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OkCupid admits to Facebook-style experimenting on customers (29 July 04:46 am)

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - OkCupid, a top U.S. matchmaking website, regularly mismatches users to test its technology, the IAC/InterActive Corp service revealed on Monday, weeks after Facebook Inc

Exclusive - CVC in lead to buy Epicor for more than $3 billin: sources (29 July 12:47 am)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners Ltd has emerged as the front runner to acquire Epicor Software Corp in a deal that could value the business software company at more than

Microsoft says government officials make sudden visits to China offices (28 July 04:47 pm)

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese government officials have made sudden visits to Microsoft Corp offices in China, a spokeswoman for the company said on Monday, but declined to give any reason for the

Bitcoin catches on in tech-savvy Romania (28 July 04:47 pm)

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - In a well-lit office with red window frames in downtown Bucharest, Romania\'s first bitcoin ATM attracts many who until it opened in May had to buy or sell the digital currency

JD.com to sell Microsoft's Xbox One games console in China (28 July 09:48 am)

BEIJING (Reuters) - JD.com Inc, China\'s second-biggest e-commerce company by market share, will accept pre-orders for Microsoft Corp\'s Xbox One games console in China from July 28 to July 30, the firm

Swatch plans fitness-based touch wristwatch, CEO tells paper (27 July 10:46 pm)

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swatch plans to equip its Swatch Touch line of plastic watches with electronic functions to measure personal fitness, in a bid to tap into the market for wearable gadgets, the

Apple iPhones allow extraction of deep personal data, researcher finds (26 July 07:46 am)

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Personal data including text messages, contact lists and photos can be extracted from iPhones through previously unpublicized techniques by Apple Inc employees, the company

Fox seen selling CNN rather than spinning off despite tax bill (26 July 06:46 am)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - If Twenty-First Century Fox succeeds in buying Time Warner Inc , it\'s likely to sell CNN and pay billions of dollars in taxes rather than go through the headaches of spinning the

Analysis - Amazon's far-reaching ambitions, lack of profits, unnerve investors (26 July 05:47 am)

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc\'s message to investors has always been clear: trust in founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. But after more than a year of mostly disappointing quarterly results, that

Dell, BlackBerry downplay threat from Apple-IBM alliance (26 July 03:47 am)

TORONTO (Reuters) - IBM Corp\'s recent move to partner with Apple Inc to sell iPhones and iPads loaded with corporate applications has excited investors in both companies, but two rivals say they are

Verizon to slow down speeds for some unlimited data subscribers (26 July 03:47 am)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Verizon Communication Inc\'s high speed wireless customers who subscribe to the company\'s legacy unlimited data plans might experience slower speeds starting Oct. 1, the company

Bose sues Beats over headphone noise-cancellation patents (26 July 03:47 am)

REUTERS - High-end sound system and headphone maker Bose Corp is going after the newer kid on the block, Beats Electronics, with a lawsuit accusing Beats of infringing several patents related to

Cellphone unlocking bill clears U.S. House, heads to Obama (26 July 01:47 am)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Friday to give mobile-phone users the right to \'unlock\' their devices and use them on competitors\' wireless networks,

Facebook says SEC's IPO probe ends, extending WhatsApp closing date (26 July 01:47 am)

REUTERS - Facebook Inc said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission dropped its probe into the social networking company over events surrounding its controversial initial public offering.

Europe debates how far to push 'right to be forgotten' (26 July 12:47 am)

PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European regulators have not yet decided whether to try to force search engines such as Google and Microsoft\'s Bing to scrub results globally when people invoke their

Amazon's spending spree raises margin concerns (25 July 09:48 pm)

(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc\'s heavy investment in content and technology to fight off deep-pocketed rivals is proving to be more costly than many had expected, raising fears that operating earnings

Ride app Uber gets respite in German city of Hamburg (25 July 08:47 pm)

DUESSELDORF Germany (Reuters) - Uber, whose smartphone app summons rides at the touch of a button, won a new lease of life in the German city of Hamburg on Friday when a court suspended a ban imposed

Amazon outlook darkens in the face of rising competition (25 July 07:47 pm)

(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc\'s heavy investment in new content and technology to fight off deep-pocketed rivals is proving expensive and analysts fear this will hurt operating earnings for some time.

Taiwan's Acer shipments grew faster than industry average in Q2 - CEO (25 July 02:46 pm)

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan\'s Acer Inc saw quarter-on-quarter shipments growth that exceeded the PC industry average in the April-June period, the company\'s chief executive said.

Amazon's 'Fire' smartphone contains chips from Qualcomm, Samsung, NXP (25 July 09:47 am)

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc\'s new \"Fire\" smartphone contains chips from Qualcomm Inc, NXP Semiconductors NV, and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, according to repair and teardown specialists

China's Baidu outpaces Street targets as mobile revenue surges (25 July 04:47 am)

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Baidu Inc , China’s biggest Internet search company, blew past Wall Street\'s targets with a 34.1 percent jump in quarterly net profit, helped by a surge in mobile revenue.

Amazon's heavy investing eats into bottom line, shares drop (25 July 04:47 am)

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc posted a much larger-than-expected loss in the second quarter as it continues its rapid pace of investment in new businesses such as digital content and

Facebook goes express to mega-cap status - now valued more than AT&T, Coke (25 July 04:47 am)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - In the days after its infamously mishandled initial public offering in May 2012, it looked as if Facebook would struggle to become a must-own for fund managers.

Amazon posts larger second-quarter loss, but revenue rises (25 July 02:46 am)

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc posted a larger loss in the second quarter as its rapid pace of investment in new businesses such as digital content and same-day delivery offset revenue

Amazon's 'Fire' smartphone has chips from Qualcomm, Samsung, NXP (25 July 02:46 am)

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc\'s new \"Fire\" smartphone, aimed at extending the online retailer\'s reach, includes chips from Qualcomm Inc , NXP Semiconductors NV and Samsung Electronics Co