TECHNOLOGY

Google Inc's advertising rates will get extra scrutiny as Wall Street ponders whether the proliferation of Internet-connected smartphones helps or hinders the money-making search engine that drives the company's profits.

Apple hasn't officially announced the release date for its new revamped Macbook Pro and iMac family, but the latest rumors suggest a redesigned 15-inch MacBook will launch as early as May, with the new revamped iMac following in June.

Spotify users are now able to embed playlists and songs using the Spotify Play Button.

J.C. Penney Co Inc said on Wednesday that Michael Dastugue is leaving on Friday after just 15 months as chief financial officer as the department store chain continues to work on its overhaul under its new chief executive.

Nokia warned its phone business would post losses in the first two quarters of this year as it struggles to revamp its product line to compete with Apple and Samsung, sending its shares 19 percent lower.

Nokia has reported a bug in some of its new Lumia 900 4G devices, which were released in the U.S. just last week.

Google Plus is undergoing a major redesign that will make the social network look more like Facebook Timeline.

Research In Motion said it will shortly release a slew of updates for its BlackBerry apps, making it easier for users to stay connected with their messenger community.

A global cyber arms race is engulfing the Internet and the best way to counter the rapidly escalating threat is combining the efforts of U.S. agencies, private firms and international allies, cyber security officials said on Tuesday.

HELSINKI, April 11 - Nokia unveiled on Wednesday its Lumia 610 NFC model, first to take the emerging near-field communication technology that drives instant payment systems to Microsoft's Windows Phone platform, and promised more models in the future.

The controversial ending to Mass Effect 3, the final installment in Bioware's space-opera videogame trilogy, caused an outpouring of protests from disappointed fans who demand that the videogame developers provide a new ending which lives up to both the decision-based gaming Bioware has built its reputation on and the marketing campaign which Bioware's owner, video game publisher EA, pushed prior to the game's release.

Nokia has found a software bug in its Lumia 900 smartphone, its answer to Apple's iPhone, and is effectively giving the model away until it is fixed, blunting its bid to turn around its fortunes in the United States.

IBM is taking aim at competitors such as Hewlett Packard Co and Oracle Corp with PureSystems, a new product line that helps companies reduce time and money spent on increasingly complex information technology maintenance.

Struggling cellphone maker Nokia has found a software bug in its new flagship Lumia 900 model, dealing a blow to its ambitions to re-enter the lucrative U.S. smartphone market.

The Justice Department could sue Apple Inc as early as Wednesday over alleged electronic book price-fixing, while settling with several publishers as early as this week, two people familiar with the matter said.

Netflix has rapidly expanded its instant streaming offerings in the handful of years since it first branched out from being a Web-based DVD rental service. However, some of the most popular films and TV series, including Game of Thrones, are still unavailable on Netflix, and they may never be if HBO has its way.

Facebook buys Instagram for $1 billion in cash and stock. For those who don't want to use Instagram anymore, we've found the 5 best alternatives to Instagram that will allow you to edit and share your photos while maintaining your privacy.

China's ZTE Corp, which recently sold Iran's largest telecommunications firm a powerful surveillance system, later agreed to ship to Iran millions of dollars worth of embargoed U.S. computer equipment, documents show.

Diablo 3, the newest title in Blizzard's action-adventure RPG franchise is set to be released in a little over a month. Details surrounding the game have slowly been revealed, but a new video posted by the company on YouTube shines the spotlight on the Barbarian, featuring new gameplay footage of the one man army with tremendous strength and a noble cause.

Japan's Sony Corp flagged a record $6.4 billion annual net loss, double an earlier forecast and a fourth straight year of red ink, as it writes off deferred tax credits, heaping more pressure on its new CEO to turn around the electronics giant.

Research In Motion Ltd likely lost money on sales of its BlackBerry smartphones and PlayBook tablet computers in the fiscal year just ended, an analyst said on Tuesday after studying the company's latest data.

In the wake of announcing Facebook will be acquiring Instagram in a billion-dollar deal, Instagram’s new Android app surged to 5 million downloads little more than 5 days.

Apple is yet to officially announce the release date for the revamped--perhaps re-designed-- Macbook Pro, but multiple reports of stock shortages suggests the launch is fast approaching.

Iran says reports of an Internet shutdown are a hoax from the propaganda wing of the West.

Microsoft's push into the tablet industry will see only limited success, with the U.S. software maker remaining a distant No. 3 behind Apple and Google, research firm Gartner said on Tuesday.

Microsoft's push into the tablet industry will see only limited success, with the U.S. software maker remaining a distant No 3 after Apple and Google, research firm Gartner said on Tuesday.

As has been aptly said by one of his Facebook fans: “Little in his last name but a GIANT on the NET.”It’s been almost five days now, yet the craze over the “Ridiculously Photogenic Guy” doesn’t seem like it is going to fizzle out anytime soon. In fact, it is leading to a new Internet frenzy.

Facebook will pay $1 billion in cash and stock for Instagram, a 2-year-old photo-sharing application developer, in its largest-ever acquisition just months before the No. 1 social media website is expected to go public.

Google Inc's Android mobile operating system was the top smartphone platform in China last year, growing its market share by about 35 percent in the world's largest market for mobile phones, a Chinese technology research firm said.