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Google may be investing in big brands like Ray-Bans ahead of the upcoming Google Glass launch, but new patent filings show the tech giant might one day look to ditch glasses altogether.

Apple has awarded its new retail head Angela Ahrendts $68 million in stock grants, betting her experience as Burberry CEO will help to aggressively expand and improve the tech giant’s retail footprint.

Apple posted record revenue, profit and iPhone sales last quarter … and still managed to disappoint investors. Here’s why.

Low altitude drones present a hornet’s nest of privacy, security and safety concerns that just may outweigh the commercial benefits.

Hiroshi Yamauchi, the Japanese billionaire who transformed Nintendo into a video gaming heavyweight, died Thursday at 85.

BlackBerry’s fate hasn’t even been written and already sharks are circling the dilapidated device maker, hoping to raid its pool of top talent.

Dell will cut some jobs in its home state as part of efforts to tighten costs and keep pace with intensifying competition, according to a report.

Hewlett-Packard appointed three new directors to its board, including Raymond Ozzie, former software chief at Microsoft.

The tech giant named Luca Maestri as its incoming chief financial officer to succeed Peter Oppenheimer, who plans to retire at the end of September.

The struggling smartphone maker hired a former Sony Ericasson exec to head its loss-making device business to win back business.

If the FCC lifts its ban on in-flight cellphone calls, we may lose the last place to hide from communication overload.

BlackBerry used to rule the smartphone world. But arrogance and complacency led the company down a dark path.

Microsoft’s new Xbox One video game console sold out within 24 hours of hitting store shelves, selling more than one million units to match rival Sony.

The buyout carries a hefty premium of 85.5% and values the smaller medical-device maker at $1.65 billion.

SoundExchange, the entity that collects and distributes royalties for digital music, sued the satellite radio giant in a dispute over music royalties for songs recorded before 1972.

The video game retailer revealed impressive second-quarter profits and raised its full-year outlook thanks to early interest in next-generation game consoles. 

Amazon plans to use drones to deliver packages in some cities. The idea is novel, but many hurdles lie ahead.

A U.S. judge on Tuesday ordered Apple to help the FBI break into a phone recovered from one of the San Bernardino shooters.