TECHNOLOGY

Research in Motion's foray into the tablet space is getting more gloomy as Sprint closed the door to its 4G Playbook tablet.

Analysis: Here are a few features that we'd like to see on the iPhone 5.

Amazon has come up with ways to pamper your sleek, expensive smartphones even when you drop them by creating an airbag system for smartphones. CEO Bezos applied for a patent on a mobile phone safety feature that would deploy an airbag if the device falls.

Research in Motion was dealt another blow as Sprint announced that it won't be carrying the 4G enabled version of its Playbook tablet, dimming hopes that that iPad competitor will ever gain critical traction.

With Google+ fiercely attempting to level the competition, Facebook is not one to stay idle but will likely be rolling out similar, if not better, gaming features of its own in order to satisfy, sustain and grow the current 750 million user base.

A report says Apple has an iPhone, iPod media event scheduled for Sept. 7.

After Google announced on Thursday that it will offer 16 games from third party developers on Google+ such as Zynga Poker and the popular Angry Birds game, Facebook retaliated by stating the same day that it would improve gaming experience on its Web site and introduced a new policy loosening restrictions on how developers can market their games on the social network.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc is shaking up its e-commerce structure, putting the people who run stores in developed markets such as the United States in charge of the websites in those countries, according to an internal memo obtained by Reuters on Friday.

Estimates that Groupon Inc is worth $25 billion are very high because the largest online daily deals company is losing money, Benchmark Co analyst Fred Moran said on Friday.

After rising steadily from the market-bottom of March 2009 to April 2010, Boeing stock has basically been flat.

Automation will ultimately stimulate the economy and create jobs in the long-term.

Apple?s anticipated iPhone 5 is expected to arrive in September but new rumors suggest that the Cupertino-based company may delay the launch even further up to October.

Google?s new social networking site Google + has rolled out a handful of games triggering rumors that it could pose a challenge to the gaming system of Facebook.

Orion spaceship is being prepared for a new round of tests at a Lockheed Martin facility near Denver

Amazon has come up with ways to pamper your sleek, expensive smartphones even when you drop them by creating an airbag system for phones.

The ?fake Apple Store? story in July about a couple of fake stores in Kumming, which had begun a crackdown on Aug. 2, has revealed 22 more fake Apple store in the city.

The war is on between Facebook and Google+ to win the hearts of users and last as the reigning king of social networking. Google+ is stepping up the game as it announced plans on Thursday to bring gaming features into the site, including popular games such as Angry Birds, which could be a major advantage in the fight to topple Facebook.

For the second time in a row, the Falcon HTV-2, the unmanned hypersonic glider developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for U.S. defense failed its test flight and got lost over the Pacific Ocean on Thursday.

Sprint decided to pull out of providing 4G WiMax service on the Blackberry PlayBook tablet, leaving the tablet with no support from a U.S. carrier. "We apologize for any inconvenience but the BlackBerry 4G PlayBook Tablet that was announced in January for summer availability will no longer be coming to the Sprint network," Sprint said in a statement.

Toshiba Corp <6502.T>, the world's No.2 maker of flash memory, will reduce its semiconductor lineup of as many as 6,000 types in half by the end of this business year to boost efficiency, Nikkei business daily reported without citing sources.

Google still garnered the larger share of the search market with 66% in July, but Yahoo and Bing were more effective when it comes to getting users to actually click on another web site, a report says.

Verizon Communications Inc and a union representing about 35,000 striking workers swapped labor complaints on Friday, with both sides complaining that the other was not bargaining in good faith.

Sprint Nextel Corp has scrapped plans to sell a high-speed version of Research In Motion Ltd's PlayBook tablet because of slack demand, delivering another blow to BlackBerry phone maker.

After a series of failed takeover attempts and accounting scandals, Computer Sciences Corp is attracting potential activist investors looking to take advantage of a weak share price to push for a breakup.

A union representing about 35,000 striking Verizon Communications Inc workers filed unfair labor practice charges against the telephone company, complaining that it refused to bargain in good faith.

Sprint changed its mind about providing 4G WiMax service on the Blackberry PlayBook tablet, even though it will still sell the wi-fi version. The wi-fi PlayBook version sells for $499.99 in stores and features a 7-inch touchscreen.

Sprint Nextel has scrapped its plans to sell a version of the Research In Motion PlayBook tablet for its high-speed wireless WiMax service after months of promising the device.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc is shaking up its e-commerce structure, putting the people who run stores in developed markets such as the United States in charge of the websites in those countries, according to an internal memo obtained by Reuters on Friday.

Game maker Valve just announced that Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) has been targeted for release in early 2012.