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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is often in the spotlight, especially when the company is getting ready to launch a new iPhone. Recently the company has made headlines for a much less positive reason: numerous celebrity accounts were hacked. After investigating the situation, Apple determined that...

Is privacy dead? Security experts Michael Gregg and Kevin Blackman examine the many ways in which apps and services can promote your private information. 1. Some Apps Store Personal Data In Clear Text Gregg, the founder and CEO of Superior Solutions, wants everyone to remember what happened...

For years, rows of folders filled with patient medical records have been a familiar sight in doctor’s offices, hospitals and clinics. Some major tech players, however, are trying to change that scenario. Medical professionals face a growing need to be able to quickly and safely share...

A recent article in ComputerworldUK noted that Domino’s Pizza (NYSE: DPZ) believes most customers will place their orders via mobile devices by 2015. Perhaps that's true, or perhaps Domino's hopes it is; if any pizza company were positioned to take advantage of that prediction, it...

News of the recent partnership between European drugmaker Novartis (NYSE: NVS) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) to develop a contact lens designed to monitor blood sugar levels in diabetics has drawn attention to several other new diabetes treatment developments. Information Week...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) made an interesting announcement this week: It is bringing a veteran automotive and aerospace industry executive on to its board of directors.   Alan Mulally was CEO of Ford (NYSE: F) from 2006 until just weeks ago. He was also a top executive at...

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), according to The Verge, may be ready to beta test a new version of Office, this one for Android tablets. Sources told The Verge that Microsoft was preparing a private beta test for the Office for Android tablet version and that the company was accepting participants...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has made it clear it wants to be involved in every aspect of consumers’ lives. From PCs, tablets, smartphones and even smart homes, the company has already made its software and Android OS a major force. However, one area the company has yet to conquer...

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) has 1.2 billion users worldwide. It would like to have about 6.2 billion. In order to pick up the missing five billion users, many of whom reside in emerging markets, the social media giant sent a team of engineers to Africa to do some testing. In a blog...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) might not have much to worry about when Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) releases its first phone next month. IBISWorld industry research analyst Sarah Kahn does not believe that Amazon will be successful in persuading many iPhone loyalists to switch to the Fire Phone. "I think...

Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) Wednesday launch of a 3D capable smartphone will include news that AT&T (NYSE: T) will be the exclusive carrier for the device, according to sources who spoke with The Wall Street Journal. Amazon and AT&T have already forged a strong partnership since the...

The speculation can stop. Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) Prime Music streaming service has launched. The service is available at no additional charge to Amazon Prime members who pay $99 a year for unlimited two-day shopping, streaming videos and digital books from an in-house lending library...

Dropbox, the startup that won’t stop, has acquired another startup called Droptalk according to TechCrunch. Droptalk developed a tool, available so far only in limited beta, that allows users to share links privately with friends via a Chrome extension. The plan was to offer iOS and...

Earlier this week, some analysts suggested that Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) recent announcements could be a signal to invest in semiconductor and software design company ARM (NASDAQ: ARMH). But will ARM really benefit from HomeKit, HealthKit and other Apple projects? "Absolutely," Gary Atkinson,...

Breaking the $100 barrier for a quad-core Android tablet – by a penny – might be a big deal. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) certainly hoped so when it premiered its $99.99 HP 7 Plus in Europe a few months ago. Now the company has decided to try to shake things up in the U.S. with the domestic...