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The Federal Trade Commission filed a suit against Wise Media this week, accusing the company of slipping unauthorized charges into consumer cellphone bills ...

Intel released a quarterly earnings report Tuesday that fell slightlyshort of already low expectations, thanks to weak worldwide PC sales.The world's largest computer chip manufacturer reported first quarterrevenue of $12.6 billion, a 2 percent drop from the same time a yearago. Net income was $2 billion, or about 40 cents per share,compared with $2.7 billion, or 53 cents per share ayear earlier...

Electronic Arts will shut down three of its less popular games on Facebook, citing waning interest in some of the company's social network offerings ...

Google has engaged the Behavio team in a "hiring exercise." [*Correction - April 17, 2013] ...

LinkedIn on Thursday announced the US$90 million acquisition of newsreader app Pulse, as the professional social networking site looks to add to its content and mobile strategies ...

Worldwide PC sales plunged during the first three months of the year, the worst quarterly decline since 1994, according to research firm IDC ...

Streaming video service Vudu is the latest Web-based business to be the victim of data theft, although unlike some recent highly publicized data breaches, this one began with a physical break-in ...

Google is the subject of another antitrust complaint in Europe, this time filed by FairSearch, a coalition of companies that allege the search giant is using its Android operating system to unfairly promote its own apps and data ...

A judge with the International Trade Commission has ruled that Samsung infringed an Apple text selection patent, a move that could result in some company devices being banned from importation into the U.S. ...

Google is reportedly challenging a government request for private information on its users, just weeks after it became the first major tech company to release information about the security probes it receives from the FBI ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission released a new set of disclosure rules Tuesday that allow executives to use social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter to update investors about significant corporate announcements that fall under Regulation Fair Disclosure mandates ...

Nuance on Monday unveiled Voice Ads, a platform that can allow companies and marketers to use voice technology to better target on-the-go smartphone users with interactive advertisements ...

Amazon announced Thursday that it had acquired Goodreads, the social networking site for bibliophiles. Goodreads will join Amazon's other online book communities, Shelfari and LibraryThing, as the retailer looks to expand its social insight into what book lovers are buying and sharing ...

Facebook announced this week that it will test a new feature that allows select advertisers to run additional targeted ads in user's News Feeds ...

LinkedIn revealed revamped search features this week, making it easier for professionals to identify and engage with possible contacts on the networking site ...

888 Holdings announced last week that it had become the first Internet gambling company to be awarded a license to operate in the U.S., possibly opening the door to further online betting opportunities in the States ...

Zynga announced Thursday that it will be rolling out the full version of Zynga.com next week as part of the gaming company's ongoing process of decreasing its dependence on Facebook's social platform ...

Google on Wednesday launched Google Keep, a mobile application designed to let users store notes and checklists in a way that could compete with popular productivity app Evernote ...

Adobe reported a strong first quarter of 2013 Tuesday, just as news hit that Chief Technology Officer Kevin Lynch is leaving the company and heading to Apple ...

John Riccitiello, who was at the helm of video game publisher Electronic Arts as it tried to navigate major shifts in the industry, will step down as CEO on March 30 ...