Mobile

While King still needs to prove an ability to replicate its 'Candy Crush' success, the mobile game maker has surprisingly robust fundamentals.

In another sign of the hot tech IPO market, King Digital Entertainment expects its upcoming initial public offering to value the maker of “Candy Crush” at up to $7.6 billion.

In a television interview on Monday night, Sprint chairman Masayoshi Son said he wants to buy smaller wireless carrier T-Mobile and plans to press forward despite likely opposition from regulators.

In the wake of Facebook’s $19 billion buyout WhatsApp, BlackBerry is reportedly open to eventually spinning off or selling BlackBerry Messenger service.

The billionaire investor accused eBay's chief of failing to spot, or ignoring, conflicts of interest on the board, and continued calls for a PayPal spinoff.

BlackBerry announced its popular BBM messenger service will be available to users of Windows Phone and Nokia X platforms.

King Digital Entertainment, the maker of the popular "Candy Crush Saga" smartphone game, said it filed for an IPO of up to $500 million on the New York Stock Exchange.

Smartphones offering the recently deleted "Flappy Bird" app are selling on eBay at extreme premiums. 

After the bell Thursday, Google weighed in with mixed 4Q results. The search-engine giant earned $12.01 an adjusted share on revenue of $16.86 billion, while analysts were expecting $12.20 a share on sales of $16.75 billion.

Qualcomm's first-quarter profit slipped 2%, despite significant revenue growth for the chip maker.

Apple may have logged record iPhone sales, but its growth just isn't keep up with nimble rivals, such as Samsung. • Apple Shares Tumble

Apple logged better-than-expected fiscal 1Q earnings and revenue Monday, but the consumer electronics giant shipped fewer iPhones than Wall Street hoped.

Seizing on elevated privacy concerns sparked by the NSA scandal, startup Virtru provides a free email encryption service

Intel plans to cut its workforce by 5% in 2014, a revelation that comes a day after the chip maker reported mixed results for the fourth quarter.

T-Mobile continued its run of strong subscriber growth in the 4Q, and the nation's No. 4 wireless carrier unveiled a new offer to entice users to switch from Verizon, AT&T and Sprint.

Shares of Groupon traded in the red on Friday after it announced that rival LivingSocial will sell all 13.8 million of the Groupon shares it owns.

Google has sent out invitations to its All Access music subscribers to purchase the $1,500 wearable Glass device. 

WhatsApp has surpassed 500 million users. Facebook recently acquired the mobile messaging service in a cash-and-stock deal worth up to $19 billion.

WhatsApp has surpassed 500 million users. Facebook recently acquired the mobile messaging service in a cash-and-stock deal worth up to $19 billion.

The cloud software maker will buy the mobile security company for $1.18 billion, and $365 million in installment payments and assumed unvested equity.