New bill aims to rein in NSA’s snooping powers
With so many people getting caught off guard by the National Security Agency’s massive data collection practices, at least one senator wants to put the …
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Google passes Apple, becomes world’s most valuable tech company by one measure
With a market capitalization of more than $374 billion as of Wednesday’s close, Apple is worth far more than Google, which has a market cap …
Apple and BlackBerry continue to play cruel tricks on hedge funds
One of the most popular trading ideas among tech funds is to short BlackBerry — more than 30% of its stock was sold short recently. …
Microsoft is live-streaming today’s Build keynote – here’s how to watch
Microsoft made some mistakes with Windows 8. The software, which was the first major step toward realizing Microsoft’s vision of a future where PC and …
Apple set to score another huge victory over Samsung
Germany’s Düsseldorf Regional Court is reportedly preparing to issue a tentative ruling against Samsung for unlawful imitation of Apple’s iPhone and iPod products. Florian Mueller …
ITC plans new action to prevent patent trolls
The International Trade Commission announced on Monday that it will be taking new steps to cut down on the number of lawsuits filed by patent …
Samsung earns a small victory over Apple in Japan
Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of Samsung in a patent infringement case with Apple, Bloomberg reported. The court upheld an …
Gigabit Internet coming to Seattle for $80 per month
No Google Fiber? No problem. Residents in select neighborhoods in Seattle will have access to gigabit Internet speeds beginning in 2014. Gigabit Squared on Monday announced …
Apple again seen losing steam, new products needed desperately
Apple managed to earn $9.5 billion in profit on $43.6 billion in sales last quarter without launching any exciting new devices, but the long wait for …
Poll: Which Google Reader replacement did you choose?
As has been the case for more than one out of every three Google services that have ever existed, Google Reader will be shut down in …
BlackBerry continues to baffle Wall Street as estimates swing wildly
Wall Street’s views on BlackBerry 10 sales have been all over the map in recent months. As we approach the company’s earnings announcement for the May quarter …
Sprint shareholders approve SoftBank merger
Sprint shareholders on Tuesday voted in favor of SoftBank’s merger bid, which amounts to $21.6 billion in cash and stock for an 80% stake in the …
CNN calls Samsung’s Galaxy S4 line ‘gadget spam’
Samsung’s smartphone strategy has always involved launching a wide range of handsets that span various sizes and price points. The company’s efforts are clearly working …
Huawei CEO: Apple is ‘slipping,’ Galaxy S4 is a ‘so-so’ phone
Huawei’s chief executive Richard Yu apparently isn’t afraid to call out larger rivals as he dealt jabs to both Apple and Samsung in a recent …
Barnes & Noble abandons Nook tablet hardware
Barnes & Noble on Tuesday morning reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings that missed Wall Street’s consensus. Revenue was down 7.4% to $1.3 billion while the company …
Samsung reportedly in talks to settle EU antitrust case over Apple suit
Samsung is reportedly in early talks with antitrust regulators in the European Union to settle a case that charges the company with attempting to bar …
Google’s Waze deal comes under antitrust scrutiny
It hasn’t taken long for Google’s $1.1 billion acquisition of crowd-sourced mapping app Waze to come under scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission. The Wall Street …
Video: Steve Wozniak feels ‘a little guilty’ about enabling NSA spying
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak recently sat down with CNN’s Piers Morgan and spoke about a variety of topics, including the NSA spying controversy and whistleblower …
Samsung, Sony and others said to have no interest in Facebook Home
Facebook once dreamt of making its Home software for Android available on a wide variety of smartphones out of the box, but that dream is …
Samsung forms carbon fiber joint venture in bid to back away from plastic
Samsung materials arm, Samsung Petrochemical, has established a joint venture with carbon fiber specialist SGL Group that will aim to “develop new industrial and electronic …
Apple dumps Samsung, inks three-year TSMC chip deal for iPhone 6 and beyond
Apple has reportedly reached deal with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s largest chip manufacturer, as it continues its efforts to end its business relationship …
Foxconn ramps up hiring to help with Firefox phones
Mozilla’s Firefox OS looks like it’s about to a get a big boost in its quest to make a mark in the hugely competitive mobile …
Top execs’ futures uncertain as Microsoft readies major reorg
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is reportedly close to initiating a major reorganization that will look to solidify Microsoft’s transition from software company to “devices and …
5 million videos uploaded to Instagram in just 24 hours
Instagram fans seem happy with their favorite app’s newfound video upload capabilities. Per CNET, the Facebook-owned Instagram said on Friday that users have uploaded 5 …
SoftBank CEO expects Sprint deal to close in early July
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son is confident that his company’s deal to acquire Sprint will close early next month, Reuters reported. Dish Network was originally looking …
U.K. issues Google yet another privacy ultimatum
France isn’t the only European country that’s tired of asking Google to clean up its privacy act. BBC News reports that the United Kingdom Information Commissioner’s …
FAA finally looks set to ease in-flight gadget rules
It’s been a long time coming, but the Federal Aviation Administration finally looks like it’s ready to let people use electronic devices during flight takeoffs …
HTC CEO refuses to quit as executive pay is slashed in half
When HTC posted its worst-ever earnings last quarter as profit plummeted a shocking 98%, all eyes turned to chief executive Peter Chou. “If HTC fails one …
Apple’s ‘rubber band’ patent bounces back to bite Samsung
It’s no stretch to say that Samsung is getting tired of hearing about Apple’s “rubber band” design patent. Reuters reports that a court in Tokyo …
AT&T and Verizon are about to put the squeeze on subscribers
Noted mobile analyst Chetan Sharma has released his latest U.S. Wireless Market Update. It’s a grim road map to rising smartphone ownership costs for most …
