The US Department of the Interior announced this week that it has chosen Google to provide the agency with hosted email and online collaboration tools. The seven-year, $35 million contract [...]
Research in Motion studies next move
April 26, 2012, 4:37 PM
Once a darling of the mobile industry, Research in Motion (RIM) announced this week that it has brought in Manhattan law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy to help come [...]
Apple wins as judge orders Google, Motorola to hand over Android data
March 7, 2012, 2:12 PM
A federal judge this week ordered Google to hand over information related to its pending acquisition of Motorola Mobility and to the development of the Android operating system. The documents were requested by Apple as [...]
Intel inks deals with Motorola Mobility, Lenovo to use new Atom chip in smartphones
February 29, 2012, 4:12 PM
For all of Intel‘s success in the personal computing market — its chips are in 80% of laptop and desktop PCs – the company has to date had little success breaking into the market for [...]
Google to add first stand-alone retail shop in Dublin
February 24, 2012, 9:53 AM
Since when did opening up a retail store become so sexy? First Apple opened its chain, which has grown to include more than 300 stores, then Amazon was reported to be [...]
After passing Dell, Lenovo looms in HP’s rearview
February 21, 2012, 9:52 AM
Look out, HP – the Chinese are coming. For anyone who may have slept through it last year, Hong Kong-based Lenovo quietly supplanted Dell as the #2 PC maker in [...]
Google begins building high-speed infrastructure in Kansas City
February 7, 2012, 12:55 PM
Kansas City, here Google comes. Despite eating “way too much barbecue,” Kevin Lo, general manager of Google Access, announced yesterday in the Google Fiber Blog — no culinary irony intended [...]
Facebook IPO gives Zynga stock a facelift
February 6, 2012, 5:02 PM
What a difference a few days make. For months on end, Zynga has endured skepticism and a skittish stock price (which I’ve detailed in the past), but the social gaming [...]
Google employs Bouncer to oust undesirables from Android Market
February 3, 2012, 2:45 PM
Google is taking steps to better police its Android Market for malware masquerading as legitimate applications. The company unveiled a service called Bouncer this week that analyzes new apps as [...]
Digging into Facebook’s prospectus
February 2, 2012, 9:38 AM
To the company planning to go public, the prospectus — or S-1 — is a holy grail of investor information. It’s the key document that informs people and institutions on [...]












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