email digest. That way, you’ll keep getting TIE posts (bundled in one email,...

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The new Mac Pro: What we wanted, what we're actually getting

Back in March, I opined about the next generation of the Mac Pro, explaining both what I hoped for and what I actually expected. First, I was hoping for a new Mac that fell somewhere in between the current Mac mini and Mac Pro—a moderately...

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Security Industry Pioneer Chuck Vance Joins TorchStone Page Board of Directors

Filed under: Investing Security Industry Pioneer Chuck Vance Joins TorchStone Page Board of Directors WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- TorchStone Page Inc. today announced that internationally-renowned security expert...

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How Not to Market a Product on Facebook

How does a large company market a product on Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB)? By using the Facebook page of one of its senior executives? Huawei is about to find out whether that approach will work....

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Advice from an Apple Tech: Your first time under the hood

You have a Mac. And some half-crazed part of your brain really, really wants to take it apart and tinker with it, upgrade it in every way possible, and put it back together again. You've been warned not to do it, but warnings be...

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Why Best Buy and Microsoft Are Teaming Up

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Filed under: Microsoft, Retail, Best Buy, Shopping, Consumer ElectronicsMicrosoft (MSFT) has announced that it will be partnering with Best Buy (BBY) to open 500 Windows Store locations inside Best Buy stores across the country. The move could help both...

Google's Eric Schmidt expects governments to lead on tax

Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, has stressed that it is up to governments to set clear rules on corporation...

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Apple received thousands of data requests from US law enforcers

Apple received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests for customer data from U.S. law enforcement between Dec. 1 and May 31, the company said on Monday."Between 9,000 and 10,000 accounts or devices were specified in those requests, which came from...

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Apple Inc. (AAPL) Building A New Store In Palo Alto

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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is building a brand new and impressive store inside the Stanford shopping mall. Not too far from the planned location is a more modest Apple store, however Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) recently opened their  store...

Apple: We Don't Give the NSA Direct Access to Our Servers

Apple has released a statement called "Apple’s Commitment to Customer Privacy," claiming it has not been involved in the NSA's PRISM program Furthermore, Apple claims it does not provide "any government agency" with...

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Apple responds to PRISM reports, emphasizes user-privacy efforts

In an open letter published to Apple’s website Sunday evening, the company outlined its policies for responding to government requests for information and promised to work to safeguard user privacy. Early this month, The Guardian broke the...

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Apple Receives Nearly 5,000 Requests for Data from Law Enforcement

Why did one of the world’s largest tech companies take so long? In another in several announcements from large tech companies about government demands for private information about...

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How To Navigate Facebook’s Redesigned News Feed

Earlier this month, hundreds of social media leaders gathered together at the AllFacebook Marketing Conference in San Francisco to take a closer look at Facebook’s recent innovations, as well as to share best practices and tactics to better...

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Apple Reveals Number of Customer Data Requests From U.S. Law Agencies, Repeats Denial Of Prism Involvement

Apple posted a press release on its site reaffirming its “commitment to customer privacy” and stating that it first heard of the Prism program when questioned by news organizations on June 6. The company also said that it received...

2 days on techcrunch.com

Apple got up to 5,000 data requests in six months

(Reuters) - Apple received over the last six months between 4,000 and 5,000 requests for customer data from U.S. law enforcement authorities relating to criminal investigations and national security matters, the company said on Monday. ...

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Apple: Up to 5,000 Data Requests in 6 Months

Apple received over the last six months between 4,000 and 5,000 requests for customer data from U.S. law enforcement...

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Apple releases statement on 'Customer Privacy', received over 4,000 government information requests in six months

Following the likes of Facebook, Apple has publicly responded to the explosion in interest in the NSA's PRISM program, and has been authorized to reveal some of the data on what it's shared with the US government in the past. It apparently...

2 days on engadget.com

Accenture and Avanade Recognized by Microsoft as Alliance Partner of the Year

Filed under: Investing Accenture and Avanade Recognized by Microsoft as Alliance Partner of the Year NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Accenture (NYS: ACN) , a global management consulting, technology services and...

2 days on dailyfinance.com

Unofficial Vine App 6Sec Finally Lets Windows Phone Users Upload Their Own Micro Movies

A few people have taken up the challenge of bringing some kind of Vine support to Windows Phone, but so far all the ersatz Vine apps in the Windows Marketplace do is let people view those 6 second clips. According to WPCentral’s Daniel Rubino,...

