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Yahoo opens door to deal, unveils big job cuts

Yahoo may be open to a sale or merger after years of struggling to regain its former glory.

03 Feb 2016 10:18 AM

Alphabet replaces Apple as world’s most valuable firm

At the official close of trade, Alphabet was worth $530.1 billion based on its share value, compared to $534.7 billion for Apple, but shares in the Inter-net search colossus soared in after-hours trading to reach $791 shortly before 04.00 GMT

03 Feb 2016 2:08 AM

Will Yahoo opt for spin-off or a complete sale

Yahoo Inc’s plans to turn around its struggling core business are set to dominate its earnings report on Tuesday, with investors keen to see if CEO Marissa Mayer will push ahead with a proposed spin-o

03 Feb 2016 12:31 AM

FB closes gap with Google, Net’s most powerful firm

Facebook is growing at an exceptional pace as it enters adolescence, propelling it into a better position to challenge Google as the Internet's most powerful company.

01 Feb 2016 1:26 AM

Cloud behind MS success: Satya Nadella

In reporting better-than-expected fourth quarter earnings Thursday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella touted his company's success in the cloud.

01 Feb 2016 1:24 AM

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Facebook blocks unlicensed gun sales

Facebook has banned people using the social network for unlicensed gun sales after pressure from anti-gun violence groups alarmed over the ease with which firearms are sold online in the United States

31 Jan 2016 3:43 AM

Google parent Alphabet may soon top Apple's market value

Alphabet will move to the head of the class just five months after Google reorganized itself under the holding company.

30 Jan 2016 9:37 AM

Facebook ready to broadcast live video on its iPhone app

Facebook is ready to start broadcasting live video on its iPhone app. The option to show live video is being turned on Thursday for everyone in the U.S. with Facebook's app installed on an iPhone.

29 Jan 2016 10:50 AM

Apple turns to India as China sours

As China sales show signs of cooling, Apple is touting India’s appetite for iPhones, betting that rising wages and an expanding middle class will pull consumers away from the cheap alternatives that c

29 Jan 2016 1:46 AM

Facebook to expand beyond its 'like' button 'pretty soon'

Five new emotions will be added to the social network throughout the world soon.

28 Jan 2016 9:38 AM

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Is Google working on a holographic VR headset

Several high-profile recruitments — including Jason Toff of Vine/Twitter — and a series of recent job ads for engineers and managers specialized in Virtual Reality (VR), suggest that search engine gia

28 Jan 2016 12:40 AM

Facebook's price-earnings ratio near record low ahead of fourth-quarter report

The retail launch this year of Facebook's Oculus Rift virtual reality hardware could fuel additional revenue growth.

27 Jan 2016 1:15 PM

Google files patent for drone 'delivery receptacle'

The receptacle would use infrared beacons to connect with drones in the air and then guide them for delivery.

27 Jan 2016 10:31 AM

End of an era Apple warns iPhone sales to fall for first time

Net income for the quarter ending December 26 was two per cent higher than the same period a year earlier at $18.4 billion.

27 Jan 2016 9:44 AM

Apple’s Zadesky, electric car project head, to leave company

Apple Inc's Steve Zadesky, who has been overseeing the company's electric car project for the last two years, has said he is leaving the company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing peo

27 Jan 2016 1:09 AM

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Top honchos tweet goodbye to Twitter

Four senior Twitter executives are leaving the media company, CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted late Sunday night, the biggest leadership changes since Dorsey returned as chief executive as he struggles to revi

27 Jan 2016 1:08 AM

After Twitter, WhatsApp service suffers brief global outage

Comments posted by users indicated they were having intermittent difficulties with WhatsApp during the problem period.

26 Jan 2016 12:20 PM

Twitter to witness executive shakeup: reports

Those departing the company include Alex Roetter, the head of engineering, product chief Kevin Weil, and Katie Stanton, head of media.

25 Jan 2016 12:09 PM

Google: 780 million suspect ads sidelined

Google revealed on Thursday that it sidelined more than 780 million ads deemed rude, dishonest or dangerous in 2015 in a leap from the 524 million targeted a year earlier.

25 Jan 2016 12:22 AM

Google paid USD 1 billion for search spot on iPhones: report

According to Bloomberg, an Oracle lawyer also said in court that Google had USD 22 billion in profit from Android.

23 Jan 2016 9:57 AM

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