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Facebook announced Tuesday that it is testing a new ad program for mobile apps in a limited beta. The system is aimed at iOS and Android developers who want to grow the audience for their apps, according to Facebook engineer Vijaye Raji. Anyone who clicks on an ad for an app will be sent to the App ...

Once again, reports that troubled smartphone maker Research In Motion may enter a deal with burgeoning smartphone rival Samsung are making the rounds. Shareholders appeared to welcome the news, sending RIM's stocks soaring to close up 3.3 percent at $7.56. RIM may be trying to revive discussions wit...

As both Verizon and AT&T rapidly build out their 4G LTE networks in preparation for Apple's launch of the next iPhone this fall, Sprint Nextel is in a very distant third place. The big question is can it keep up? The answer depends on a number of items, including what its customers want most. Do...

Starbucks has selected Square to process mobile payments at its approximately 7,000 stores nationwide in the United States, in a move that could shake up the nascent mobile payments market in the country. The coffee company had introduced the first mobile payment via iPhone app in 2009. It took mobi...

Amazon and Apple changed some of their security policies this week after tech journalist Mat Honan claimed an identity theft incident involving the two companies allowed a hacker to wipe out much of his personal online data. Both Amazon and Apple put an end to policies that allowed customers to cha...

Facebook on Tuesday launched "Bingo & Slots Friendzy" -- a bingo game that uses real money -- exclusively for its members in the UK. As with all of its apps, Facebook is taking 30 percent of the revenue. Facebook has its fingers in numerous revenue-generating pies. To name a few examples, it is ...

If you're young, male and well-heeled, you're more likely to purchase an iPad than an Android tablet or a Kindle Fire, according to comScore research. If you make less than $100,000 a year and you're female, you're more likely to prefer a Kindle Fire. For the purposes of this research, comScore sepa...

Privacy in the cloud may be an illusion, given the known cybersecurity risks, not to mention the laws in the U.S. and around the world that permit government agencies relatively easy access to remote data including data stored in the cloud. Of course, businesses have relied on storing data in the cl...

Acer Chairman and CEO JT Wang has lashed out at Microsoft over the software giant's plans to launch its own Surface tablets in October. Microsoft should think twice before going forward with the tablet, as the move would be detrimental for the worldwide PC ecosystem, Wang said during an interview. A...

The patent trial pitting Apple against Samsung is into its second week, and the accusations of patent infringement, design prototype leaks and heated examinations don't show signs of stopping. The fight's U.S. front is being played out in a San Jose, Calif., courtroom this month. Apple alleges that ...

Best Buy founder Richard Schulze has submitted a written proposal to buy the electronics retail chain in a deal that would value the company at as much as $8.8 billion. Schulze is currently the company's largest stakeholder with about a 20 percent share of the business. He stepped down as chairman o...

Cloud technology appears to have taken the world by storm. The U.S. government is among those moving aggressively to the cloud, as federal agencies implement a White House generated "cloud first" policy that instructs agencies to give primary consideration to using the cloud for IT solutions. Adopt...

Even with the launch of new products, HTC's second quarter fiscal results came in lower than expected, with revenue down on the year and a sober outlook going forward. The smartphone maker launched new lines, including the HTC One series, Desire series, EVO 4G LTE and Droid Incredible 4G LTE, as wel...

Electronics Arts on Friday filed a lawsuit alleging that Zynga's "The Ville" infringes its copyright for "The Sims Social." EA filed the suit on behalf of the studio Maxis on the basis that Zynga copied "original and distinctive expressive elements" of "The Sims Social," according to Lucy Bradshaw, ...

It's been a busy summer for Microsoft and chief executive Steve Ballmer. In recent weeks, the software giant released customer previews and ship dates for the newest versions of its flagship Windows and Office products; purchased Yammer, a cloud-based enterprise social networking company; hosted it...