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Amazon announced Fire TV, a hands-free alternative to Apple TV and the Google Chromecast.

Apple is suing Samsung over five patents while Samsung is counter-suing over two patents, claiming that Apple's grievance is with Android.

Enough people were already fooled by the Huvr Board video in March, so here’s a guide to some of the pranks trolling the Internet on Tuesday.

Apple did not introduce any new products during the second quarter, but it made some changes to its existing device lineup.

Yahoo is looking to host its own creative video portal, and be a direct competitor to Google’s YouTube.

As Kiev protested, Coppertino programmed: makers of the Vox music player announce new innovations.

MF Holdings declared bankruptcy in October 2011, listing assets of $41 billion and debts of $39.7 billion.

New policy will be "clear to consumers and binding on Microsoft."

Facebook's Connectivity Lab is developing technology to connect the two-thirds of the world without Internet access.

Microsoft subtly admitted a tablet market defeat and confirmed suspicions that Nadella would steer away from consumer devices.

Focus will be on the keyboard form-factor after the failed launch of the touchscreen Z10.

If a gamer really wants to play an Oculus Rift anytime soon, the Facebook purchase may be the best thing that could have happened.

Users will have to pay $99.99 a year for an Office 365 subscription if they want to use the apps to edit documents.

Amazon is considering a free-of-charge, ad-supported version of its Prime Instant Video service.

After a job opening ad is posted on eBay Classifieds, Rewarder will share it across both platforms and send it to people best suited for it.

Movement of banking stocks, specifically Citigroup's, along with Q4 GDP data and jobless claims numbers could influence markets.

Orbeus’ content detection software 'Rekognition' searches iPhone photos quickly via object, facial, and scenery detection.

Just like when Google acquired Nest Labs, people are trying to get rich quick by buying stocks of companies with the name Oculus.

The Oculus team is $2 billion richer, and Mark Zuckerberg is excited, but not everyone is thrilled by Facebook's $2 billion purchase.

The company's strategic shift comes at a time when companies are outsourcing data management and migrating to cloud computing.

Ben Sherwood joined Disney in 1989 and later moved to NBC News before moving to ABC in 2004.

While beer markets in the U.S. lag, brewers in another region are about to thrive.

If you can verify that they are using a computer running Windows XP that is unable to support Windows 8, Microsoft will give a $100 store credit towards a new PC.

Apple is discussing a deal with Comcast that would give Apple TV's streaming services preferential treatment on Comcast’s cable network.

Shifting the production of iPhone batteries to automated lines is likely to help Apple avoid manufacturing defects.

The $7.5 billion deal has received approvals from the European Commission and the U.S. DOJ.

Talks between the two companies are still in the early stages and many hurdles remain before a deal can be struck.

GM’s 2009 reorganization exempts it from earlier legal liabilities linked to its defective ignition switch. Unless it doesn’t.

Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy on Feb. 28 stating that it had lost all of its 850,000 bitcoins due to a technical fault followed by a hack.