2 days on techcrunch.com

Apple and Samsung Accessory Leader: DoMark Announces Strong Sales Orders for New IRCharger Cover

Filed under: Investing Apple and Samsung Accessory Leader: DoMark Announces Strong Sales Orders for New IRCharger Cover LONGWOOD, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- DoMark International Inc. (OTCBB: DOMK) (the "Company"...

2 days on dailyfinance.com

The Tyranny of Facebook 'Like' Button Stories

Is there a more annoying type of article than the kind that laments the Facebook "like"? America used to be a place with moral standards, the story invariably tells us, and now kids these days constantly "like" everything, and all the...

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Apple Receives Nearly 5,000 Requests For Data From Law Enforcement

Filed under: InvestingWhy did one of the world's largest tech companies take so long? In another in several announcements from large tech companies about government demands for private information about customers and customer devices, Apple (NASDAQ:...

2 days on dailyfinance.com

The Apple Venture That Almost Never Happened

Many interesting revelations about Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iBookstore have recently emerged in the e-book antitrust trial. Perhaps one of the most fascinating tidbits was Eddy Cue’s disclosure that Steve Jobs was originally opposed to the...

2 days on wallstcheatsheet.com

As iTunes Grows, Per-User Revenue Slows

A recent analysis reveals that despite iTunes phenomenal user base growth over the past four years, its average per-user revenue has fallen. After Tim Cook revealed that the number of iTunes accounts reached 575 million last week, Horace Dediu at Asymco...

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What Do You Make Of This Apple Inc. (AAPL) Situation? Big Things Coming?

Everybody wants to know when Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is going to announce the next generation iPad mini. The first tablet had so much success that consumers and investors are hoping for more of the same the next time around. If you think the hype around...

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Google Aims to Abolish Child Porn Pics With New Database

Google announced plans over the weekend to remove child pornography images from the web by using a new, picture-sharing database. The program, which the Telegraph reported will be operational within the year, will allow search engines and other web...

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How To View Your Recent Google Account Activity

These days, a Google account is not just limited to Gmail but the same account is used for many more services such as Google Drive, Google+, Calendar, Contacts, YouTube, Blogger, Google Music, Play Store and more. Google allows you to use the same...

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Apple Inc. (AAPL) Trade-ins, Bigger iPhone 6 Screen, Trivia: Week in Review

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) week in review according to Goldman Sachs. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) looking at bigger iPhone screens, multiple colours – sources (Reuters, June 13, 2013) Summary: Reuters reports that Apple is exploring launching...

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Leaked Windows 8.1 screenshots show off Xbox Music, Movie Moments apps

We already know about Microsoft's impending Windows 8 overhaul, but previews of app specific updates have been few and far between. Now, thanks to an apparent Windows Store update on leaked builds, we're starting to see what kind of updates...

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E-Book Trial: Apple Counters Jobs’s Email With Jobs’s Email

On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice revealed what appeared to be an especially strong piece of supporting evidence for its antitrust case against Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL). The evidence was an email response from Steve Jobs to Eddy Cue regarding a...

3 days on wallstcheatsheet.com

Google’s Project Loon Set to Provide Internet Via Balloons

In an experiment aimed at supplying reliable Internet access to the world’s most remote regions, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has launched Project Loon, which aims to provide Internet access through a network of balloons. The program, which uses...

3 days on wallstcheatsheet.com

Apple has become a design follower instead of a leader — and it may be just fine with that

For a long time I’ve been bored by iOS. While the competition has continually innovated and improved the design of their platforms, iOS has gradually come to feel stale and even a bit clunky. With this week’s official announcement at...

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Google Pledges $5M To Fight Online Child Exploitation

The Internet has plenty of dark corners, but one of the darkest is surely the growing number of sites that traffic in child pornography. Google, which has no interest in surfacing any of these sites and images, has long worked with numerous non-profit...

3 days on techcrunch.com

Analyst: Apple’s High Prices Is Its Achilles’ Heel

Are Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) high prices a weakness?  It’s been said that the bigger they are, the harder they fall. When it comes to Apple, one analyst believes that the higher the prices, the greater the fall. Max Wolff,...

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Iranian Election; Apple; Macro: Best of Kass

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Doug Kass of Seabreeze Partners is known for his accurate stock market calls and keen insights into the economy, which he shares with RealMoney Pro readers in his daily trading diary. Among his posts this past week were entries...

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3 Reasons Investors Are Avoiding Apple Stock

Many Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) watchers anticipated that there would be a slight bounce in Apple stock after the new products and services announcements at the Worldwide Developers Conference this week. After all, Apple unveiled two new operating systems; a...

