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AT&T on Wednesday announced new wireless data plans that let customers choose the price they pay based on how much data they use. Beginning June 7, two new data plans will be available: the DataPlus option, which supports 200 MB of data, beginning at $15 per month; and the DataPro plan, which ac...

For any of us who grew up in the age of digital, it's starting to feel like deja vu all over again as companies large and small flock to social media darling Facebook. It's not hard to understand the allure, given that there are over 400 million members -- 100 million of which live in North America;...

HP has announced it will lay off 9,000 employees over the next three years, trimming approximately 3 percent of its total workforce. At the same time, it will add 6,000 new jobs in global sales and delivery operations. The company will take $1 billion in charges, with half recorded in the current qu...

Empty office space litters skylines, freeways and office parks. Once-busy hives of cubicles have become empty steel and concrete caverns. Their previous occupants met with a variety of fates: Some were victims of a deep recession; others were washed away by tsunamis of cheap labor in foreign lands; ...

Climate change, peak oil, and precarious food systems seem finally to have entered the realm of relatively mainstream discourse. Corporate employees now routinely discuss their gardening plans and dreams of a hobby farm over lunch. Photographs of whole foods guru Michael Pollan grace the covers of p...

Google has completed its acquisition of mobile advertiser AdMob, after what was apparently a very close decision by the Federal Trade Commission, which had been vetting the buy for antitrust purposes. With the legalities finally over, the speculation shifts from "will it happen?" to "what happens ne...

On May 3, SuccessFactors, a business execution solution, purchased CubeTree for $20 million in stock and a $30 million cash payment, contingent on the performance of SuccessFactor's stock over the next three years. This article will analyze this purchase, provide contextual background on this deal, ...

One of the most popular game providers on Facebook cut a deal Wednesday to bring its entertainment wares to Yahoo. Zynga -- known for its infectious social media diversions "Farmville" and "Mafia Wars" -- announced a partnership with Yahoo that will expose the gamemaker's offerings to the aging port...

Social media strategies are not just for consumer-focused companies anymore. Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and their ilk are finding their way into business-to-business firms. Solid waste service provider Waste Management, for example, has set up a Web 2.0 shop. Interactivity is key, and social media...

There has been a reorganization at the top of Microsoft's entertainment and devices division: Its president Robbie Bach, who has been with Microsoft for 22 years, is retiring. Also departing is J Allard, senior vice president of design and development for the division. A 19-year company veteran, All...

Apple, Dell and HP are all investigating the working conditions at a major Chinese supplier, following a rash of suicides at the plant, including one on Tuesday. Li Hai, a 19-year-old employee at Foxconn Technology Group in Shenzhen, China, took his life on Tuesday after working there just 42 days. ...

Voice over IP technology is getting a makeover, and service providers hope it will reinvent the industry. There's a shift away from VoIP toward hosted unified communications -- that is, integrated voice, instant messenger, email, workflow applications, CRM and procurement. Eight companies formed the...

With more than 60 million users, Twitter clearly is a successful social media platform. However, the question of whether it also can be a successful business has yet to be answered. On Monday, Twitter proved that it's serious about making an effort to become a profitable enterprise when it banned th...

Last August, Douglas Rennick, a Canadian citizen, was charged with various offenses by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Specifically, Rennick was charged with several criminal indictments, including bank fraud, money laundering conspiracy, gambling conspiracy,...

Yahoo and Nokia have forged a strategic partnership designed to leverage their respective strengths in email, instant messaging, maps and navigation across PC and mobile devices. As part of the deal, Nokia will be the exclusive global provider of Yahoo's maps and navigation services, integrating Ov...