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This was quite a week in technology. It started with unbelievable rumors surrounding Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), and concluded with an announcement involving Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and a multi-billion-dollar acquisition. Rumors of a new Apple TV also resurfaced. Spotfiy could...

Swedish tech company Spotify may be preparing for an IPO. The online music streaming service advertised on LinkedIn and its own website for somebody who could help it satisfy U.S. SEC guidelines for financial reporting. According to the job advertisement, the successful candidate would be an...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has acquired dozens of companies over the past decade, including several that were worth $1 billion or more. Now that the last remnants of the company's most expensive acquisition (Motorola) are gone, Google is bound to begin looking for its next major purchase. Will it be a...

Beats Music, the new subscription Internet radio service, has officially launched for iOS, Android and Windows Phone devices. But, in such a crowded market, can the newcomer succeed? There are already extremely popular streaming music services, including Spotify, which just announced that it...

Piracy is a massive problem in America and all over the world. In 2013, more than eight million people downloaded illegal copies of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, making it the most pirated film of the year. With an average ticket price of $8.16 in the United States, it seems that pirates...

If you don’t learn from history, you’re bound to repeat it... At least that’s how the old cliché goes, but it appears that the music industry may be repeating the past after new data found that sales of digital music fell for the first time since Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) app store opened in 2003...

Spotify has released its pricing structure, causing investors of Pandora Media (NYSE: P) to panic. Spotify is offering free access to its streaming music service on iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. Tablet users will have identical access to the same “freemium” experience that is...

Investors had been anxiously and nervously waiting for today's job reports which could have sent major indices moving sharply in either direction. The November Nonfarm Payroll increased 203K, above consensus of 180K and above the previous reading of 200K. The Unemployment rate rang in at 7.0...

Spotify is rumored to be developing a new mobile app that will allow non-paying customers to stream music on their smartphones. According to The Wall Street Journal, Spotify wants to release an ad-supported app for mobile users. Unlike the free desktop application that currently exists, users...

According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) recently acquired social search company Topsy Labs Inc. for at least $200 million. Never heard of Topsy? If you’re looking to analyze all of the Twitter data since 2006, Topsy is (or was) your company of choice. You could figure out...

Pandora (NYSE: P) is down more than four percent after the company reported its third quarter results. The company's Q3 EPS came in at $0.06 -- in-line with Wall Street's estimate. Earnings per share were up 20 percent from the year-ago period. Revenue arrived at $180.4 million versus the...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) hopes to lead the streaming music industry with a new service from YouTube. The unnamed service has been rumored for several months, even after Google Play Music All Access was announced. For those who have yet to discover Google Play Music All Access, it is the company's...

In what can only be described as the biggest surprise announcement of the week, Twitter announced that it has confidentially submitted an S-1 to the Securities and Exchange Commission for a planned IPO. It did not take more than a few hours for this became the most talked about story in technology...

This weekend in Barron's online: the future of TV, what's next for the Dell buyout, upcoming IPOs and the prospects for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters and Franklin Resources. Cover Story "The Future of TV" by Alexander Eule. Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is having a good summer, points out Barron's,...

In a perfect world, musicians could make money with Pandora (NYSE: P), Spotify and other streaming music services. According to Pink Floyd and countless other bands, these services -- particularly Pandora -- are a "rip-off." In an op-ed published in USA Today, Pink Floyd's Roger Waters, David...