TECHNOLOGY

Shares of Texas Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ:TXN) jumped 4% Tuesday after the No. 2 chipmaker issued a forecast for higher fourth-quarter revenue.

Instagram began to trend on Twitter after Facebook went down for some users.

Rep. Steve Israel fears current firearms legislation lapsing in the face of a wave of 3D-printed guns from hobbyists and manufacturers.

Shares of e-commerce site Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ:GRPN) fell more than 10 percent Monday, giving back half their Friday gains.

Breakthrough research at International Business Machines has yielded chips that merge optics with electronics to speed “big data."

The holiday season is in full swing, and it's time to break out those gift guides and get shopping. Not sure where to start? Check out our list of five tech deals that could make your holiday shopping a bit easier.

Musician and composer Trent Reznor is working with Interscope Records and Beats by Dre to develop a new music-streaming service known as Daisy, the Nine Inch Nails front man revealed in a profile for The New Yorker.

Gmail, Google's email platform, became a trend yet again on Twitter today when the service experienced an outage just before noon on Monday. Google was quick to address the issue, but not before some avid tweeters cracked some jokes.

Shares of Eastman Kodak Co. (PINK:EKDKQ) rose 30 percent after reports it had sold 1,100 imaging patents to a syndicate headed by Google and Apple.

Although no release date has been specified, a Twitter account has revealed a list of HTC devices that are said to get Google's Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update.

After pushing the ship dates for the new iMac to January 2013, early customers noticed their orders have already begun preparing for shipment, ensuring a December delivery.

Samsung Electronics (KRX:005930) was the clear winner shipping “connected” devices in the third quarter, with a 22 percent share, IDC said.

Monday's Google Doodle celebrated Ada Lovelace, credited as being the world's first computer programmer.

John T. Chambers has decided to base his legacy as CEO of Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) on the cloud, software, and services.

Shares of e-commerce site Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ:GRPN) soared 23 percent Friday on speculation the troubled shopping site might be acquired.

In a rare move, Apple CEO Tim Cook opened up to Rock Center's Brian Williams about his life, work, and the past and future of Apple.

On Friday, Samsung announced that it will launch a bundle of new features for the Galaxy S3 with its Android 4.1.2 update known as the Premium Suite.

Apple's iPad Mini saw its release date in China on Friday, and although measures have been taken to eliminate unruly crowds, scalpers swarmed the company's retail locations.

Christmas came early for T-Mobile customers wishing their service provider would start carrying Apple devices.

Cisco will shift its focus to software and cloud-oriented technologies, CEO John Chambers said -- a tack that should boost growth.

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), which bought the Motorola brand this year for $12.5 billion, may be near the sale of its cable TV unit.

Tracking drones in the U.S. airspace has become much easier thanks to the interactive map constructed by the Electronic Frontier Federation (EFF) using data obtained from the Freedom of Information Act Lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Along with stopping Megaupload the MPAA hopes to now take down The Pirate Bay, Kat.ph, isoHunt, and other major torrent sites, almost all of which are hosted internationally.

Fortunes are changing for Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, whose file-sharing website and servers were raided illegally in January by New Zealand police. A new court ruling from New Zealand’s High Court has confirmed that the country’s spy agency illegally spied on him and must make public the details of their Dotcom surveillance.

Metallica and Sean Parker ended their feud over music-sharing as the metal band announced it would add its catalog to the popular streaming service.

Shares of GPS specialist Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ:GRMN) rose 6 percent Thursday ahead of the company's inclusion in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), the No. 1 search engine, seems to be the winner in 2012 cybershopping gains, said Eric Best, Mercent CEO.

Zynga (Nasdaq: ZNGA) has begun to apply with state regulators in Nevada to license its online and mobile games for real-money gambling.

Microsoft plans to release its Surface Pro tablet in 2013, but it won't be cheap.