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Google+ struggles to attract brands, some neglect to update

Google+ struggles to attract brands, some neglect to update

A Google sign is seen at a Best Buy electronics store in this photo illustration in Encinitas, California April 11, 2013. SAN FRANCISCO | Sun May 12, 2013 6:47pm IST SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – To mark the Cinco de Mayo holiday this year, Domino’s Pizza festooned its Facebook page with a string of posts, including [...]

May 13th, 2013 | Posted in Technology | Read More »

Yahoo Chairman Fred Amoroso resigns

Yahoo Chairman Fred Amoroso resigns

The Yahoo logo is shown at the company’s headquarters in Sunnyvale, California April 16, 2013. Fri Apr 26, 2013 3:42am IST REUTERS – Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) Chairman Fred Amoroso is resigning effective immediately, the struggling Internet company announced on Thursday. Amoroso will be replaced in the chairman role by director Maynard Webb Jr. on an [...]

April 26th, 2013 | Posted in Technology | Read More »

U.S. trade panel says Apple did not violate Google patent

U.S. trade panel says Apple did not violate Google patent

A man yawns in front of a mobile phone shop bearing an advertisement of Apple’s iPhone in Beijing April 2, 2013. WASHINGTON | Tue Apr 23, 2013 3:58am IST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Apple Inc(AAPL.O) scored a win on Monday when the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that it did not violate a Google(GOOG.O) patent to [...]

April 22nd, 2013 | Posted in Technology | Read More »

Apple’s dimming luster roils suppliers, investors

Apple’s dimming luster roils suppliers, investors

A worker climbs outside an Apple store in Hong Kong April 10, 2013. TOKYO/TAIPEI | Sun Apr 21, 2013 4:43pm IST TOKYO/TAIPEI (Reuters) – Apple Inc (AAPL.O) marketing chief Phil Schiller let slip during last August’s courtroom battle with Samsung (005930.KS) that when setting forecasts for new iPhones, the inside joke was that people should [...]

April 21st, 2013 | Posted in Technology | Read More »

Blackstone ends pursuit of Dell

Blackstone ends pursuit of Dell

A Dell laptop computer is pictured in New York in this August 26, 2008 file photograph. Fri Apr 19, 2013 9:22pm IST REUTERS – Blackstone Group LP (BX.N) has ended its pursuit of Dell Inc (DELL.O), easing the way for founder Michael Dell and his private equity partner Silver Lake to go ahead with a [...]

April 20th, 2013 | Posted in Technology | Read More »

Wipro outlook points to uneven recovery for IT outsourcers

Wipro outlook points to uneven recovery for IT outsourcers

People walk in the Wipro campus in Bangalore June 23, 2009. BANGALORE | Fri Apr 19, 2013 2:38pm IST BANGALORE (Reuters) – Wipro Ltd’s(WIPR.NS) weaker-than-expected quarterly sales forecast highlighted a gap in performance among India’s four biggest IT exporters and a still shaky recovery in client demand. Wipro, India’s third-largest software services provider, joined No. [...]

April 20th, 2013 | Posted in Technology | Read More »

HCL Technologies profit up 73 percent, beats estimates

HCL Technologies profit up 73 percent, beats estimates

1 of 4. People walk in front of the HCL Technologies Ltd office at Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi April 17, 2013. BANGALORE | Wed Apr 17, 2013 1:29pm IST BANGALORE (Reuters) – HCL Technologies Ltd(HCLT.NS), India’s fourth-biggest software services provider, beat analysts’ estimates with a 73 percent rise in quarterly profit after [...]

April 17th, 2013 | Posted in Technology | Read More »

Icahn agrees to limit Dell stake, can team up on bid

Icahn agrees to limit Dell stake, can team up on bid

A man wipes the logo of the Dell IT firm at the CeBIT exhibition centre in Hannover February 28, 2010. REUTERS – Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has agreed to limit his investment in Dell Inc (DELL.O) and in return can team up with other shareholders on a potential bid for the personal computer maker, Dell [...]

April 17th, 2013 | Posted in Technology | Read More »

Dish tries to trump SoftBank with $25.5 bln Sprint bid

Dish tries to trump SoftBank with $25.5 bln Sprint bid

The sign in the lobby of the corporate headquarters of Dish Network is seen in the Denver suburb of Englewood, Colorado April 6, 2011. Tue Apr 16, 2013 8:12am IST REUTERS – Dish Network Corp (DISH.O), the No. 2 U.S. satellite television provider, on Monday offered to buy wireless service provider Sprint Nextel Corp (S.N) [...]

April 16th, 2013 | Posted in Technology | Read More »

Nokia seen curbing sales decline with Lumia’s China push

Nokia seen curbing sales decline with Lumia’s China push

The new Nokia Lumia 720, featuring the same camera lens as the higher end Lumia 920, is pictured during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona February 25, 2013. HELSINKI | Mon Apr 15, 2013 6:48pm IST HELSINKI (Reuters) – Nokia’s (NOK1V.HE) push to expand sales of its Lumia smartphones in new markets such as China [...]

April 16th, 2013 | Posted in Technology | Read More »

Ahead of the curve: but bendable screens still seek breakthrough

Ahead of the curve: but bendable screens still seek breakthrough

1 of 2. A Cima NanoTech employee uses a portable microscope to show their proprietary SANTE Technology silver nanoparticle network on a sample piece of SANTE Film laminated on glass in their lab in Singapore in this April 12, 2013 photo. The network on the SANTE Film enables electrical conductivity at high transparency and flexibility. [...]

April 14th, 2013 | Posted in Technology | Read More »

Amazon lifts executive stock awards as Apple rivalry heats up

Amazon lifts executive stock awards as Apple rivalry heats up

1 of 2. Graphics of the new Amazon Kindle tablets are seen at a news conference during the launch of Amazon’s new tablets in New York, September 28, 2011. SAN FRANCISCO | Sat Apr 13, 2013 3:24am IST SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc(AMZN.O) increased stock compensation for key executives in 2012 as the world’s [...]

April 14th, 2013 | Posted in Technology | Read More »

BlackBerry to ask regulators to probe report on returns

BlackBerry to ask regulators to probe report on returns

A new Blackberry Z10 smartphone is displayed at a store in New York, March 22, 2013. TORONTO/NEW YORK | Sat Apr 13, 2013 4:16am IST TORONTO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – BlackBerry (BB.TO) plans to ask securities regulators in Canada and the United States to probe what it said is a “false and misleading” report that consumer [...]

April 14th, 2013 | Posted in Technology | Read More »

Facebook’s Zuckerberg calls for U.S. immigration reform

Facebook’s Zuckerberg calls for U.S. immigration reform

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s co-founder and chief executive in Menlo Park, California, April 4, 2013. SAN FRANCISCO | Thu Apr 11, 2013 11:18pm IST SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said the U.S. needs to fix a “strange” immigration policy that prevents promising but undocumented students from contributing to the country’s future [...]

April 14th, 2013 | Posted in Technology | Read More »

FACTBOX – Companies in the display screen business

FACTBOX – Companies in the display screen business

People are silhouetted against a screen displaying a logo of Fujitsu at CEATEC JAPAN 2012 electronics show in Chiba, east of Tokyo, October 2, 2012. Producers of thin, flexible glass products (none has yet ventured into plastic): * Corning Inc (GLW.N) * Schott AG * Asahi Glass Co Ltd (5201.T) * Nippon Electric Glass Co [...]

April 14th, 2013 | Posted in Technology | Read More »

OFT investigates “free” web games for children

OFT investigates “free” web games for children

Children try out laptops at a Samsung D’light showroom in Seoul March 27, 2012. LONDON | Fri Apr 12, 2013 3:58pm IST LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s consumer watchdog has launched a probe into whether young people are being unfairly pressured into buying extra content on supposedly free online games, amid media reports of children running [...]

April 14th, 2013 | Posted in Technology | Read More »

Focus on sales, not margins, drives Infosys turnaround

Focus on sales, not margins, drives Infosys turnaround

Employees walk in front of a pyramid-shaped building at the Infosys campus in the Electronic City area of Bangalore September 4, 2012. BANGALORE | Fri Apr 12, 2013 3:21am IST BANGALORE (Reuters) – Indian software services firm Infosys Ltd’s(INFY.NS) stepped-up sales push, including a willingness to sacrifice margins, is helping it win business and halt [...]

April 12th, 2013 | Posted in Technology | Read More »

Infosys revenue forecast disappoints, shares dive 21.3 percent

Infosys revenue forecast disappoints, shares dive 21.3 percent

1 of 2. Employees of Indian software company Infosys walk past Infosys logos at their campus in the Electronic City area in Bangalore September 4, 2012. BANGALORE | Fri Apr 12, 2013 4:28pm IST BANGALORE (Reuters) – Infosys Ltd (INFY.NS) forecast full-year sales growth that missed analyst expectations by a margin of up to 50 [...]

April 12th, 2013 | Posted in Technology | Read More »

Friendships cut short on social media as people get ruder – survey

Friendships cut short on social media as people get ruder – survey

A women works with her computer which displays Facebook logos on the screen in Bordeaux, Southwestern France, January 30, 2013. LONDON | Wed Apr 10, 2013 10:01pm IST LONDON (Reuters) – Rudeness and throwing insults are cutting online friendships short with a survey on Wednesday showing people are getting ruder on social media and two [...]

April 11th, 2013 | Posted in Technology | Read More »

Wipro slumps after splitting off non-IT businesses

Wipro slumps after splitting off non-IT businesses

1 of 2. People walk in the Wipro campus in Bangalore June 23, 2009. BANGALORE | Tue Apr 9, 2013 5:07pm IST BANGALORE (Reuters) – Shares in Wipro Ltd(WIPR.NS), India’s No. 3 software services provider, ended down 12.3 percent on Tuesday in the first trading session as a standalone IT stock after the company split [...]

April 9th, 2013 | Posted in Technology | Read More »