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Apple has become the most valuable company in the world. Here's five reasons why.

Amazon scored against Apple by launching its Kindle Cloud Reader, which is a Web-based app that helps it steer clear of restrictions Apple has placed in regard to its Appstore subscription rules.

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) just became the most valuable company in the world by declining less than Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM), the previous leader, in Wednesday?s brutal session that saw the S&P 500 plunge 4.42 percent.

The newest version of Apple Inc's popular iPhone has already hit the Chinese market -- the fake market that is.

Apple has become the most valuable company in the U.S., passing Exxon Mobil. Here's five reasons why.

Apple topped Exxon Mobil as the world's most valuable company on Wednesday, but can the company be able to keep up the momentum if the country's economy continues to slip?

These two iconic corporations are going in decidedly different directions.

Tech stocks didn't fall as sharply as the overall market.

A German court has temporarily barred Samsung Electronics from selling its flagship Galaxy tablet in most of the European Union in a significant victory for market leader Apple Inc.

Apple Inc's latest victory in its intellectual property battle with Samsung Electronics' is a step forward in its broader strategy of using the courts to help cement the unassailable lead its iPad has in the tablet market.

Apple's market shares could double or even triple in the next few years, according to a new analysis.In a note to investors on Wednesday, Sterne Agee's analyst Shaw Wu called Apple's growth the "ultimate platform adopting story."

Amazon today launched an HTML5-based Kindle reading app to circumvent Apple's new in-app subscription rules.Kindle Cloud Reader allows users to read their Kindle e-books from Google's Chrome browser and Apple's Safari browser, without requiring any download or installation.

Apple Inc scored a significant victory in its intellectual property battle against Samsung Electronics after a German court temporarily barred the Korean firm from selling its flagship Galaxy tablet in most of the European Union.

The battle for the world's most valuable company has heated up between Apple and Exxon Mobile, as Apple took over the crown during Wednesday trading.

Wednesday morning, Amazon has launched Kindle Cloud Reader to circumvent Apple's new in-app subscription rules. Kindle Cloud Reader is an HTML5-based reading app, which allows users to read their Kindle e-books from Chrome and Safari, without requiring any download or installation.

Apple's delayed launch of the highly-anticipated iPhone 5 is a marketing strategy that reeks of brilliance.

Facebook's new Messenger is already the top free app in Apple's App Store. The communications tool is directly taking on BlackBerry's popular BBM.

It seems everything going Apple's way. A day after the consumer technology giant briefly surpassed Exxon Mobil to become the world's largest public company by market capitalization, it won a legal battle against Samsung in Europe.

Just days after launching revamped versions of BlackBerry Torch and Bold models which optimize the BlackBerry OS 7, reports are filtering in which suggest that RIM will launch its first QNX-based smartphone in Q1, 2012.

Apple Inc on Tuesday surpassed Exxon Mobile Corp, if only briefly, to become the most valuable company in the United States. With a market cap of almost $342 billion, Apple's sales have been increasing 80 percent a year, coupled with even faster profit.

Apple beat oil company Exxon Mobil to briefly became the most valuable business in America, with a jaw-dropping $338 billion dollars on Tuesday. Exxon's stock was down earlier Tuesday, which allowed the Cupertino-based tech company to grab the top spot. Just last year, Apple took Microsoft's number two spot, and on Tuesday became the official most valuable company in America as the ipad, iphone and Macbooks continue to sell successfully.

In another victory for Apple's legal team, courts in Germany ruled against rival Samsung Electronics, barring it from selling its competing tablet computer in most of the European Union.

Apple Inc briefly edged past Exxon Mobil Corp to become the most valuable U.S. company on Tuesday, displacing an old economy stalwart and heralding an era where technology holds sway.

Apple has done it again - after blocking rival Samsung from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in Australia, the technology giant managed, Monday, to get a preliminary injunction (or temporary restraining order) from a German court that prevents Samsung from selling Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the whole of Europe (excluding the Netherlands).

Tech stocks gained nearly 5 percent in Tuesday's market rally

America's economy is barely growing, and policy-makers are searching for solutions. If only Apple made its popular iPhone and iPad in America. The unemployment rate would shrink, and the economy would get moving again.

Ironically, Exxon still generates about four times the annual revenue that Apple does.

The Tribune Co., one of the largest newspaper publishers in the U.S., is working on a tablet computer of its own to offer its subscribers, CNN reported, citing interviews with more than half a dozen current and former Tribune employees.

Apple has released Lion Recovery Disk Assistant for beleaguered OS X Lion users, allowing them to create recovery partitions on external drives. Previously anyone who had purchased the Lion upgrade through the Mac App Store would be forced to reinstall and update Snow Leopard before they could reinstall Lion if disaster struck, forcing them to replace the hard disk.