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Earlier this week the United States and China agreed to drop tariffs for various technology products, including GPS devices and semiconductors. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and other manufacturers could benefit (notably those that manufacture products in China), but one analyst says there are...

Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Winter Wonderlabs website has gone down only days after the company revealed its first pop-up store. The site, located at winterwonderlab.withgoogle.com, currently greets visitors with an error message: This outage comes at a crucial time for Google. The company...

Along with the arrival of the highly anticipated Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Nexus 5 smartphone Thursday came news of the equally anticipated Android 4.4 KitKat operating system. While KitKat (the OS, not the candy bar after which it was named) is loaded onto the Nexus 5, it is not yet available for...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is up more than five percent in after hour trading after announcing its third-quarter earnings results. The company's EPS came in at $10.74 versus the Street estimate of $10.36. Earnings per share were up 19 percent from the year-ago period. Total revenue arrived at $14.89...

There has been a lot of hype surrounding Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) pledge to invest $100 million in domestic manufacturing. The company is spending that money to build some Mac computers domestically. MacBooks may not be included in this effort, but the new Mac Pro is already on the list of products...

It is amazing how one story can take over the Internet. Twitter, the world's second-largest social network, is going public. It won't happen overnight, but the mere mention of its IPO -- and confirmation that it has filed an S-1 with the SEC -- has excited the masses. While this wasn't the only...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and manufacturing partner Flextronics (NASDAQ: FLEX) are shipping 100,000 Moto X units every week. Moto X, the flagship device from Google subsidiary Motorola, is the most customizable smartphone on the market. Customers can choose from a wide variety of color combinations...

Turkey, stuffing and new game consoles are not the only things that are expected to be sold during the holiday shopping season. If BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) has its way, the Canadian smartphone maker will find a buyer -- and wrap up its auction process -- by November. According to The Wall Street...

Ever since Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) acquired Motorola Mobility in 2011, expectations have been high about just what kind of smartphone the marriage would produce. Now that the world knows about the Moto X, what it does, and how much it will sell for ($579), the next question might be, “What does...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has purchased an unspecified number of patents from the world's largest assembler of electronic devices. According to the Financial Times, Google acquired the patents -- which relate to head-mounted displays that can superimpose virtual images onto real environments -- from...

First Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) set up shop at Best Buy (NYSE: BBY). This summer, Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) came to the retailer, which is slowly becoming a mini-mall for tech companies. Now Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) wants a piece of the action. According to a Google+ post by tech...

BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) has publicly stated that it is seeking strategic alternatives to help the company prosper. Secretly, the company may have a more specific plan in mind. According to The New York Post, BlackBerry is hoping to attract an investor along the lines of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG)....

The last seven days have provided another round of enticing headlines for investors to examine. For the first time in a while, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) seemed to gain more headlines -- and more positive attention -- than its Cupertino, California-based competitor. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) didn't stay...

At the same time Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) tried to leverage the $12.5 billion investment it made last year to purchase Motorola Mobility, the company also has to be careful that its partners don’t feel Motorola is becoming the “favored child.” According to The Wall Street Journal, Google is in the...