TECHNOLOGY

The board of MetroPCS (NYSE: PCS) has approved merger with Deutsche Telekom's (Pink: DTEGY) T-Mobile USA unit, German newspaper Financial Times Deutschland reported Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the deal.

Deutsche Telekom (Pink: DTEGY) and Metro PCS Communications (NYSE: PCS) have agreed to create the No. 4 U.S. mobile carrier.

Shares of MetroPCS Communications (NYSE: PCS) leaped 25 percent after Deutsche Telekom (Pink: DTEGY) said it was bidding for a majority stake.

Microsoft's Xbox 720 is rumored for a 2013 release, and news that the company is tightening security adds to those speculations.

HP (NYSE: HPQ) CEO Meg Whitman has had a year to devise a turnaround strategy. Here are five things she must deliver.

Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) published a “marketing Bible” to turbocharge revenue and take advantage of new mobile platforms.

The Apple versus Samsung lawsuit continues, and this time, Samsung has set its sights on the iPhone 5. The Korea-based company asked Judge Paul Grewal for permission to include Apple's recently released smartphone in a countersuit claim.

After blocking Google’s Gmail service for a week, the Iranian government has decided to remove the digital barrier after a barrage of complaints, some of which came from Iran’s own parliament. Google Gmail Back Online In Iran After Week-Long Block; Did 'Innocence Of Muslims' Cause The Ban?

Tech companies headed by Apple, IBM, Google and Microsoft are half of top 20 brands.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 that was banned for sale in the U.S. has received some reprieve following dissolving of ban by district court Judge Lucy Koh Oct.1.

Agawi is inviting game developers to submit content with its new Windows 8 app, solidifying Microsoft’s move into cloud-based gaming.

Markus Persson’s “Minecraft” may be the poster child of indie gaming, but its sales numbers have elevated to a commercial scale. As of Monday, the originally PC-exclusive game has reached 4 million in sales on the Xbox 360 platform.

Shares of Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), the No. 1 search engine, closed at an all-time high of $761.78, boosting its value above Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT).

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 software will soon be released on Nokia’s forthcoming Lumia devices, but the software company may be creating mobile hardware of its own. According to a report from the China Times, it has been working on a smartphone for four months.

Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) will launch a news operation along with its Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 10 as part of an overhaul for MSN.

Shares of BMC Software, which specializes in enterprise products, soared nearly 8 percent after a report it’s exploring a sale.

Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) will ship the HP ElitePad 900 tablet for business and government clients in January. The price will be announced later.

Apple won't remove its admittedly-flawed Maps app from iOS 6, so Apple CEO Tim Cook posted an open letter apology to the company's website on Friday morning. Cook’s apology felt sincere, but was it enough to ameliorate the issues created by removing Google Maps in favor of a not-ready-for-primetime app? The iOS 6 Maps Apology From Tim Cook: Did Apple Redeem Itself For Booting Google?

Apple's iPhone 5 for Verizon has been affected by a bug that consumes data when connected to a Wi-Fi network. The company released a carrier update to address this issue.

Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer gave birth to her first child, a boy, on Sunday.

Workday, launched by PeopleSoft's Dave Duffield, upped its IPO, in what could be the hottest tech IPO of the quarter.

As the release date for Samsung's Galaxy Note 2 hits the UK, the staff at Android Authority tested the device's strength through a series of drop tests described as the "most realistic" trials possible.

Finnish phone maker Nokia Oyj (NYSE: NOK) said it will offer mapping services to customers of Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL), the No. 1 database developer.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) will support 1,000 electric car charges with Ireland's ESB in SmartGrid push.

RIM reported encouraging results, but it's still gambling BlackBerry 10 can be finished before cash needs force alternatives.

T-Mobile USA has entered into an agreement with Crown Castle International Corp to sell the operation rights for 7,200 of its wireless broadcast towers for $2.4 billion.

The Motorola-Microsoft patent tussle over Xbox 360 and Windows software took an interesting turn Friday as a U.S. appeals court ruled Sept.28 that Google Inc's Motorola Mobility cannot enforce a patent injunction issued against the Redmond giant in Germany.

Apple won't remove its new Maps app from iOS 6, so the Cupertino, Calif.-based computers company is all about damage control right now. After Apple CEO Tim Cook posted an open letter apology to the company's website on Friday morning, Apple also updated its App Stores with a special section on the Featured page, which offers a list of alternative maps applications for users to choose from as Apple engineers fix its controversial Maps app behind the scenes.

Sony Corp. (NYSE:SNE) is paying $645 million to buy a large minority stake in rival Japanese tech company Olympus Corp. (TYO: 7733).