Apple to pay dividend, start stock buyback

Tech giant to introduce a quarterly dividend of $2.65 per share and start a program to repurchase $10B in shares

• Mar 19, 2012

Apple to reveal decision on use of cash hoard

Top Apple execs are expected on Monday to discuss how the company plans to use some of its more than $97 billion in cash

• Mar 19, 2012

How the new iPad makes everything old again

One explanation for the Apple tablet's popularity may be a yearning remove some middlemen between people and direct experience

• Mar 17, 2012

Interest spikes in Pinterest

Clean and simple to use, Pinterest attracts people who need to organize the chaos of Internet-age information overload

• Mar 15, 2012

Cisco to expand video offerings in China, India

Networking giant says its $4 billion acquisition of video technology maker NDS Group will help it expand in emerging markets

• Mar 15, 2012

Apple almost bigger than all retailers combined

The iPad maker's market value is about to exceed that of the entire U.S. retail sector -- even though its revenue is a fraction

• Mar 14, 2012

High tech patent meltdown threatens the industry

As Yahoo sues Facebook, it becomes a reminder of how much technology patents have begun to hurt industry innovation

• Mar 13, 2012

Does Google market Android to cheapskates?

Google tries to shake up Android app sales to keep the attention of developers, but the problem may be with customers

• Mar 12, 2012

Google working on motion interface for Android

The Internet giant has applied for a patent on technology that could turn a mobile device into a motion-input system

• Mar 9, 2012

Fans, critics: Give the new iPad and Apple a break

Reactions to the new iPad show how both friends and foes are unreasonable in what they expect from Apple

• Mar 9, 2012

Sorry PC lovers, but tablets aren't going away

Apple's iPad 3 announcement is just the latest step for many in moving away from traditional computers

• Mar 7, 2012

Did Apple really create half a million jobs? [Update]

The iPad maker defends its labor practices by pointing to all the employment it's created, but the numbers seem inflated

• Mar 5, 2012

Yelp's strong IPO augurs well for Facebook

The online recommendation site saw its shares soar in the company's market debut -- not bad for a money-losing operation

• Mar 2, 2012

Smartphones to smite barriers to Moore's Law

Integrating radio circuitry with computer processors will make mobile devices smaller, longer lasting, and cheaper

• Mar 2, 2012

Google's not evil, but definitely arrogant

Flouting the privacy laws of other countries makes the search giant look like it doesn't care about them -- or about the law

• Mar 1, 2012

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