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AT&T on Tuesday introduced AT&T Next, a plan that lets users upgrade their handsets and tablets every 12 months. Beginning July 26, the new service will let customers purchase a smartphone or tablet with no down payment and agree to pay monthly installments for the device. After 12 payments,...

AT&T on Tuesday introduced AT&T Next, a plan that lets users upgrade their handsets and tablets every 12 months. Beginning July 26, the new service will let customers purchase a smartphone or tablet with no down payment and agree to pay monthly installments for the device. After 12 payments,...

The White House and eight companies including Google and Microsoft announced a joint effort to mobilize against online piracy and counterfeiting Monday with the help of a set of best practices developed in conjunction with the Interactive Advertising Bureau. The effort is designed to limit the reve...

Microsoft has slashed the price of its Surface RT by some 30 percent, or $150, putting the price of the tablet now at approximately $350, depending on the version. The price cut follows hard on the heels of news that the company will undergo a reorganization, in part to bolster its still-flagging ef...

For most technologists in the enterprise nowadays, cloud is a pretty big deal -- and securing it can be an even bigger deal still. Security was the top concern of 46 percent of respondents to a recent survey by North Bridge Venture Partners. While this number is actually down from last year's 55 pe...

In an effort to catch up with their data-swamped online counterparts, brick-and-mortar retailers are turning to a new tool to help them better monitor shoppers and maximize sales: shoppers' cell phones. Approaches include tracking shoppers as they move about the store using their phones' connection ...

Google reportedly is planning to spend $500 million or more promoting the Moto X smartphone, sparking speculation that a new round of mobile marketing wars is about to begin. One reason for the intensified focus on advertising could be the narrowing differentiation among high-end smartphone features...

A persistent myth in the tech world is that major enterprises in highly regulated industries are risk-averse and reluctant to adopt new technology innovations. In the case of the financial services sector, this has not been the case for years, and it is being disproved again as a growing number of f...

Verizon may owe Apple between $12 billion and $14 billion for not selling as many iPhones as it promised to this year, according to two analyst reports revealed Thursday. Verizon committed to buy $23.5 billion worth of iPhones this year -- a number that is more than twice what it sold in 2012 -- le...

Although it initially denied involvement in the National Security Agency's PRISM surveillance program, Microsoft has in fact worked closely with U.S. intelligence agencies to monitor users' communications, even helping the NSA circumvent its own encryption to do so, new documents from whistleblower ...

Yelp announced this week that it has partnered with local businesses and startups to add food delivery to its platform. Now Yelp users in New York City and San Francisco will be able not only to scan the site for reviews of local restaurants, but also to order food and have it delivered. Yelp is tea...

There is a simple answer to the BlackBerry problem: Rather than trying to become a new company and address a new market and compete with new competitors, it should focus on its bread and butter, the business and government communities that still use its products. If it does this, I believe its recov...

Microsoft announced a sweeping reorganization on Thursday, possibly lurching from controlled chaos to total chaos. The company will now focus on a single strategy, emphasize engineering, and increase collaboration among departments, with some sort of political commisar -- the evangelism and business...

Social commerce website Fancy has racked up $53 million in funding from investors including American Express and actor Will Smith, according to press reports citing a July 3 SEC filing. The company currently is valued at $600 million. Fancy reportedly brings in about $3 million per month, and its ba...

Anyone who's ever made a presentation with data knows that making data presentable isn't always easy. That's part of the rationale behind Databoard, a new tool from Google that's designed to help users do just that. Announced on Tuesday, Google Databoard gives users a new way to share data insights....