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An antigovernment protester holding his iPhone with a sign "No Entry" during a demonstration in New York.<br/>

FBI vs. Apple: How both sides were winners and losers

June 25, 2019 at 5:33 a.m.

In a dramatic turn of events Monday, the FBI dropped its case against Apple Inc. after the federal agency said it found a way to gain access to Syed Rizwan Farook's iPhone 5c without the tech giant's...

Theo Kennedy, 11, looks at his stats on an iPad while his father Sean looks at his stats on his iPhone.

Facebook reportedly in talks to stream NFL’s ‘Thursday Night Football’ games

May 23, 2019 at 2:00 p.m.

"Thursday Night Football" could soon share screen time with your Aunt Vera's pictures of Cabo. Facebook, the world's largest social network, is reportedly in talks with the National Football League...

A photo from July 27, 2014, provided by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency shows Tashfeen Malik, left, and Syed Rizwan Farook as they passed through O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.

While it defies U.S. government, Apple abides by China’s orders — and reaps big rewards

June 24, 2019 at 10:34 p.m.

Apple Inc. has come out swinging in its pitched battle with the government on its home turf. But when it comes to its second-largest market, China, the Cupertino, Calif., company...

While it defies U.S. government, Apple abides by China’s orders — and reaps big rewards

June 11, 2018 at 6:04 a.m.

Apple Inc. has come out swinging in its pitched battle with the government on its home turf. But when it comes to its second-largest market, China, the Cupertino, Calif., company...

Apple CEO Tim Cook stands on stage in San Francisco in September.

Tim Cook’s stance on customer data could define his Apple legacy

May 17, 2019 at 10:14 p.m.

Unlike his predecessor Steve Jobs, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook has never shied away from taking a political and social stand. He was the first head of a Fortune 500...

Juan Bruce, left, and Jason Ahmad started building Epoxy while at Team Downey — founded by actor Robert Downey Jr. and his wife, