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Dell posted its Q2 earnings report Thursday, reporting a 72 percent drop in net income. The report comes in the throes of a long-running battle for Dell's future. Founder and CEO Michael Dell is leading an effort to take the company private through a $25 billion deal, but activist shareholder Carl I...

United States Internet businesses have spent much time and energy avoiding regulation by other countries -- and in particular, the European Union. One way companies protect themselves is to include a provision in their Terms of Service making the U.S. the jurisdiction and controlling law for use of ...

Facebook reportedly is testing a VIP-only mobile app that would encourage celebrities to choose it over other social networks for posting photos and updates, as well as interacting with fans. The mobile app would make it easier for celebrities or their staffs to post content and status updates, as w...

The question I have for Apple, from my perspective as an industry analyst, is simple: What's your next move? We have watched the company transform the music space with the iPod, the smartphone space with the iPhone, and the tablet space with the iPad. However it has not had a breakthrough industry-c...

Smartphones have long offered capabilities feature phones don't, but on Wednesday it became clear that global sales are now another dimension on which they excel. Specifically, smartphone sales surpassed feature phone sales in the worldwide market for the first time in the second quarter of 2013, G...

For the second time in the run-up to the Xbox One launch, Microsoft has made a complete reversal on one of its core requirements for the new console. Specifically, whereas the company had indicated previously that the Kinect peripheral would have to be always-on during Xbox One play, it said this we...

Following the voluntary shutdown of two secure email services to prevent the NSA from obtaining information about their subscribers, Internet bad boy Kim Dotcom's cloud-based file hosting service Mega is stepping up. The company is working on a secure, encrypted email service that will extend the en...

Facebook on Monday announced that it will acquire Mobile Technologies, a company that specializes in speech recognition and voice technology. "It has always been our mission to make the world more open and connected," said Tom Stocky, Facebook's director of product management. "Voice technology has ...

Isis, the mobile wallet joint venture of AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile, has announced partnerships with Chase and American Express in preparation for its debut later this year. Isis lets Chase cardholders with NFC-enabled smartphones tap their mobile devices in order to pay at participat...

BlackBerry on Monday announced the formation of a special committee to explore strategic alternatives to accelerate BlackBerry 10 deployment. Among these options are joint ventures, strategic partnerships and even the sale of BlackBerry to another company. "We continue to see compelling long-term op...

Almost a week after the Obama administration overturned a ban issued by the International Trade Commission against the import of certain Apple items, the ITC made a similar ruling -- this time, against Samsung. The commission on Friday banned the import of two older versions of the Galaxy smartphone...

The White House this week released a set of incentives designed to encourage private companies to join the administration in its efforts to cut down on cyberattacks. The initiatives are a follow-up to the cybersecurity executive order President Obama signed in February, following Congress' failure t...

T-Mobile stock hit a five-year high Thursday on a better-than-expected second-quarter earnings report and news that it added more than 1 million new customers in the period. Shares continued to trade above the $25 mark on Friday. Investors seemed most energized by the company's strong customer grow...

Microsoft has released an unboxing video for its upcoming Xbox One video game console, which will arrive this holiday season. In addition to the console, gamers will get a number of accessories, including an unexpected headset. Microsoft has also shed some light on the features that will be availabl...

Yahoo's 20-year-old logo is set to change next month with the unveiling of a new graphic "that's more reflective of our reimagined design and new experiences," said Chief Marketing Officer Kathy Savitt. Wednesday marked Day 1 of a rebranding campaign that will treat users to a new look every day, le...