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New iPhone with taller screen out next week
Apple is holding an event in San Francisco during which it announced a new iPhone, capable of faster data speeds and sporting a taller screen. It also ...
New Apple mobile software to get maps, Siri update
Not ready for a new iPhone? Don't worry. Many software features are coming to older iPhones as well. Apple has said that its iOS 6 software will sport ...
YouTube offers new iPhone app to fill looming void
YouTube is being reprogrammed for the iPhone and iPad amid the latest fallout from the growing hostility between Apple and the video service's owner, ...
How new Kindle Fire device compares with rivals
Amazon.com Inc.'s new Kindle Fire models are the latest challengers to the iPad and come amid expectations that Apple will start selling a mini iPad ...
Microsoft adding staff, R&D in China mobile push
Microsoft Corp. will hire more than 1,000 additional employees in China this year and boost research and development spending by 15 percent as it ...
Survey: cell phone users concerned about privacy
Many cellphone users say they have decided not to use an app on their phone because of concerns about privacy. More than half of Americans who use ...
The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store
App Store Official Charts for the week ending Sep. 3, 2012: Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. Wipeout (Activision Publishing, Inc.) 2. WhatsApp Messenger ...
Virus origin in Gulf computer attacks in question
Security technicians are beginning to suspect that highly targeted virus attacks were behind the recent crippling of computer systems at two major ...
China's Baidu releases new mobile browser
Baidu Inc., which operates China's most popular search engine, has released a mobile browser and says it will invest in a cloud computing center as ...
Ask beats Answers with $300M bid for About.com
The New York Times Co. is selling its troubled online information service, About.com, to the parent company of Ask.com for $300 million in cash.
IBM buys Kenexa for $1.3B in latest software deal
IBM is buying human resources management company Kenexa Corp. for about $1.3 billion, adding to its stable of cloud-based software. The Monday ...
RIM begins showing new BlackBerry's to carriers
Canadian phone maker Research In Motion has begun showing its new BlackBerry smartphones to wireless carriers around the world, but the struggling ...
Facebook updates iPhone app to speed it up
What's the worst insult you can throw at a fast-moving company like Facebook? Call its iPhone app slow and poky. On Thursday, Facebook Inc.
Google upgrades Android maps as Apple battle looms
Google's mapping service for mobile devices is getting an upgrade as the Internet search leader braces for new competition from iPhone maker Apple.
How Samsung's new tablet compares with rivals
Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday announced its latest tablet computer, the Galaxy Note 10.1. Here's a look at its key specifications, compared ...
Retailers to launch mobile app for payments
A bevy of big-name retailers including Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Best-Buy Co. and Target Corp., are teaming up to create a company that will give ...
Google to downgrade pirate sites in search results
Google Inc. is altering its search results to de-emphasize the websites of repeat copyright offenders and make it easier to find legitimate providers ...
Security firm: New computer virus prowling Mideast
A new computer virus tied to some of the most sophisticated cyberweapons thus-far discovered has been found circulating in the Middle East, a ...
Multimillion-dollar verdict against RIM overturned
A U.S. judge has overturned a multimillion-dollar patent-infringement verdict against BlackBerry maker Research In Motion. The judge determined that ...
Google to include people's Gmail in search results
Google is creating an information bridge between its influential Internet search engine and its widely used Gmail service in its latest attempt to ...
Android extends dominance in smartphones worldwide
Got an iPhone? You're in the minority. There were four Android phones for every iPhone shipped in the second quarter, research firm IDC said Wednesday
Apple to ditch iPhone YouTube app
Apple says the next version of its software for the iPhone and iPad won't come with a pre-installed YouTube application. Users will be able to play ...
HP wins ruling in court battle with Oracle
Computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. said it won a "tremendous" victory in its court battle to force Oracle Corp. to continue making software for one ...
Romney to announce VP pick by smartphone app
Want to be among the first to know who Mitt Romney picks for a running mate? There's an app for that. The Republican's campaign on Tuesday announced ...
Review: NBC offers plenty of live Olympics online
Soccer and balance beam gymnastics on the desktop. Swimming and badminton on the laptop. Boxing on the iPhone. Gymnasts' floor exercises on the iPad.