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One of the frustrating things for me during Steve Jobs' time was that most of the folks who watched Apple go from nearly dead to the most valuable company in the world didn't seem to see anything really unusual. It was more like they were watching a great tennis player win match after match and seemingly concluding, "damn, what luck!" As Liam Neeso...

Microsoft on Thursday announced that it was restricting its Cortana digital assistant to operating with the Edge browser and Bing search engine in Windows 10 "As Windows 10 has grown in adoption and usage, we have seen some software programs circumvent [its] design and redirect you to search providers that were not designed to work with Cortana," s...

Apple on Thursday made its CareKit platform available through the GitHub open source community CareKit joins two other previously released Apple frameworks for developing healthcare apps -- HealthKit and ResearchKit. It was designed to enable developers to create apps that give users a more active role in managing their health....

Salesforce on Thursday launched Government Cloud Lightning for government agencies, contractors and federally funded R&D centers. It provides a modern, component-based platform and an intuitive user experience, as well as access to Salesforce's partner ecosystem, the company said....

Facebook on Wednesday announced its board of directors is proposing a new class of shares that will allow its founder to pursue a number of different initiatives while maintaining long-term control over the company. The news came on the heels of a blockbuster first quarter earnings report....

TiVo on Wednesday announced a new version of its Roamio OTA digital video recorder aimed at the growing market of cable cord cutters, with a box that includes a hefty 1 TB of storage space and no monthly subscription fee The DVR can record up to 150 hours of high-definition programming and up to four television shows at the same time, the company s...

Getty Images on Wednesday filed a competition law complaint against Google with the European Commission The company last year filed an "interested third party" submission in support of the EC's investigation into Google's anticompetitive business practices....

Who is leading the mobile payment race? There are several players competing today. PayPal started the revolution 15 years ago, and Apple Pay, Android Pay and Samsung Pay have joined the fray. Many newcomers are entering this space on a regular basis. The traditional money space has undergone change with innovations like debit cards and ATM machine...

As consumers turn to ad blockers to avoid advertising on their mobile and computer screens, marketers and content providers who depend on pitches to pay the bills are searching frantically for ways to counter the pesky programs.BlockIQ offers them one BlockIQ, owned by AdSupply, which recently merged withAdaptive Medias, has launched BlockBypass. T...

Yahoo on Wednesday announced that it has reached a deal with Starboard Value to add four independent directors, thus avoiding a proxy fight with a key investor that has been seeking radical changes at the company Under the agreement, Starboard CEO Jeff Smith will join Yahoo as an independent director and will be a member of the company's Strategic ...

Invoxia on Thursday announced that Amazon's Alexa Voice Service has been integrated with its Triby digital assistants The voice-activated unit is the first non-Amazon product to be Alexa-enabled....

Apple shares were trading at around US$95 as of mid-day Thursday in the wake of the company's disappointing Q2 earnings report. That was even lower than Wednesday's opening price, which was down more than $8 from Tuesday's $104.35 at market close The company's second-quarter performance was dismal. The iPhone recorded its first drop in sales -- to ...

The FBI on Wednesday confirmed its decision not to inform Apple of how it hacked into the encrypted iPhone used in last December's San Bernardino terrorist attack The bureau was investigating the possibility that deceased shooters Syed Farook, who used the iPhone, and his wife may have had links to other terrorist plots. It also was searching for e...

Nokia on Tuesday announced plans to purchaseWithings for US$192 million in cash as part of its move into the healthcare devices arena The deal is expected to close in early Q3, and Withings will become part of the Nokia Technologies business....

Welcome to Gadget Dreams and Nightmares, the column that drags itself away from watching people play Mario on livestreams just long enough to dig through the latest gadget announcements. ...

Key components of the Obama administration's multipronged cybersecurity initiative keep falling into place One of the most recent developments was the formation of a federal Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity. Another was the formal introduction in Congress of the administration's information technology investment plan, which is heavily...

The Obama administration has authorized a new online campaign in its slow, grinding war against ISIS, The New York Times reported earlier this week. The Pentagon's Cyber Command will target ISIS in a way that essentially will get inside the heads of terrorist commanders to disrupt their military operations The goal appears to be to sow mistrust an...

Some major players in both the new and old economies on Tuesday announced an alliance to pave the way for self-driving cars in America Ford, Google, Lyft, Uber and Volvo raised the curtain on their Self-Driving Coalition for Safer Streets, which will work with lawmakers, regulators and the public to raise awareness of the safety and societal benefi...

Last year, I researched the impact of the proliferation of cloud computing on business. I know it sounds like a dry topic, but if you are a CIO or an application development manager, the results can have serious meaning Cloud computing has deeply penetrated the enterprise and SMB ranks, and 46.3 percent of respondents said they had four or more clo...

Federal regulators on Monday granted approval of Charter Communications' US$78 billion merger with Time Warner Cable and its $10.4 billion acquisition ofBright House Networks, but with a number of tough conditions The Justice Department filed a lawsuit and settlement agreement in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that would block the...