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Now that the Department of Justice said no to the AT&T, T-Mobile merger, can we please start talking about solving the real -- and growing -- problem in the wireless industry? It's something that will affect every carrier and every customer in the years to come. In fact this is the very reason A...

Yahoo on Wednesday announced a leadership reorganization that moves Carol Bartz out as CEO and replaces her in the interim with Timothy Morse, the company's chief financial officer. The board has also formed a new executive leadership council populated by key senior executives to support Morse in da...

Online coupon retailer Groupon is reevaluating its plans to go forward with its IPO following a volatile summer market, according to a recent report. The daily discount company originally announced its plans to go public in June and was rumored to be counting on a valuation of around $20 billion, wi...

Sprint Nextel filed a lawsuit Tuesday to block the proposed $39 billion merger of rival wireless carriers AT&T and T-Mobile. The move by Sprint appears to be a tactical one aimed at protecting the company's options should the deal be approved by the federal government. Sprint's lawsuit was filed...

You might have seen them without knowing what they are: little black and white boxes with squiggles and lines in the corner of a magazine advertisement, on a band's poster in a coffeeshop, or even on a T-shirt. Those things, called "QR codes," or "quick response codes," are part of a whole new way ...

Jaguar Financial, a shareholder of BlackBerry-maker RIM, called on the company's directors to carry out a formal process for maximization of shareholder value in a letter from Jaguar and supportive shareholders. The letter suggests that the company should consider selling itself or monetizing the RI...

With more than 600 million members and counting, Facebook is the world's largest social networking community. Lately, however, a lot of people have concluded that this community is too large for their tastes. That has created an opportunity for a number of startups that are promising users a much mo...

The mobile age has arrived. In 2011, global shipments of smartphones and tablet devices surpassed shipments of laptops and desktop PCs, laying the groundwork for an era in which consumers are increasingly using mobile technology for everything from airline reservations to vehicle purchases. The mobi...

It will keep prices at their current low level. It will hire more people, lots more. It will sell a significant chunk of T-Mobile's stock. If it has to, it will go to court. AT&T, in short, appears ready to jump over whatever hurdles the DoJ places before it to win its prize: the acquisition of ...

It will keep prices at their current low level. It will hire more people, lots more. It will sell a significant chunk of T-Mobile's stock. If it has to, it will go to court. AT&T, in short, appears ready to jump over whatever hurdles the DoJ places before it to win its prize: the acquisition of ...

Now that summer is ending, brand owners need to think about which brand names they will opt out of registering for the .XXX top level domain name Sunrise B launch. As most people are aware, the .XXX registry will be the first TLD targeted at the adult entertainment industry. Trademark owners outsid...

The U.S. Department of Justice dealt a surprising blow to the proposed $39 billion merger between wireless providers AT&T and T-Mobile Wednesday when it filed a lawsuit to block AT&T from acquiring the smaller company, claiming the deal would violate antitrust regulations. The proposed merge...

The U.S. Department of Justice dealt a surprising blow to the proposed $39 billion merger between wireless providers AT&T and T-Mobile Wednesday when it filed a lawsuit to block AT&T from acquiring the smaller company, claiming the deal would violate antitrust regulations. The proposed merge...

At this point, most of us are quite aware of the problems that Rupert Murdoch is having in Great Britain. There has been a seismic shift in the power that Murdoch has over politics and law enforcement in England. Up until a few short months ago, most people in power there were afraid to openly criti...

We knew this day was coming. Now that Steve Jobs is leaving, Apple will change. Apple has stood out during the last decade or more as an incredible growth engine for customers, investors, workers and partners. However, it wasn't just Apple. If Apple is the steak, then Steve Jobs is the sizzle. How i...