TECHNOLOGY

SCVNGR is essentially a physical location-based communal game that connects social media with the offline world.

Thousands of people in tech-savvy Japan swamped the Internet in the hours after a devastating earthquake and tsunami to tell loved ones they were safe, but social networking sites were also flooded with worries about an explosion at a nuclear plant.

'Pokemon' creator Satoshi Tajiri rumored to have died in Japan earthquake on the internet, especially on sites such as Facebook and Twitter.

Technology giant Apple basked in the success of the launch of iPad 2 as tech-junkies gathered in serpentine queues outside outlets across America. Start the slideshow to see the photos as Apple iPad 2 arrives with a bang:

Lawson Software said late on Friday it had received an unsolicited bid from privately held software company Infor and Golden Gate Capital to acquire all its outstanding common stock at $11.25 per share in cash.

Thousands of people thronged Apple stores on both U.S. coasts as the iPad 2 went on sale on Friday, signaling a strong appetite for a device that dominates the fledgling market it created.

Home to much of the world's semiconductor factories and electronics companies, Japan's devastation will have significant effects on global electronics supplies.

Leveraging its content and channel, Amazon could present a unique and significant challenge to Apple and its iPad.

Hundreds of people thronged Apple stores on both U.S. coasts hours before the iPad 2 goes on sale Friday, signaling strong appetite for a device that dominates the fledgling market it created.

Google's Crisis Center and Person Finder provides immediate, real time assistance to those affected by the earthquake and tsunami.

Sales of Apple's iPad ate in to Acer's netbook shipments, giving Dell and edge of the Taiwanese company.

Hundreds of people are lining up at Apple Inc stores on both U.S. coasts hours before the iPad 2 goes on sale on Friday, signaling strong appetite for a device that extends Apple's lead in the fledgling market it created.

Nokia, the world's top cellphone maker by volume, is more confident that it will not need to write down its $8.1 billion Navteq acquisition, a corporate filing showed on Friday.

Memo to central bankers:Best not to cite the price of the new iPad as an example of why inflation isn't a problem when you head into a working-class neighborhood.

Google announced via blog post its allowing its users to block certain websites from search results.

As the Tsunami warnings being issued the preparation for Tsunami has become equally important. Here are few methods and sources to go about it.

At the CanSecWest conference ni Vancouver, Safari and Internet Explorer 8 were both successfully hacked, showing that even the latest browsers are vulnerable.

Motorola has started rolling out updates to Xoom tablets in preparation for a later flash update.

Nokia, the world's top cellphone maker, sees less risk than a year ago of a writedown from its $8.1 billion Navteq acquisition, a corporate filing showed.

Tracking celebrities in trouble used to be so easy. First, there was the problem, then a public apology followed by a trip to rehab and interview in People magazine or on Oprah Winfrey's talk show.

Apple Inc kicks off sales of its latest iPad on Friday, likely extending its lead in the burgeoning market while offering an important snapshot of consumer demand for tablet computing.

Analysts say Apple's tablet dominance will remain strong in 2011.

World's top phone maker Nokia will pay its CEO Stephen Elop more than $6 million in one-time payments for moving to the Finnish company from Microsoft last September, a corporate filing showed on Friday.

While Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms have been flooded with Japan earthquake photos, YouTube users have uploaded video footage giving viewers across the globe a glimpse into the first hand experience of the disaster.

The world is reacting to the catastrophic earthquake that struck Japan Friday through social media as platforms like Facebook and Twitter come alive with reactions, prayers and timely updates of the disaster.

Apple has tweaked its policy for in-app purchases to prevent users, especially kids, from making accidental virtual purchases.

Google stands tall at the annual Pwn2Own hacking contest as its browser Chrome and mobile software stack Android survive hack attacks while Apple, Microsoft offerings falter.

Tracking celebrities in trouble used to be so easy. First, there was the problem, then a public apology followed by a trip to rehab and interview in People magazine or on Oprah Winfrey's talk show.

Highly rated smartphones iPhone 4 and BlackBerry Torch 9800 bit dust at the Pwn2Own hacking competition while Samsung Nexus S, which runs on Android, and the Dell Venue, which runs on Windows Phone 7, came away unscathed.