3 days on wallstcheatsheet.com

Facebook puts its data into cold storage (literally)

Facebook has opened its first data center outside the U.S., using 100 percent renewable energy and operating on the edge of the Arctic Circle in Sweden. Up to now many of Facebook's data centers in the U.S. have been slammed by environmental...

3 days on pcworld.com

Google Doodle Celebrates Father's Day

Today's animated and interactive Google Doodle is all about honoring dads for Father's Day Pressing the second "O" in the title activates a three-part slot machine in the "L," which scrolls through different images of...

3 days on mashable.com

What Does the Future Hold for Google Fiber?

Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Internet service Google Fiber could reach 8 million homes by 2022, costing an estimated $7 billion for the build-out. The Internet service offers blazingly fast 1-gigabit-per-second Internet speeds, which only exists in...

3 days on wallstcheatsheet.com

Can Microsoft Stores Save Best Buy?

Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) is partnering with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) in order to open up Windows Stores in 500 retail locations in the U.S. and over 100 in Canada. The stores will range in size from 1,500 square feet to 2,200 square feet...

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Google Glass eyed by companies for enterprise use

While the curious are looking to get their hands on a pair of Google's Glass, companies also may be looking to weave the computerized eyeglasses into their businesses. "We see wearables as the logical next step at work," said Kelly...

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Google's Top-Secret Plan To Get The Entire Planet Online Revealed

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — Google is launching Internet-beaming antennas into the stratosphere aboard giant, jellyfish-shaped balloons with the lofty goal of getting the entire planet online. Eighteen months in the works, the...

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How Sony Stole From Apple, and Other Big Stories From E3

Filed under: Investing Each E3 gives gamers plenty to chew on, and this year was no exception as publishers added sequels, up-and-comers introduced new titles, and a cold console war grew hot again. Big publishers captured most of the headlines,...

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3 Things Bill Gates Has Learned From Warren Buffett

Bill Gates proves that no matter how rich or successful you are, there’s always room for more learning and improvement. In a light, insightful post written on his LinkedIn profile, Gates offers the three things he believes to have learned from...

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Google launches Internet-beaming balloons

If successful, the technology could eventually lead to getting the entire planet...

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E3 Surprises: Sony Routs Microsoft, "Plants Versus Zombies" Leaves Mobile

Filed under: Investing In this video from The Motley Fool's Weekly Tech Review, host Chris Hill and analysts Eric Bleeker and Austin Smith discuss this year's E3 conference, and some of the biggest surprises to come from it. Eric tells...

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Berkowitz bets on Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

Betting on Congress to do anything is about as risky a bet as you can make, but Bruce Berkowitz is willing to make...

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GooGLe PaSSPoRT

WB7: While millions of Americans fret over how it can be possible that their data and phone calls can be eavesdropped without a warrant by thousands of low level NSA analysts (some even without High School diplomas), the rest of the world can fret over...

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For Some Reason, Square's Hiring Page Listed Chirply And SeatMe As ‘Potential Acquisitions'

So, this is weird. Earlier today, if you visited Square’s hiring page on Jobvite, there were two unusual job listings, one for “Chirply — Potential Acquisition” and another for “SeatMe — Potential...

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Microsoft Gives Office to iPhone, Denies iPad the Privilege

Will Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) ever give Office to the full roster of iOS devices? If so, the moment has not arrived yet. Redmond released a Windows app for only the iPhone on Friday, holding back on the privilege...

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Is Apple Stock Less Risky Than Apple Bonds?

Are Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) bonds proving to be more volatile investments than Apple stock? Apple’s unprecedented $17 billion bond offering debuted six weeks ago and quickly became one of the most desired bonds on the market, with three times as many...

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Did Apple Accidentally Reveal Future iOS 7 Changes?

Is Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) already making changes to iOS 7 in response to the critics? Even before it was unveiled at the Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple’s new iOS 7 was a target for criticism due to the company’s abandonment of...

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Facebook, Microsoft disclose little on national security requests

Facebook and Microsoft each fielded thousands of requests for user data as part of law enforcement investigations from U.S. authorities in the second half of last year, they said late Friday.Some of those investigations might have been related to...

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Google's Project Loon explores balloon-powered Internet access

(Reuters) - Google Inc has launched a small network of balloons over the Southern Hemisphere in an experiment it hopes could bring reliable Internet access to the world's most remote regions, the company said late Friday. ...

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16 Hot Apple Stories at $430 Per Share You Must Know This Week

Monday Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) annual Worldwide Developer Conference began Monday. Top executives — including Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook, Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi, and Senior Vice President of...

