Now that federal regulators appear poised to approve Google’s $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility, speculation is mounting about what the Internet giant will do with its newly acquired assets. And what assets they are. …
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FBI File on Steve Jobs Probed Apple Founder’s Drug Use, Character
The FBI’s 191-page file on the late Steve Jobs — released Thursday — reveals that the feds were keenly interested in the Apple founder’s character, as well as his past drug use and criminal history. The FBI opened an …
Graphic: Executive Pay
Facebook’s initial public offering filings revealed the salary of its top execs as a percentage of company income, which is four times that of Apple’s executive staff. How does it compare to other top American companies?
Groupon Shares Tumble 15% After Fourth Quarter Loss
Online discount service Groupon continues to grow at a rapid clip, but the company is still losing money, posting a $42.7 million loss for the fourth quarter of 2011. Groupon shares fell over 15% in after-hours trading Wednesday …
The “App Economy” Estimated to Contribute Nearly Half a Million Jobs to the U.S.
Hard to believe, but it’s been less than five years since the launch of the iPhone. Prior to its explosion in popularity, an ‘application’ was a tool for finding a job, but ask anybody what an application is today, and the …
How Apple’s iPhone Actually Hurts AT&T, Verizon and Sprint
Apple’s iPhone is the hottest mobile device around — so hot in fact that the major mobile service providers are willing to sacrifice their own profit margins just to carry it. The big three providers, AT&T, Verizon Wireless, and …
Apple Faces $1.6 Billion Legal Challenge Over iPad Name in China
Apple’s products have been a huge hit in China, but the company is facing an increasingly annoying headache there over the use of the iPad name for its wildly popular tablet computer. A Chinese company that says it owns the …
Facebook Governance Already a Concern For Giant CA Pension Fund
Well, that was fast. Less than one week after Facebook announced plans to go public, one powerful investing group — the giant California state teachers pension fund — is already voicing concern about the company’s management …
Will Google’s Insanely-Fast Kansas City Network Shame U.S. ISPs?
Google’s highly-anticipated plan to build an ultra-fast city broadband network kicked into gear Monday with the search giant’s announcement that it will begin laying miles of fiber-optic cable across Kansas City, Kansas and …
Amazon Said to Be Opening Its First Brick-and-Mortar Store
It looks as if Amazon, which seemed like it would never set foot outside of the digital world, will open its own brick-and-mortar store later this year.
In Latest Moves, Barnes & Noble is Betting it Can Compete With Amazon
Barnes & Noble’s most recent gambit, a refusal to sell books published by its rival Amazon, shows that the country’s largest bookstore isn’t backing down from the e-tail giant. But will it pay off?
Advertising Killed the Radio Star: How Pop Music and TV Ads Became Inseparable
Chances are you’ve heard indie singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson. But not on the radio. Or in a music video. And probably not from buying her album, or even downloading her songs from iTunes.