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Apple profit down 22% at $6.9 bn but tops forecasts

Jul 23, 2013 (AFP)

Apple delivered better-than-expected earnings Tuesday helped by strong sales of iPhones, boosting the sagging share price of the maker of the iPhone and iPad. T...

Paper-thin e-skin responds to touch by lighting up

Jul 23, 2013 (SPX)

A new milestone by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, can help robots become more touchy-feely, literally. A research team led by Ali Javey, U...

Facebook says app for 'simple' phones used by 100 million

Jul 22, 2013 (AFP)

US social network giant Facebook said Monday it has surpassed 100 million users a month using an application designed for "simple" mobile phones widely used in ...

Apple said looking at iPhone, iPad with largers screens

Jul 22, 2013 (UPI)

U.S. tech giant Apple has asked its suppliers to create prototypes of an iPhone and iPad with larger screens, officials at its suppliers have said. Whether such...

Internet powers cross-border shopping bonanza: PayPal

Jul 22, 2013 (AFP)

A study released on Monday showed that Internet-powered shopping across national borders has created "modern spice routes" holding wealth for local merchants wh...

Outside View: Broadband is booming in America

Jul 19, 2013 (UPI)

Let's talk about good news. It's called broadband and, as a June 2013 White House report makes clear, there's a lot to celebrate. Just a few years ago, it was c...

Study says women own more of U.K.'s tablet computers than men

Jul 19, 2013 (UPI)

More tablet computers are owned by women in Britain than by men, an Internet market research firm says, a reversal from last year. A Tablet Tracker report by Yo...

'Horror film' puts Internet privacy under spotlight

Jul 19, 2013 (AFP)

Stalking isn't Cullen Hoback's style, but the chance to confront Mark Zuckerberg about the dark side of the Internet was just too good to pass on. "Mr Zuckerber...

Dell postpones vote on go-private plan to July 24

Jul 18, 2013 (AFP)

Dell postponed a vote Thursday on a $24.4 billion go-private buyout plan amid opposition by major shareholders, creating new uncertainty for the former number o...

Microsoft results hit by weak demand for Surface

Jul 18, 2013 (AFP)

Microsoft on Thursday announced a profit of $4.97 billion in the past quarter, but its results were hit by a writedown linked to disappointing sales of its Surf...

Google profit rises 16%, short of forecasts

Jul 18, 2013 (AFP)

Google said Thursday its second-quarter profit rose 16 percent from a year ago, but its results fell far short of market expectations. The Internet giant report...

Internet committee says Amazon should not be given .amazon web domain

Jul 18, 2013 (UPI)

A committee of the organization overseeing the Internet's top-level domain names has said "no" to allowing ".Amazon" to be controlled by the Seattle retailer. I...

Google eyes television over the Internet: reports

Jul 17, 2013 (AFP)

US Internet giant Google is scrambling to deliver pay television online and has met with some content providers on licensing, The Wall Street Journal reports Tu...

iPhone sales 'stalling' as rivals gain: survey

Jul 17, 2013 (AFP)

Apple's iPhone sales are sputtering as rival smartphone makers ramp up their offerings, a market research firm said Wednesday. The survey by IHS iSuppli said sm...

Boeing, Panasonic Look to Offer eXConnect In-Flight Broadband to Government Customers

Jul 17, 2013 (SPX)

Boeing and Panasonic Avionics Corp. are preparing to open a new market for Panasonic's secure, satellite-based, in-flight broadband service known as eXConnect. ...

Dell faces key shareholder vote on go-private plan

Jul 17, 2013 (AFP)

With a critical vote looming on a private equity buyout for Dell, it has become clear the struggling computer giant faces a tough road as it tries to revive its...

Japan's NEC to pull out of smartphones: report

Jul 17, 2013 (AFP)

Japanese electronics giant NEC will likely abandon smartphone production after failing to bring China's Lenovo Group on board to bolster its money-losing unit, ...

Yahoo! results show mixed picture for CEO Mayer

Jul 16, 2013 (AFP)

Yahoo! said Tuesday its profit in the second quarter rose sharply from a year ago, but revenues lagged, offering a mixed picture for chief executive Marissa May...

NTU invention transforms plain surfaces into low-cost touch screens

Jul 16, 2013 (SPX)

Imagine turning a whiteboard, glass window or even a wooden table top into a responsive, touch sensitive surface. A low cost system developed by Nanyang Technol...

Microsoft said to have prototype smartwatch on wrists of employees

Jul 15, 2013 (UPI)

Microsoft may be close to offering a smartwatch, with sources in the company telling AmongTech prototypes are already being used by some Microsoft employees. Th...