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Microsoft and Intel in the Age of Low-Cost Mobile Computing

Filed under: Investing The prompt shift to low-cost mobile computing has taken Microsoft and Intel by storm. During the rise of the PC, Microsoft and Intel formed the powerful duo lovingly referred to as Wintel, enjoying the highest margins...

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Google Hot Air Balloons Launched

Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Project Loon culminated in the company launching jellyfish shaped balloons from New Zealand’s South Island near Lake Tekapo. This signaled passing the first test of Google’s efforts to wire the entire...

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The Good, Bad, and Ugly for Microsoft This Past Week

Filed under: Investing I'm a Microsoft shareholder, and after dealing with a few years of nearly zero return rates from the stock, I've been thrilled with the its performance year-to-date. The stock is up 28.72% this year, while the Dow...

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My BBRG Page!

Hey! I just discovered I have my own Bloomberg page!   Hoe crazy cool is...

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CrunchWeek: Path's $1B Valuation, Google's Waze Buy And The WWDC Recap

It’s that time of the week for a new episode of CrunchWeek, the weekly show where three of us writers plop ourselves down in the TechCrunch TV studio for some real talk about the most interesting stories from the past seven days. Colleen...

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iOS 7 and Facebook Hashtags Debut and Other Top Comments

This week's major news can be summed up with a clean "#iOS7." Facebook (finally) rolled out hashtag support, and Apple debuted the next "biggest thing to happen to the iPhone since the iPhone" since the last "biggest thing...

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iPad Sales Head North to Canadian Carriers

Although Canadians have long been able to purchase data plans for their iPads and iPad minis through their local carriers, they’ve never been able to buy those devices from those carriers’ retail locations — until now. Apple...

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Google's 'Looney' Internet Balloons Invade New Zealand

The tech giant hopes the test of flying hotspots will bring service to billions of people in remote areas such as Africa and Southeast Asia.» E-Mail This     » Add to...

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3 Ways Apple Can Capitalize on Its User Base

Filed under: Investing The extensive user base that Apple has established over the years has the potential to create at least three new sources of revenue for the technology leader. First, as Apple develops its near-field communication...

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Will Apple iTunes Radio Close Pandora's Box?

Filed under: Investing Earlier this week, Apple announced the introduction of iTunes Radio, the company's latest foray into the service side of the business. While Apple has historically struggled as a service provider, the streaming music...

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What Does Facebook Have Up Its Sleeve Now?

It’s entirely unclear what Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) is about to try, but it must be something big. Media outlets across the country have been getting invites — via snail mail — about an event at its Menlo Park offices...

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Survey: Why Wouldn't You Want Google Glass?

While some people can't wait to get their hands on Google Glass (myself included), many have no interest in acquiring Google's not-yet-released wearable technology device. The potential for distraction and cost were the two most-cited reasons...

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An iPhone Trade-In Program From Apple?

Filed under: Investing A recent Bloomberg News story suggests that Apple may begin an iPhone trade-in program to compete with current third-party options. With the high price of the iPhone, buyers in emerging markets are anxious to by...

4 days on dailyfinance.com

Can Microsoft Fix Its Xbox One Missteps?

Filed under: Investing The next round in the fiercely competitive gaming-console battle between Sony , with its PlayStation, and Microsoft , with its Xbox, is about to begin, as the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One approach their release dates. But has...

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Can a sub-$400 Surface RT give new life to Microsoft's tablet?

Microsoft will probably price its own 8-inch Surface tablet running Windows RT at $349, just 6 percent higher than Apple's iPad Mini but nowhere near the basement $199 of Android rivals, an analyst said last week. Sameer Singh, an analyst who...

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Facebook and Microsoft Reveal Surveillance Data

In the aftermath of Edward Snowden’s leak of secret NSA surveillance programs designed to gather Americans’ phone records and other data, Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) have negotiated with national security...

4 days on wallstcheatsheet.com

Is Apple About to Kill the iPad Mini?

Filed under: Investing In just a matter of months, Apple is expected to launch second-generation iPad Mini models. The newer versions are widely expected to follow Apple's trend of high-resolution Retina displays, but that's not the...

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With wearable tech like Google Glass, human behavior is now a design problem

For all the attention we’ve given in the past year to wearable devices like Google Glass, Nike FuelBand and Jawbone UP, the focus on hardware and form factor misses the far more thrilling – and perhaps frightening – topic of how...

