February 2nd, 2012
Apple has hired former Xbox LIVE marketing chief Robin Burrowes as the head of App Store Marketing for iTunes Europe, reports The Next Web. (more)
January 30th, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) — Google, Facebook and other big tech companies are jointly designing a system for combating email scams known as phishing. (more)
January 25th, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) — Apple briefly surpassed Exxon as the most valuable U.S. company after an excellent quarter, though the oil company has regained the lead at the market’s close. (more)
January 17th, 2012
Microsoft’s youngest professional has died, aged 16. (more)
December 20th, 2011
Amazon’s not the only company that flirted with the idea of buying RIM. (more)
November 16th, 2011
Earlier this summer, a teaser page appeared at Socl.com revealing Tulalip, an oddly named service from Microsoft promising a new way to “Find what you need and Share what you know.” (more)
November 7th, 2011
Samsung’s vice president of consumer and enterprise services Gavin Kim has left the company to join Microsoft as general manager of the Windows Phone team, BGR has exclusively learned. (more)
November 5th, 2011
Tango is a video calling service that is tackling a market where the biggest name is Skype. (more)
November 1st, 2011
Steve Ballmer had a dilemma. He had two groups at Microsoft pursuing competing visions for tablet computers. (more)
October 27th, 2011
The Finnish handset manufacturer has for a long time been the world’s number one handset manufacturer in terms of market share, with 23% global market share in the second quarter 2011. (more)
October 26th, 2011
Microsoft has completed its $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype, but startup Tango says it will be the first video-calling application on phones that run Microsoft’s updated Windows Phone operating system, codenamed Mango, when the devices are released in coming weeks. (more)
October 24th, 2011
Technology giants Microsoft and Google are considering putting in a bid for Yahoo. However, the two firms are not interested in a takeover; they would rather provide financial support, according to reports. (more)
October 22nd, 2011
Google Inc. (GOOG) is considering providing financing for an acquisition of Yahoo! Inc. by another company or a group of bidders, according to a person who has been briefed on the matter. (more)
October 22nd, 2011
Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs urged Google Inc. Chief Executive Officer Larry Page to sharpen the company’s focus and cut products that put it at risk of becoming like Microsoft Corp., according to a biography of Jobs. (more)
October 20th, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft’s Windows franchise regained some of its vigor during the company’s latest quarter, but that might not be enough to overcome the perception that the world’s largest software maker is being outmaneuvered by nimble rivals whose fortunes aren’t tied to the personal computer. (more)
October 14th, 2011
Microsoft formally closed its acquisition of Skype on Friday, meaning the video-chat service is now a division of the software giant. (more)
October 12th, 2011
The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday announced a partnership with companies including Best Buy and Microsoft to offer free computer training around the country. (more)
October 12th, 2011
Responding to complaints over the Metro-based Windows 8 Start screen, Microsoft is still trying to defend the new user interface but has promised to make some tweaks to appease unhappy users. (more)
October 12th, 2011
Google engineer posted an internal memo on Google + that was mistakenly shared publicly – opps wrong settting. (more)
September 30th, 2011
President Obama’s class-warfare assault on successful businessmen and investors appears to have spurred members of Congress to launch an assault on Google because it has been too successful. Depressingly, however, these attacks are not limited to Democrats, but include among their ranks so-called conservative Republicans. (more)
