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Brand graph company 33Across has acquired Tynt, a company that tracks user behavior for publishers. Both companies were mum about the amount of the all-stock deal. Tynt will take 33Across into a new market; the combined companies will reach 1.25 billion users globally, according to 33Across. 33Acros...

Samsung scored a victory on Tuesday, when a Dutch court rejected Apple's appeal to stop the sale of its Galaxy 10.1v tablets. Apple had claimed the tablet infringed on its iPad design and trademarks. The Hague Court of Appeals ruled that Samsung could keep selling Galaxy devices in the Netherlands a...

There has been plenty of evidence that shareholders, to say nothing of customers, have been unhappy with RIM's direction in the last few years. They have been calling for new leadership, new strategy, new products -- new something. This week, a management shakeup seemed to grant that wish. RIM's for...

More than a quarter of U.S. adults now own either a tablet or an e-reader. Sales of these relatively new devices boomed over the holiday season, according to a study from Pew Research Center released on Monday. In mid-December, 10 percent of the U.S. population owned a tablet. By early January, the ...

Research In Motion announced a change in management over the weekend, but it got the cold shoulder from Wall Street on Monday. RIM's former coCEOs and cochairmen Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie no longer hold those positions. Thorsten Heins is the company's new president and CEO. He was also appoin...

Microsoft reported a mixed performance on Friday for its second quarter ending Dec. 31. Earnings were essentially flat compared with the same period last year. The company reported a profit of $6.62 billion, or 78 cents a share, on $20.89 billion in revenue. For the same period a year ago, Microsof...

Google's investments in mobile advertising and dark clouds over Europe contributed to weak quarterly sales and earnings. Share prices fell 10 percent on the news that Google's fourth quarter sales of $8.13 billion fell short of analyst estimates of $8.41 billion. Profit before certain costs was $9.5

The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday shuttered Megaupload, a popular file-sharing website, charging seven of its executives with engaging in an international criminal enterprise based on copyright infringement. Federal authorities called it one of the largest criminal copyright cases in U.S hi...

AT&T announced new wireless data pricing Wednesday that will give customers more data per month, but at a higher price. The telecom's lowest tier for wireless data use, previously $15 for 200 megabytes of data, will jump to 300 megabytes for $20. The 2 GB plan for $25 will now be $30 for 3 GB, a...

AT&T announced new wireless data pricing Wednesday that will give customers more data per month, but at a higher price. The telecom's lowest tier for wireless data use, previously $15 for 200 megabytes of data, will jump to 300 megabytes for $20. The 2 GB plan for $25 will now be $30 for 3 GB, a...

Yahoo cofounder and former CEO Jerry Yang has left the company in the wake of pressure from shareholders and the appointment of a new CEO earlier this month. Yang announced his departure from all positions at Yahoo on Tuesday. Following the announcement, speculation grew that a general housecleaning...

Netflix shareholders have filed a class action lawsuit against the company, alleging that it withheld material information from investors about its growth prospects and plans for its fees before its stock plunged late last year. The suit was filed against the company's senior management in the U.S.

Sites like Wikipedia and Google have vowed to take new steps in opposing SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, as the debate over the controversial proposed legislation continues. SOPA seeks to give new powers to law enforcement and copyright holders to fight the illicit exchange of copyrighted content ...

Facebook will likely make its initial public offering in May and could be valued as high as $100 billion, according to a recent report. The social networking giant boasts 800 million users worldwide and is expected to hit 1 billion in August, according to iCrossing projections. It's reportedly expec...

Salesforce.com has snagged a marquee name for its executive ranks: the former chief information officer of the United States, Vivek Kundra. Kundra, who left his post with the Obama administration last year, is joining Salesforce.com as executive vice president of emerging markets. Prior to serving a...