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Up to 25% of IBM's hardware division is being laid off
IBM recently sold its x86 server business to Lenovo, and that unfortunately has consequences for the company's workers. The computing pioneer has confirmed that it's cutting jobs as it concentrates its efforts on "cloud,...
E.U. wants Google and Apple to start cracking down on freemium apps
European Union officials are meeting with representatives from Apple, Google, and consumer protection agencies Thursday and Friday to discuss how developers represent in-app purchases to European consumers. The goal of the meetings...
App-testing company Burstly acquired by Apple
Apple on Friday acquired Burstly, a startup that offers app-testing and analytics. The company confirmed the news to CNET, but didn’t explain what it purchased Burstly for. It’s not unusual to...
Mozilla will be adding advertisements to Firefox's new tab page
Ads, ads everywhere! We simply cannot avoid the presence of advertisements no matter where we turn to, although some of the ads we have seen in the past are really cool. Since one is...
FCC chairman is trying to re-instate the agency's Open Internet rules
After last month's landmark decision by a federal court to strike down key parts of the Federal Communications Commission's Open Internet rules, FCC chairman Tom Wheeler now says the group is working...
Google rumored to be launching an 8-inch Nexus tablet in April
Google’s second-generation Nexus 7 tablet will apparently be the last Nexus device at that size with the company said again to launch an 8-inch Nexus 8 tablet in the near future. Apparently, the Nexus...
Samsung rumored to be preparing multiple variants of its next flagship phone
This probably won’t surprise a lot of people. Word on the street is that Samsung is also preparing multiple variants of its upcoming flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S5. The company has...
Facebook is finally closing in on the mobile launch of Graph Search
During the Facebook Q4 earnings call earlier this week, Mark Zuckerberg hinted that Graph Search for mobile devices is in development, though he wouldn't go into specifics about when it would launch. "Pretty soon,"...
IHS is skeptical about Apple's push for 12.9-Inch iPad
A rumored 12.9-inch iPad may still have significant development time left, according to an analyst at IHS, a supply chain research firm. According to CNET, IHS analyst Rhoda Alexander said there were a number...
Justice Department is currently investigating the Target data breach
Target was breached by hackers during the holiday season this year, leaving the attackers with more than 70 million credit card numbers from shoppers who had visited Target’s retail stores between Nov. 27...