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Google and 15 Stocks Making Deal Buzz This Week

Here’s your Cheat Sheet to this week’s top mergers and acquisition news: Markets are at 5-year highs! Discover the best stocks to own. Click here for our fresh Feature Stock Pick now! The Blackstone Group (NYSE:BX): Current price...

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Google Is King of Mobile Ads; Facebook and Pandora Rise

The first complete count of mobile ad revenues has been taken, and the numbers show Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is the supreme ruler of the Internet advertising world. The search engine giant brought home over half the entire take of the mobile ad...

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Is Google the Best Acquirer in Technology Today?

Filed under: Investing This week, Google bought Israeli social-map app developer Waze for $1.1 billion, a move that initially had many wondering, why Google would pay nearly the amount of money it paid to acquire YouTube for a company that has...

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Google Launches Balloons to Bring the Internet to Remote Regions

Google is launching huge balloons to bring the Internet to remote and difficult terrain — think mountain ranges, archipelagos and jungles — beginning with New Zealand. Last week, Google launched 30 Internet-enabling balloons in the...

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GOOGLE PASSPORT

GOOGLE PASSPORT, a photo by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick on...

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Facebook And Microsoft Finally Allowed To Disprove 'Hyperbolic And False' Initial Spying Reports

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook and Microsoft have struck agreements with the U.S. government to release limited information about the number of surveillance requests they receive, a modest victory for the companies as they struggle with the fallout...

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NSA Apparently Surveils About 0.01 Percent of Foreign Facebook Accounts

Tech companies, under pressure from foreign users who want to know if their accounts are routinely under surveillance by U.S. intelligence agencies, have been begging the federal government to allow them to release general figures on how many FISA...

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Facebook, Microsoft disclose FISA requests, sort of

Both Facebook and Microsoft said late Friday that they had been given permission from the U.S. government to disclose how many times the two companies had been asked to turn over user information to the Feds as part of a national security...

4 days on pcworld.com

Google’s Balloon-based Internet Dream: Loon or Loony?

I can’t even remember how many times in the past I have chuckled at the idea of blimp/balloon-based internet. I guess it was because those ideas were promoted by companies that sounded a bit film-flamy or in sometimes, just nuts. Google Internet...

4 days on gigaom.com

Facebook, Microsoft Reveal Requests For User Data

The tech giants say they have been allowed to reveal data requests from the government in broad terms, but expressed frustration that they aren't permitted to say more.» E-Mail This     » Add...

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Apple’s iOS 7 Is Fast Out of the Gate

In a positive sign for the popularity of Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) latest mobile operating system, iOS 7 has already claimed a relatively high percentage of Apple device Web traffic during the two days after its debut. Ad firm Chitika looked at...

4 days on wallstcheatsheet.com

Google's Billion-Dollar Buy

Filed under: Investing This week, Google outbid Facebook to buy an Israeli company called Waze, which makes an app that lets users interact with maps in a social way by reporting what you see locally. In this video from the Motley Fool Weekly...

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Are Cars Now Borrowing Your iPhone’s Glass?

Now that Corning Incorporated’s (NYSE:GLW) durable Gorilla Glass has seen significant success in the tech industry, it’s ready to expand its footprint in the jungle, and it’s vying for automobiles next. According to...

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Apple Stock: Disproving the Bears

Filed under: Investing We've seen a glimpse of the future. At Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, the company unveiled a few new products, a software refresh for OS X, and the long-rumored iTunes Radio. The star of the...

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AT&T issues Wireless Emergency Alerts update to iPhone 4S, 5

AT&T has begun rolling out Wireless Emergency Alerts updates for iPhone 4S and 5, so you won't be the last folks to know if the entire northern hemisphere is about to be covered in ice à la Day After Tomorrow. You'll receive...

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Google's Acquisitions a Prime Example of Why It Will Crush Apple

Filed under: Investing When Google plopped down a reported $1 billion on Waze, much was made of what the social media-driven maps tool would add to Google's bevy of solutions, and rightfully so. Unlike some past acquisitions -- think...

4 days on dailyfinance.com

Facebook Adopts Twitter's Golden Child: The Hashtag

Filed under: Investing It was inevitable. Hashtags finally made their debut on Facebook earlier this week. For users, this means an easier way to view discussion feeds and one more method for staying connected to a virtual community. But what...

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Sony's $100 Swipe at Microsoft

Filed under: Investing Microsoft came out on top in the last round of the console wars. But the company's new Xbox system isn't starting out with the same advantages over rivals. Sony announced this week that its PS4 console...

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