Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
GameFly announced plans to begin publishing mobile games for Apple’s iOS platform and Google’s Android operating system as well as launch its own Android app store to take on the Google Play store.
Apple today made an interesting tweak to its iOS and Mac app stores. Both now feature a “free app of the week” and an “editor’s choice” section.
Dell is reportedly in talks to buy Quest Software, the network security software maker that had earlier agreed to be acquired by Insight Venture Partners for $2 billion.
Knight Capital, Citadel Securities, UBS and Citi's Automated Trading Desk are estimated to have lost a total of more than $100 million from problems stemming from the botched Facebook IPO, according to an executive at one of the firms.
Dish, the maker of a new digital video recorder that lets viewers skip television commercials, has asked a judge to let it sell the product, in a challenge to broadcast TV networks that oppose the technology.
Ben & Jerry's IPO was a mixed blessing. On one hand, the money it generated helped it become a national brand, but it also laid the groundwork for the company's ultimate sale.
Facebook began rolling out Facebook Camera, a standalone photos app where you can shoot, filter, and share single or sets of photos and scroll through a feed of photos uploaded to Facebook by your friends.
Rather than launch a TV, one analyst suggests Apple may be developing an “iHub” that will serve as the focal point of the Apple-powered household.
Shares of Pandora spiked after the Internet radio giant reported surprising sales and claimed that its U.S. mobile ad sales are second to Google.
Shares of Hewlett Packard continued to tick higher Thursday morning as analysts applauded its plan to cut 8% of its workforce over the next few years.
Fidelity Investments is reportedly working with 'thousands' of brokerage clients who have been affected by trading issues tied to Facebook's messy initial public offering.
Hewlett-Packard reported better-than-expected second-quarter results and announced a major restructuring program, laying out a plan to cut 27,000 jobs.
A jury decided Google's Android mobile platform did not infringe on Oracle's patents in a closely-watched trial.
It is hard to go online without seeing yet another report about an inappropriate disclosure of classified information and last week was no different.
Hewlett-Packard will report its quarterly earnings after the bell, and there is a lot riding on what its senior executives, especially CEO Meg Whitman, plan to say.
Microsoft is reportedly planning to release the company’s full Office suite for not only Apple’s iPad, but also for Android tablets in November.
Dell shares plunged 17% and hit their lowest point in 20 months after the company's quarterly update raised questions about the strength of computer sales, overall spending on technology and the company's ability to make the business grow.
AOL Inc is reorganizing its advertising division again, hoping to ignite growth with one of its major initiatives, big splashy ad formats.
Macy's will start selling some items from its private-brand collection directly to shoppers in China through a deal with a new online retailer that will allow it to gauge its long-term prospects there.
Lenovo bucked the tough times in the personal computer business with a 59% rise in fiscal fourth quarter net profit, and it said it expects profitability to improve as it increases its efforts in consumer gadgets such as smartphones.
Facebook and lead underwriter Morgan Stanley were reportedly hit with another shareholder lawsuit on Wednesday over the social network’s controversial initial public offering.
Oracle agreed to acquire cloud-based, social-marketing and engagement platform Vitrue as the business-software company continues to bulk up its web-based software offerings.
Several brokerages cut their price target cuts on the world's No.3 personal computer maker on the heels of the company's weak forecast and disappointing quarterly results.
Massachusetts Secretary of Commonwealth William Galvin has issued a subpoena to Morgan Stanley over an analyst's discussions with investors on Facebook.
Take-Two Interactive Software posted a 19% drop in revenue in its fiscal fourth quarter after the video game publisher moved the release of major title "Max Payne 3" to later this fiscal year.
Two top U.S. financial regulators said the issues around the initial public offering of Facebook should be reviewed, putting fresh pressure on the company, its embattled lead underwriter and the Nasdaq.
Facebook has agreed to settle a proposed class action lawsuit that alleged the site's "Sponsored Stories" feature publicized users' "likes" without compensation or the ability to opt out.
After the bell Tuesday, Dell posted first-quarter revenue and earnings that missed Wall Street’s views by a wide margin.
Many consumers don't realize the "true" costs of subsidized phones, according to one T-Mobile exec, who also believes it hurts the market. Does he have a point?
Hackers claiming to be aligned with Anonymous are planning to bring down 46 companies' websites on Friday, including Bank of America and Apple.
Google completed its $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility and named Dennis Woodside, Google's former president for the Americas region, Motorola's new CEO.
Shares of Facebook dropped again on Tuesday as word spread that the company’s lead underwriter slashed its revenue target during the social-networking heavyweight's IPO road show.
Samsung’s mobile boss JK Shin confirmed to reporters that the South Korea-based consumer electronics giant is making new efforts to end its patent war with Apple.
Google says, “users will be fully transitioned to Google Drive, with no ability to opt out.” Overall, Google expects the transition from what it calls the “Google Documents List” to Google Drive by late summer 2012.
Beginning June 4, Hulu will premiere three original series and seven exclusively licensed television shows previously unavailable to U.S. audiences.
Just days after wrapping up the biggest initial public offering in Silicon Valley history, shares of Facebook slipped below their issue price on Monday, a troubling signal for the newly-public social network.
The European Union's antitrust chief ratcheted up the pressure on Google, giving it a matter of weeks to settle an investigation into allegations of anti-competitive behavior and avoid formal charges and a possible fine.
Facebook’s stock price plunged nearly 8% on Monday following its choppy public debut last week.
Chinese Internet entrepreneur Jack Ma is buying back up to half of a 40% stake in his Alibaba Group from Yahoo for $7.1 billion.
Several major cable companies, including Time Warner Cable and Comcast, have agreed to enable each other's high-speed Internet customers to access metro wireless hotpots outside of their home markets.
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