Google will sell your endorsements and reviews for use in ads
Facebook has already started placing innocent bystanders in advertisements, Twitter will have to find ways to increase its revenue once the company goes public, and …
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Facebook policy change leaves users with nowhere to hide
Facebook users who prefer to lurk in the shadows will not be terribly pleased to learn of a new change to Facebook’s privacy settings that …
Nokia’s budget Lumia success may leave HTC with nowhere to run
HTC’s disastrous Q3 performance has triggered speculation about how the company may try its luck in the Windows Phone market after getting clobbered by tough …
Former Apple CEO says Cook doing a ‘terrific job,’ not ‘trying to be Steve Jobs’
Any time a company’s stock has a year like Apple shares have had between late September 2012 and now, investors and industry watchers are bound …
Samsung collects $1.5 billion in huge Seagate stock sale
Samsung isn’t having any trouble racking up profits through its core businesses, having just reported a record unaudited third-quarter operating profit of more than $9.2 …
Co-founder Mike Lazaridis increases BlackBerry stake, considers bid
BlackBerry co-founder Mike Lazaridis, who is likely just as responsible for BlackBerry’s early success as he is for its collapse, on Thursday filed a Schedule …
Debt ceiling delay may blacken Black Friday
Retailers are already busy as beavers planning their Black Friday promotions for November 28th. But guess what else might arrive on November 28th? Default on the …
BlackBerry considers breakup if Fairfax fails to find funding
BlackBerry is reportedly warming up to the idea of breaking the company apart and selling off the pieces. The news comes from an unnamed inside …
Eight more arrested in Bitcoin drug den bust
Buying and selling illegal drugs on the Internet using a virtual currency isn’t as fun as it used to be. The Associated Press, via NPR, …
New round of layoffs has begun at BlackBerry
As BlackBerry continues to fight for its life, the company announced late last month that it will eliminate about 4,500 jobs in an effort to …
That’s it for TAT: Designers split with BlackBerry for new startup
Several years ago, BlackBerry acquired The Astonishing Tribe (TAT), a team that was well known in the mobile industry for designing gorgeous user interfaces. Less …
The twice cursed town called Nokia
Over the past 600 years, the tiny town of Nokia, Finland has flirted with greatness twice… only to see “Nokia” become extinct twice, first as a silky …
Canadian pension fund CEO: BlackBerry sale ‘the most bizarre sales process I’ve seen’
If you have no idea what’s going on with Fairfax’s plan to buy out BlackBerry, don’t worry — prospective investors seem in the dark as …
Piracy isn’t destroying musicians’ ability to earn a living
Many musicians understandably hate online music piracy but there’s no evidence that it’s turning them into starving artists. Timothy Lee at The Washington Post’s Wonkblog …
Video: ‘Login and Pay with Amazon’ has the online retailer competing with PayPal
Amazon announced the ‘Login and Pay with Amazon’ service on Tuesday, which will allow online shoppers to use their Amazon account information to quickly complete …
Amazon’s European woes: Strikes in Germany, discounts banned in France
European antipathy towards American technology giants has been at a slow boil for a couple of years and Amazon is facing growing backlash this winter …
Samsung knows its software can’t compete, hopes deep pockets will help
Samsung is good at a lot of things. It makes great products that consumers have been loving for the past few years, it certainly isn’t …
Sorry, Samsung: Obama’s not bailing you out with an import ban veto
If Samsung was hoping to get the Apple treatment by securing an import ban veto from the Obama administration, it just got a rude awakening. …
BlackBerry VP unloads in epic email thread with shareholder, analysts
BlackBerry VP of Developer Relations Alec Saunders hasn’t done a great job in his role. But to pop off like this in an email chain …
HTC trots out the ‘bad marketing’ scapegoat for earnings crash
HTC seems to have moved its headquarters to Egypt because right now it’s swimming in denial. HTC chairperson Cher Wang recently told Bloomberg TV that her company’s collapsing …
ITU report says cellular subscriptions will nearly match global population by year-end
Late last month we shared a report from Pew Internet which stated that 15% of American adults do not use the Internet. Expanding on those …
Samsung seen missing Galaxy S4 sales targets, all to Apple’s benefit
Although Samsung is a wildly profitable company it may be relying on Apple for revenue a lot more than it wants to. Business Insider flags …
Microsoft shares Steve Ballmer’s final shareholder letter
Microsoft has been awfully busy ever since Steve Ballmer announced his retirement back in August. The company bought Nokia, introduced a new Surface tablet lineup, …
Twitter’s growth problem in America
It is surprising that Twitter only grew its U.S. monthly active user base by 1 million between the March and June quarters — from 48 …
SEC: Apple’s tax dodging is perfectly legal
Stashing profits in offshore havens to avoid taxes might look unseemly but it also happens to be perfectly legal. Per AllThingsD, it seems that the …
Google, Samsung and others reportedly considering BlackBerry bids
It looks like some companies just can’t pass up a bargain. Few seemed to show real interest in BlackBerry back when the future was still …
Patent trolls may have found a way to make everyone hate them even more
Although patent trolls are already one of the least liked groups in the United States, they may have found a way to make themselves even …
BlackBerry seen burning through its cash pile in just 18 months
How big of a bonfire can you make with a $2.6 billion cash pile? We may be about to find out. AllThingsD points us to …
Apple appeals guilty verdict in eBook price-fixing case
In July, when Apple was found guilty of fixing eBook prices, the company released a statement maintaining that it was innocent of any antitrust violations. …
Lose money, no problem: Twitter’s IPO is a California dream
The tech industry is captivated by two upcoming IPO’s, which offer an interesting contrast. Twitter is a great example of what software companies used to …
