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Coinciding with the hiring of former Hulu exec., Pete Distad, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is said to be closing in on a deal with Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) to give Time Warner subscribers access to cable channels via Apple TV. Bloomberg, citing anonymous sources with “knowledge of the...

One way or the other Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) will change. In a major way, it already has with its decision to stop making tablets and farm the work out to electronics partners, according to Bloomberg. Barnes & Noble really had no choice. The company’s Nook Media digital unit has...

We are increasingly becoming a “device oriented” society on a worldwide basis. Moreover, the trend will grow by 5.9 percent in 2013, according to a news release from information technology research and advisory company, Gartner, Monday. Shipments of devices (PCs, tablets, and mobile phones),...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is still #1. That’s not just Apple fans talking. Research firm, comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) released its latest data based on surveys of more than 30, 000 mobile subscribers in the U.S. and the surveys said: Of the 138.5 million smartphones out there, 39.2 percent (54.3 million...

In a tale as old as corporate relationships themselves, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has told longtime manufacturing partner, Foxconn that it wants to “start seeing other suppliers.” The Wall Street Journal reported that Pegatron Corp., named after the famed flying horse of Greek mythology Pegasus,...

A bidding war between Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) may be about to erupt, according to Bloomberg. The object of the conflict is Waze, a smartphone-mapping app with unique social features. Waze provides driving directions with a twist. Users submit information about traffic...

AOL Inc.(NYSE: AOL) has Huffington Post. Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has YouTube. Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has Instagram. And now, Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) is getting a startup of its own as well. The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that Yahoo’s board approved $1.1 billion to acquire...

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) plans to launch an 8-inch Surface tablet in June, according to a report in DigiTimes. The same report also hints at a 10.x-inch model sometime in Q3. All this is part of Microsoft’s push to gain a stronger share of the tablet market. IDC statistics indicate 49.2 million...

The splashy ad on the Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) website, says it all: “All New NOOK HD Tablets – now with over 700,000 Android apps & games.” The NOOK, it seems, has gone over to the dark side by providing access to the entire catalog of Android apps on Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Play...

First, last Thursday, George Soros bought a nearly eight percent stake in J.C. Penney Corp. (NYSE: JCP). Then came word Friday afternoon, confirmed by J.C. Penney Monday morning that Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) has secured $1.75 billion in financing for the company, according to Reuters. What’s...

News that Verizon (NYSE: VZ) wants to buy Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR) spectrum is being widely speculated but (so far) not confirmed by either party. Such a deal would potentially throw a wrench in the works with regard to negotiations involving Sprint (NYSE: S), Clearwire, Japan’s Softbank and...

If you have prescription drug coverage through your health insurance, you may not think much about how much those drugs cost. You should. Why You Should Care Insurers drop coverage for various medicines all the time and one of yours could be next. In addition, if you have high co-pay, or...