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LinkedIn unveiled a new contacts application for Web and mobile users this week with the goal of helping members manage the relationships they build on the professional social network ...

The EU Competition Commissioner has revealed more information about the remedies Google has proposed in order to settle a brewing antitrust case over its search operations. Google formally submitted the remedies to the commissioner earlier this month, but few details were offered to the public at that time. Now, as the EC embarks on the next stage...

If you think mobile CRM has been popular to date, you ain't seen nothing yet. There will be an eye-popping 500 percent increase in the number of mobile CRM apps available for download on app stores between now and 2014, Gartner predicted. That number is expected to grow to more than 1,200 by next year from 200 or so today.

Canonical on Thursday released Ubuntu 13.04, also known as "Raring Ringtail," on the desktop However, the release failed to thrill many reviewers, whose complaints included the point that Canonical had left out several features, including privacy protection and the Windows-based Ubuntu Installer, or WUBI, and hived off the "Gwibber" social networki...

Big workday changes have been occurring. Work is not only spilling into our leisure time at home, but also taking over our downtime on the road Work has always eaten into road downtime somewhat, often because of communications inefficiencies.

The world's largest online retailer, Amazon, may soon challenge Apple, Google, Roku and other set-top box makers with a delivery device of its own Amazon has long been a favorite destination for movie buffs to buy Blu-ray discs and DVDs. More recently it's been offering digital content for streaming or download as rentals or purchases -- or in some...

T-Mobile can breathe a sigh of relief: After an initial show of reluctance by MetroPCS Communication investors, 80 percent approved its sale to T-Mobile at a special shareholder meeting held on Wednesday. T-Mobile reportedly sweetened its bid for the company to bring on board those shareholders who felt the original offer undervalued MetroPCS.

Zynga reported an unexpectedly strong Q1 this week, but investors chose to focus on its lower guidance for future growth in the casual gaming industry The company brought in US$264 million in revenue on the quarter, down 18 percent from the same time a year ago but beating estimates that were closer to $209 million....

A company in India has developed a smartphone for the blind. The device, three years in the making, will be equipped to read text messages and emails, and it will then convert the text to Braille. It will utilize shape memory alloy technology, which exploits a metal's ability to "remember" its original shape. The phone's screen is not a screen so ...

Mobile phone maker Nokia on Wednesday announced the latest addition to its low-cost Asha feature phone line, the Asha 210 Aimed at emerging markets, the device has a QWERTY keyboard and support for Facebook, Twitter and popular email accounts such as Gmail. It has a dedicated WhatsApp button for access to instant messaging....

I want to thank CTIA for inviting me to be a judge in its annual wireless competition. The winners will be announced at this year's CTIA 2013 starting May 21 in Las Vegas. I was looking for what's new, earthshaking and transformative, and I was very impressed with many entries. I think you will be as well.

It has become a Web phenomenon, but many people still may not have heard of crowdfunding. In its simplest terms, it is a way an online group of individuals can come together to fund a particular project. To date, most of the projects funded are charitable causes such as free software development, scientific research, disaster relief, the support of artists by a fan base, and civic projects...

Hoopla has debuted Game Center, a new sales performance module that uses contests to incentivise CRM software users. "It all about creating friendly competition designed to drive motivation and inspire certain behavior," Mike Smalls, CEO of Hoopla, told CRM Buyer.

We've been seeing a gradual reduction of spam in our email in-boxes due to efforts by ISPs and email providers, new laws and education. However, the same isn't true for junk phone calls and text messages Laws provide some protection from marketing intrusions, and it's possible to thwart much of the legally sanctioned bombardment with a few simple s...

The peer-to-peer technology company BitTorrent this week introduced the alpha version of BitTorrent Sync, a service that will let people sync and transfer files between multiple devices "There are no file size limits, and the speed of transfer is only limited by your Internet connection," said Brett Nishi, director of product management at BitTorre...

Sony is giving bird-watchers -- or anyone else who wants a closer look at something -- a way to truly zoom in on the action with its new DEV-50 binoculars, set to ship in June While many nature lovers and sports fans can't put a price on what they might see through the binoculars, Sony has put a price on the actual device. It will cost US$2,000....

People feel uncomfortable when they see robots tortured, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Duisburg Essen in Germany. While the results may explain why some robots are popular characters in science fiction, they also have implications for robotics as more machines interact with humans in a wider range of situations ...

Shortly after 1 p.m. ET on Tuesday, the world just about ended as far as Wall Street was concerned, when The Associated Press tweeted that President Obama had been injured by explosions at the White House. Within minutes, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 145 points. Shortly afterward, the AP issued a statement that its Twitter account had been hacked.

AT&T slightly missed analyst expectations on its first quarter earnings report this week, despite solid growth on the wireless data side of the business and record smartphone sales The company reported net income of US$3.7 billion, a slight increase from the $3.6 billion it reported a year earlier. At $31.34 billion, revenues were down 1.4 percent ...

AT&T slightly missed analyst expectations on its first quarter earnings report this week, despite solid growth on the wireless data side of the business and record smartphone sales The company reported net income of US$3.7 billion, a slight increase from the $3.6 billion it reported a year earlier. At $31.34 billion, revenues were down 1.4 percent ...