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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. 

Facing a slew of downgrades, Twitter might be an alluring short. But borrowing the shares to make the trade is becoming challenging. 

A tech startup spun off by the San Francisco 49ers ownership has hit venture capital pay dirt.  

Riots are erupting in Paris, as taxi drivers burn tires and violently protest Uber’s black car service. The car service has been contested in Paris courts, but legal ambiguity has allowed Uber to remain a competitive threat to the taxi industry.

Apple’s annual developer’s conference, known as WWDC, begins Monday in San Francisco. It is the event where new laptops, operating systems, and the first FaceTime were unveiled, so Apple fans will be watching for new announcements. 

Best Buy shares rallied as demand for televisions, smartphones and appliances helped the electronics retailer book better-than-expected earnings in the first quarter.

The Apple Watch might be the one stealing headlines lately, but the focus of Mondays fiscal second-quarter results from Apple after the closing bell will be on the company's iPhone sales.

Apple Watch packages may arrive earlier than expected, with some items that were backordered for summer prepared to ship ahead of schedule.

While analysts and research firms have been speculating that Apple may have sold over one million watches in its debut weekend, Apple has chosen not to release the official sales numbers yet. Is this because the company might be dealing with a manufacturing problem?

After months of hype, the Apple fans did not come out for the Apple Watch launch Friday. In contrast to long lines for iPhone debuts, only a handful of people showed up to see the watch in New York City, Friday morning.   

After months of anticipation, the Apple Watch is here, with pre-orders and in-store demos beginning on Friday. This will be the first new major product category for Apple CEO Tim Cook since the iPad was released five years ago, and investors will be watching early sentiment.

The next battleground over the controversial Uber car service is also likely to be the biggest: New York City, indicates a letter obtained by FOX Business which threateners Mayor Bill de Blasio with a lawsuit.

Impossible, no. But Apple's hopes of making an electric car by 2020 will face plenty of roadblocks.

TrackingPoint, the creator of the precision-guided firearm, is aiming to put its rifles in the hands of more hunters and target shooters. While the company continues to make their pitch to military and law enforcement, the technology has opened up a new market in consumer firearms.

Facebook topped Wall Street expectations for the fourth quarter, as the social media company lifted mobile ad revenue and added more users.

Apple saw its shares fall 4.2%to $125  on Wednesday, the worst drop the company has seen since January 2014. Apple missed analyst expectations with its third quarter iPhone sales, gave a weak revenue forecast, and remained cagey about Apple Watch sales.

Square, the mobile payments startup created by Twitter interim CEO Jack Dorsey, has filed confidentially for an initial public offering, FOXBusiness.com has learned. The company is looking to go public this fall, pending market conditions.

In a testament to Apple’s brand strength, a report by Canaccord Genuity estimates that the company took home 92% of the operating profits in the global smartphone market during the first quarter.