Apple buys Topsy Labs, specialist in Twitter data
Apple reportedly pays $200 million for startup research and analytics firm with expertise in social network
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BlackBerry head says company is 'very much alive'
Says company has substantial cash and that he plans to refocus company on four areas, including the handset business
Amazon embraces drones, but what about workers?
Amazon plans use of unmanned delivery drones, but reports of hard warehouse working conditions continue to follow it
'On demand' cable TV could come with new ads
Comcast tests technology for inserting ads into shows when viewers watch later, increasing revenue from older episodes
FBI: Beware of scams this holiday shopping season
The holiday shopping season is a clarion call for cyber-criminals -- the FBI has some advice for staying safe
SkyDrive adds automatic photo uploads on iOS
The latest update of Microsoft's SkyDrive app gives iPhone users something genuinely useful to do with 7GB of storage space
FCC may allow cell phones on planes
Now that portable electronics can be used throughout the flight, cell phone calls are the final frontier
Facebook, Twitter plagued with fake accounts
The proliferation of bots, along with a high number of inactive accounts, on social networks is a problem for advertisers
Apple confirms deal for 3D sensing company PrimeSense
The company behind the Kinect motion sensor is acquired by Apple in a deal reportedly valued at about $345 million
Microsoft Xbox One sales top one million on first day
Microsoft says more than 60 million zombies were killed in the first 24 hours of game play on the new Xbox One consoles
Twitter blocks snoops with forward security
Twitter is now encrypting private messages using a technology designed to make it more resilient to sustained attacks
Twitter vs. Facebook: The ad wars heat up
The two leading social networks are locked in battle to become the darling of marketers in order to justify higher ad rates
Book a hotel room with just a tweet
Loews Hotels now lets you kick off booking a hotel room by sending a tweet
Bill Gates gets choked up talking about the future of Microsoft
Microsoft founder's emotional moment is caught on video at CEO Steve Ballmer's final shareholders meeting
New version of Android brings small improvements
Android 4.4, codenamed KitKat, is the newest iteration of Google's mobile OS -- here's what to expect when you upgrade
Iran has "increased efforts to target U.S. personnel," intel chief warns
Police fire tear gas, arrest dozens as France sees more protests
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ICE crackdown prompts some Texas Latinos to turn away from Trump
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Rubio calls on Cubans seeking "positive change" to work with CIA
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U.K. police confirm it received letter with claims against Meghan's father
