A second straight sell-off of popular technology shares dragged US stocks lower Monday, as tensions with Russia over Ukraine kept investors on edge. At the closing bell the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 25.88 points (0.16 percent) at 16,276.…
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It’s been a little while since we’ve heard anything in the way of an official update regarding Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia’s handset business, but today both parties are finally providing a long awaited update. According to a post on “…
London shares ended slightly lower on Monday, with mining stocks weighing on the benchmark FTSE index after fresh data provided further evidence of a cooling Chinese economy. The FTSE closed 36.78 points — or 0.56 percent — down at 6,520.39 points…
Back in December, news got out about Google’s big push to enter the field of robotics: former Android boss Andy Rubin was promoted to head the robotics division, while the company scooped up bunches of robotics companies in the United States and Asia…
New York and Salt Lake City – 24 March, 2014 Digital marketing software and services company, Searchmetrics, today announced it…
Legacy Innovation Group – a strategic innovation consultancy – has opened its office in Grand Rapids, MI. The firm was…
EasyVista Received a Rating of ‘Good,’ the Highest Rating Allotted in the Gartner Critical Capabilities Report for IT Service Catalog…
Interoute grows EBITDA by 16% for the second consecutive yearLondon, 24 March 2014 – Interoute Communications Ltd, owner operator of…
Aberdeen, 24 March – Petrotechnics, the global leader in transforming frontline operational performance and lowering operational risk is proud to…
Chinese manufacturing activity contracted in March to its weakest rate in eight months, data showed Monday, the latest indication of slowing growth in the world’s number two economy. The data is the latest in a string of weak indicators out of Beijing…
When it comes to trade policy, we’ve learned over and over that leaks are no substitute for transparency. Leaks can…
EFF has long argued that law enforcement agencies must get a warrant when they ask Internet companies for the content…
If you do any kind of shopping online, then you’re probably already familiar with the concept of a metasearch engine—a…
It’s another troubling example in a frustrating trend: despite repeated and pointed calls for answers, the NSA is still relying…
Today, President Obama is meeting with prominent American tech companies to discuss the ongoing NSA spying controversy. This comes just…
TED turns 30 years old with a mind-sizzling mix of intrigue, wonder and passion in the renowned gathering’s new home in Canada. A conference born in California in 1984 that grew into a global forum for heady “ideas worth spreading” ended Friday after…
A new window air conditioning unit looks to add Nest-like smart home functionality to an appliance that, to this point, hasn’t been all that smart. It’s called the Quirky+GE Aros, and it’s a Wi-Fi-capable, smartphone-compatible 8,000 BTU system…
In a single year, the public learned more information about the NSA and its global surveillance dragnet than we learned…
“Twitter and so on, we will root them out. The international community can say this or that – I don’t…
From putting shoes on poor children’s feet to providing Internet from balloons in the sky, Internet Age companies are catching on to the power of mixing business with social good. TOMS founder Blake Mycoskie championed the idea at a prestigious TED…