Japanese video game author wins Spanish prize

Regulators probe bank's role in Facebook IPO

Regulators are examining whether Morgan Stanley, the investment bank that shepherded Facebook through its highly publicized stock offering last week, selectively informed clients of an analyst's negative report about the company before the stock started trading.

Web series touts funky concept snowboards

In the summer of 2010, Signal Snowboards created the Web series "Every Third Thursday" to showcase the company's experimentation with funky concept boards. Think Science Channel’s “How It’s Made” — except with a lot more sass and a funkier setting.

MIT and Harvard in battle to create life-changing product: Non-stick ketchup bottles

New York City airports install new, expensive holograms to help you find your way

The Beginner's Guide to LinkedIn

Why Facebook still doesn't look cheap

If you were thinking of picking up a few shares of Facebook last week, when it went public at a price of $38, you might be seriously tempted now that the stock has fallen $7 in two days.

Facebook looks to settle 'sponsored story' suit

SAP to buy Ariba for $4.5B, extending cloud push

New ad zapper has TV networks worried about sales

SpokenLayer turns the Internet into an audio experience

Diablo III sales pass 3.5M copies in 1st day

How To Find A Lost Cell Phone

French rights groups want Google to stop suggesting 'Jew'

A French judge on Wednesday asked a mediator to resolve a dispute pitting Internet giant Google against anti-racism groups who object to the search engine suggesting users add "Jew" to name searches.

Senate Banking panel reviewing Facebook IPO issues

Oracle buys cloud marketing platform Vitrue

Facebook stock climbs after rocky start

Mario Bros creator Miyamoto wins top Spanish prize

Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Super Mario Bros, Donkey Kong and other hit video games, won a top Spanish prize Wednesday for "revolutionising" the industry.

Apple and Samsung fail to reach patent settlement during talks

After two days of settlement talks between the chief executives of Samsung and Apple, the two companies failed to reach an agreement that would end their on-going legal battles over mobile patents, The Korea Times reported on Wednesday. According to a Samsung official, the two technology giants could find no clear agreement during the talks. Both companies remained firm with their arguments, with Samsung demanding Apple pay royalties for using its wireless transmission technology and Apple insisting that Samsung copied its designs. Despite both firms’ stated desire to avoid legal proceedings, the two companies will seemingly head to trial in July. Read

Obama orders agencies to shift services to mobile application

Mario Bros creator Miyamoto wins top Spanish prize

Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Super Mario Bros, Donkey Kong and other hit video games, won a top Spanish prize Wednesday for "revolutionising" the industry.

Developments in Google's bid for Motorola Mobility

Microsoft set to release Office for iOS and Android tablets in November

BGR has learned from a reliable source that Microsoft is currently planning to release the company’s full Office suite for not only Apple’s iPad, but for Android tablets as well. The company is targeting November of this year for both launches. Additionally, our source has seen Microsoft Office running on an iPad first-hand and has said that it looks almost identical to the previous leak from The Daily a few months back, despite the fact that Microsoft flat out denied that the app was authentic. It is also plausible that Microsoft Office will be coming to the iPhone and iPod touch rather than only the iPad, as we’re told the loading screen in the app clearly said “Office for iOS” and

How the video games industry is faring

Facebook told analysts to cut forecasts before IPO

News Summary: Lenovo says profit up 59 percent

Disney kicks off career expos for returning vets

The Walt Disney Co. kicked off a series of career expos Tuesday aimed at helping returning veterans make the transition to civilian life.

Japanese video game author wins Spanish prize

Needham starts Facebook with buy, $40 price target

Facebook and others simplify Android game distribution

Sycamore Networks posts deeper fiscal 3Q loss

‘Xbox 720′ slated for November 2013 release, report claims

Microsoft plans to launch its next-generation Xbox video game and home entertainment console ahead of the holidays next year, according to a recent report. The Los Angeles Times on Monday published a developer contract between Acitivision Blizzard and famed Halo developers Bungie. The firms are currently working on a new Massively Multiplayer Online franchise called Destiny, which will be a first-person shooter with a science fiction theme. While the fact that the companies currently have four titles planned for the series is exciting for gamers in itself, another tidbit may be even more titillating; the contract suggests that the first Destiny title will launch ahead of the holidays next year as an exclusive for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and its next-generation console, which

We Should Have Known About Facebook's Shady IPO

After days of stock-market failure, we find out the real deal behind Facebook's IPO preparations, which show a disconnect between institutional investors on the inside and the rest of the world on the outside. It's a disconnect we should have noticed during the media's constant roadshow coverage.  

Facebook, banks sued over pre-IPO analyst calls

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc and Morgan Stanley, the lead underwriter of social networking company's IPO, were sued by shareholders who claimed the defendants hid Facebook's weakened growth forecasts ahead of its $16 billion initial public offering. The lawsuit, which also targeted underwriters JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs among others, comes as Facebook and the banks that took it public face many questions about the IPO process, which culminated in a May 18 stock market debut plagued by technical glitches. Facebook shares fell 18. ...

Yahoo under Levinsohn seen shifting to content, advertising

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - With two of its most distracting conflicts resolved in the past week and a half, Yahoo Inc hopes its new interim chief executive can focus on the biggest challenge of all: turning the company into an entertainment and information destination that wins back the advertising dollars flowing elsewhere. While ousted predecessors Scott Thompson and Carol Bartz were seen as technologists, Ross Levinsohn has managed Internet efforts at such mainstream media companies as CBS and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. ...

Ahead of the Bell: Facebook shares start climbing

Jonathan Ive's Design Studio Is Off Limits to Almost Everyone at Apple

Boy Scouts get tech-savvy to boost membership

The Boy Scouts of America is trying to recruit a new generation of kids to join its troops with high-energy, high-tech activities that include thrill-inducing zip lines at a new adventure camp, apps and a television show.

Apple’s design boss says the best is yet to come

During an interview with The Telegraph published on Wednesday, Apple’s design boss Jonathan Ive said that his most impressive work at Apple has yet to come. While Apple’s late co-founder and former chief executive Steve Jobs still takes center stage when the company’s current product line is discussed, Jobs’s knack for surrounding himself with an amazing team was one of the key factors that led to Apple’s success. Among the top executives who had a hand in making Apple what it is today — the most valuable company in the world — is Jonathan Ive, senior vice president of Industrial Design at the Cupertino, California-based company. While Ive is one of the executives behind all of Apple’s biggest hits, including the

Regulators probe bank's role in Facebook IPO

Regulators are examining whether Morgan Stanley, the investment bank that shepherded Facebook through its highly publicized stock offering last week, selectively informed clients of an analyst's negative report about the company before the stock started trading.