HTC can’t catch a break, now faces European injunction for HTC One
HTC may have made the world’s best Android phone with the HTC One, but the company has had trouble getting the device to potential customers …
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Investors advised to cash in on Apple stock crash, buy shares while they’re cheap
Shares of Apple have tumbled more than 35% since reaching an all-time high of $705 last September. Earlier this week, the company’s stock fell below …
Google chairman Eric Schmidt warns of ‘the dark side of the digital revolution’
Google chairman and former chief executive Eric Schmidt recently embarked on a highly publicized, and criticized, trip to North Korea. The executive’s visit to one …
Android predicted to beat Apple in China – thanks to its potential for ‘oppression’
We tend to think of an open source operating system as something that gives both smartphone vendors and end users more freedom to customize their …
Activist investor’s $2 billion Microsoft stake could put Ballmer on the hot seat
While Steve Ballmer’s job is still safe for now, a major new investment from an activist hedge fund could put pressure on Microsoft’s chief executive to …
Was Samsung caught fighting dirty in war against Apple?
Samsung recently admitted fault — to an extent — after being accused of false advertising when a group of paid bloggers flooded the web with posts that …
iPhone sales projections are now so low it’s ridiculous
If iPhone sales volumes fall as low as some Wall Street analysts now expect during the spring quarter, the decline would actually be worse than the …
Google fined for illegal data collection
The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information has issued a fine of €145,000 to Google for illegally accessing and recording data from …
Blackstone withdraws Dell bid, points to company’s ‘deteriorating’ PC business
Blackstone Group has withdrawn its bid for Dell less than a month after proposing a last-minute offer for the struggling computer company. The private equity …
Viacom loses major copyright suit against YouTube
Good news for Daily Show fans: You’ll still be able to watch clips of Jon Stewart on YouTube. The Los Angeles Times reports that Viacom …
Anonymous calls for ‘Internet Blackout Day’ to protest CISPA [video]
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), which passed the House of Representatives this week, has drawn a lot of criticism from activist groups such as …
Apple warned not to stay quiet, must do ‘something by September’
This has certainly been a pretty quiet spring for Apple so far, as the company has made more headlines for reported product delays than actual …
Despite Android, Fiber and Motorola investments, websites are still Google’s cash cow
Anyone who wonders why Google has poured so many resources into Android, Google Fiber and Motorola should understand that the company doesn’t plan to make …
SoftBank has no plans to sweeten Sprint bid
If Sprint was hoping that Dish’s merger offer would get rival suitor SoftBank to up its bid, it may come away disappointed. An unnamed SoftBank …
Google’s future: Doing the impossible
Google’s first-quarter earnings beat Wall Street expectations, aided by a lower tax rate and a research credit. Even though the stock moved on the numbers, …
LulzSec hacker sentenced to one year in prison for Sony hack
A hacker affiliated with LulzSec, a spin-off of hacking group Anonymous, has been sentenced for breaching computers belonging to Sony Pictures Entertainment and distributing information to …
Hulu reportedly hires firm to assist with sale
A new report suggests that online movie and TV streaming service Hulu may be looking to sell. According to Reuters, Hulu, which is a joint …
Sprint sets up special committee to evaluate Dish offer
Sprint’s board of directors has set up a special committee to evaluate Dish Network’s proposed $25.5 billion acquisition, according to a report from The Wall Street …
FTC chair slams advertisers’ ‘self-regulated’ Do Not Track system
The Federal Trade Commission’s new chairwoman doesn’t trust advertising companies to play by the honor system. AdWeek reports that FTC chair Edith Ramirez said this week …
Dish asks FCC to hold off approving Sprint-SoftBank merger
Dish will obviously have a hard time buying Sprint if SoftBank is allowed to buy it first, which is why the company is asking the …
Google beats expectations with EPS of $11.58 on $11 billion in revenue
Google on Thursday posted first quarter earnings of $11.58 per share on revenue of $11 billion, thus beating Street expectations of $10.64 in EPS on $11.11 …
Microsoft’s Q3 profit climbs as PC market tumbles
Expectations were high ahead of Microsoft’s fiscal third-quarter earnings report on Thursday. The PC industry saw a devastating decline in the March quarter but while its …
Google Fiber: So fast that ‘the gap between you and Internet totally disappears’
Cable companies have long dismissed gigabit Internet speeds as a luxury that most consumers don’t really want but venture capitalist Hunter Walk thinks that consumer …
Nokia faces the feature phone collapse it dodged in 2012
In the spring of 2012, Nokia started rolling out a broad new range of Asha feature phones and managed to astonish Wall Street for a …
Twitter reimagines Apple’s failed ‘Ping’ experiment, launches Twitter Music
Apple’s artist-driven music network “Ping” was basically dead on arrival, but Twitter thinks it has what it takes to make a successful social music service. The company …
Verizon profit climbs to $1.95 billion in Q1 on solid subscriber growth
Verizon Communications posted its first-quarter earnings results on Thursday, showing solid income and revenue growth. The nation’s No.1 carrier reported EPS growth of 15.3% in …
Nokia narrows loss in Q1 as sales continue to tumble
Nokia on Thursday reported its earnings results for the first quarter, during which it narrowed its losses but saw revenue and handset volumes plummet. The …
‘Lackluster iPhone demand’ cited for Cirrus revenue miss
Apple’s shares got hammered again on Wednesday and one major reason was the lackluster earnings guidance provided by chip vendor Cirrus Logic, which Apple has long …
Google Fiber expands for second time this month, arrives in Provo, Utah
Provo, Utah isn’t as well-known as Kansas City or Austin but it’s nonetheless become the third city to get access to Google’s high-speed Google Fiber …
Apple teams with Taiwanese tech firms to gang up on Samsung
As we’ve said before, the entire tech industry should be fearful of Samsung. And now The Associated Press reports that “a number of Taiwanese manufacturers …
