TECHNOLOGY

Zynga (Nasdaq: ZNGA) is closing its Japanese branch and ending maintenance and development on 11 of its social games in an effort to cut costs.

Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) extended its patent licensing deal with InterDigital Inc. (NASDAQ:IDCC), ahead of the release of the BlackBerry 10.

By removing annoying obstacles and adding logical and desired features, iOS 7 can bring Apple one step closer to the perfect mobile operating system.

An upcoming firmware update for Samsung's Galaxy S3 is rumored to bring a fix to the "sudden death" problem plaguing users.

Tech fans have anticipated Apple's iPhone 5 release date for the past year, and now that 2013 has begun focus has shifted to the company's next release. New identifiers found in developer logs hint that Apple could be testing its next generation smartphone, presumably the iPhone '6.'

While Nigeria's government fails to take action, Nigerian tech entrepreneurs are trying to curb the wave of scams from their own country. It will be a tough task.

Global chip sales in November rose 9 percent to $24.6 billion from 2011, the Semiconductor Industry Association reported.

Adding to the heated rumors mill, a new report hit the web Tuesday saying that the upcoming iPhone iteration, possibly “iPhone 6,” and the next major iOS release, “iOS 7,” have already started to surface in app logs.

The tutorial here shows how to install CM10.1 Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean on various U.S. variants of Samsung Galaxy S3.

How did the business world help shape the tech industry in 2012? We look at some of the biggest business moves of the year.

Directors of Netflix Inc. doubled CEO Reed Hastings's salary to $4 million next year despite a management challenge from Carl Icahn.

IBTimes culled the most notable, or outrageous, Twitter moments of 2012. Congratulations, Rupert Murdoch.

Rita Levi Montalcini, the world's oldest Nobel laureate, died on Sunday in Rome, Italy.

Following the holiday season, Samsung has offered free Flip Covers for its Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy S3 handsets as part of a promotion.

2013 could be brighter for technology IPOs if the likes of Cloudera, Xtera, Dropbox, Cvent and Acquia take the plunge.

Sony (NYSE: SNE) is halting production of its Playstation 2 console in Japan, according to a Famitsu report.

Three years in, has Kickstarter lived up to its promise to disrupt entrepreneurship and artistic patronage? We look at some of the top Kickstarter projects from 2012 to find out.

In 2012, battles were fought on retail shelves, on TV ads, and in social media and courtrooms -- and living rooms -- around the world.

A reportedly leaked image of Samsung's Galaxy Note 2 in black has appeared online, sparking speculation that new colors will be introduced in 2013.

Unlike the Nielsen ratings, there is no single comprehensive way to track which BitTorrent files are most searched for and downloaded. Even so, data assembled by TorrentFreak found that the most-sought television show was “The Walking Dead.” Popular films included “Ted,” “Taken 2,” “The Dark Knight Rises,” and “The Avengers.”

Emphasize the positive, and forget the negative: Here are five people who deserve credit for doing things right this year.

The so-called Samsung Galaxy S4 rumor mill got heated up Friday when a new report, coming straight from South Korea, hit the web saying that the next generation Galaxy S smartphone would be released in April 2013 with S Pen functionality.

We've compiled 16 of the very best viral videos from 2012; very little explanation is required here, just sit back and enjoy.

This past year didn't come without its fair share of failures. Check out our list of the top five tech flops from 2012.

This is how thousands more Syrians will die if President Bashar al-Assad decides to deploy chemical weapons.

Was 2012 the year memes finally entered mainstream culture? Here's a look at some of the most influential memes of 2012.

2012 was a great year for video games, but also a silly one for some video game stories. We take a look to see which games had the weakest endings this year.

Here we compare all the tablets released this year to determine the best overall slate in the 7- and 10-inch categories.

A slew of smartphones were released in 2012, from multiple Android models to Windows Phone 8 to Apple's iPhone 5 -- the best of all.