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New Xbox may keep Microsoft in the game

Posted by Forexsq 3 days ago (http://www.marketwatch.com)
img Microsoft Corp. is expected to unveil a new Xbox videogame console on Tuesday, nearly eight years since the company launched its last gaming device into a market that was far more certain than it is today.

Yahoo Deal Shows Power Shift

Posted by Forexsq 4 days ago (http://online.wsj.com)
img The longest decline in Treasuries this year has left U.S. government debt the cheapest since March 2011 when measured by real yields and the best relative value compared with German bunds in more than two decades.

After inflation, 10-year U.S. notes yielded 0.91 percent last week, or 1.77 percentage points more than real yields on U.K. gilts, the widest spread in 25 months. Versus Germany, the

Yahoo to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion: Report

Posted by Forexsq 4 days ago (http://money.cnn.com)
img The Yahoo board has reportedly approved a deal to pay $1.1 billion in cash for the blogging site Tumblr.

Rumors had been swirling late last week that Yahoo (YHOO, Fortune 500) CEO Marissa Mayer was in talks with Tumblr CEO David Karp.

Facebook in Talks to Buy Driving App Waze

Posted by Forexsq 14 days ago (http://online.wsj.com)
img Facebook is in talks to acquire Waze, a navigation app for mobile devices, in a deal that could be worth as much as $1 billion.

While these people characterized the discussions as serious, they cautioned that a deal may still fall apart.

Waze, which has close to 50 million users, offers driving directions based on input from other members, such as tips on traffic jams or car accidents. It

Apple Wins Case Brought by Google’s Motorola Over IPhones

Posted by Forexsq 31 days ago (http://mobile.bloomberg.com)
img Apple Inc. averted an order that could have hindered imports of the iPhone 4 into the U.S. after persuading a U.S. trade agency to invalidate a patent owned by Google Inc. ’s Motorola Mobility unit over a phone sensor,

The U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington yesterday upheld a judge’s findings that the Motorola Mobility patent is invalid, though for different reasons. The patent

China is the king of green

Posted by Forexsq 37 days ago (http://money.cnn.com)
img Investors plowed $65 billion into Chinese wind farms, solar panel arrays and other clean energy projects in 2012, a 20% increase over the year prior, according to a report released Wednesday by Pew Charitable Trusts and Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The numbers reflect only private investments in power projects, and do not include government subsidies or R&D money

The Messaging Apps Taking on Facebook, Apple

Posted by Forexsq 57 days ago (http://online.wsj.com)
img On a recent Saturday, Johan Dijkland, a 23-year-old student in Emmen, Netherlands, opened a free messaging app called Line on his iPhone. Then he tapped on a virtual sticker of a sleepy panda with a "good night" speech bubble and pressed send to a friend.

With that action, Mr. Dijkland's text joined the tens of billions of messages that are processed every day from a fast-growing crowd of mobi

BlackBerry surprises with quarterly profit

Posted by Forexsq 57 days ago (http://www.marketwatch.com)
img BlackBerry Inc. reported a surprise operating profit for its fourth fiscal quarter on Thursday morning, thanks to on-going cost reductions and shipments of its new Z10 handset hitting the 1 million mark.

BlackBerry shares picked up more than 3.5% in premarket trades, after the company wrapped up its conference call, which MarketWatch covered live.

On the call, CEO Thorsten Heins said “The

Samsung unveils the Galaxy S IV

Posted by Forexsq 70 days ago (http://money.cnn.com)
img Samsung's Galaxy S IV is here. As expected, it's built to vie for the position of best smartphone in 2013.

How it will compare with Apple's (AAPL, Fortune 500) next iPhone or Google's (GOOG, Fortune 500) future Nexus flagship phone remains to be seen. But after a few minutes playing around with the the Galaxy S IV, it's easy to see how this smartphone could end up in the same conversation.

GALAXY TAKES ON IPHONE

Posted by Forexsq 71 days ago (http://money.cnn.com)
img It's not just wishful thinking that Samsung's new Galaxy S IV smartphone will go toe to toe with the iPhone. It's an expectation.

After years of producing middling smartphones, Samsung kicked its development and marketing budgets into overdrive. The end result: A critically acclaimed Galaxy S III smartphone that briefly outsold the iPhone last year.

Perhaps more importantly, the brand "Gal

Twitter Said to Plan Mobile Music App Using SoundCloud Service

Posted by Forexsq 71 days ago (http://www.bloomberg.com)
img Twitter Inc., the Web-based social messaging service, is developing a mobile music application that will let its users play and share songs on Apple Inc. (AAPL) devices, people with knowledge of the matter said.

The app will stream music from SoundCloud Ltd., a Berlin- based audio-sharing service, said one of the people, who asked not to be named because the plan hasn’t been announced. Twitter

The real threat to Apple

Posted by Forexsq 71 days ago (http://www.marketwatch.com)
img For the past few weeks, I’ve been using a lightweight laptop made by Samsung called the Google Chromebook.

And it’s serious trouble for everyone in the tech business — including Google GOOG -0.28% and Samsung , I suspect.

The Chromebook has had surprisingly little attention since it was launched. I came across it while searching online (through Google, of course). This product does enough

Samsung’s Galaxy S4 dials up Apple pressure

Posted by Forexsq 72 days ago (http://www.marketwatch.com)
img Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to unveil the next version of its Galaxy S line of smartphones this week, as the Korean electronics giant looks to maintain its newly won spot on top of a brutally competitive mobile-device market.

The latest device from Samsung KR:005930 +2.21% is expected to launch later this spring — likely giving it a long, early jump against the next iPhone from archr

White House Calls for Cellphone Unlocking

Posted by Forexsq 80 days ago (http://online.wsj.com)
img Americans should be able to take their used cellphones and tablets freely from one wireless carrier to another, the White House said after an intense lobbying campaign from Internet activists.

Wireless companies have long sold cellphones at discounted prices in exchange for long-term service agreements. The catch: Consumers can't easily take what would otherwise be an expensive smartphone to a

Apple’s Planned ‘IWatch’ Could Be More Profitable Than TV

Posted by Forexsq 81 days ago (http://www.bloomberg.com)
img While Tim Cook has dropped hints that Apple Inc. (AAPL) is hard at work on a television to drive the next era of growth, the company’s wristwatch-style device, still in development, may prove more profitable.

The global watch industry will generate more than $60 billion in sales in 2013, said Citigroup Inc. analyst Oliver Chen. While that’s smaller than the pool of revenue that comes from TVs,
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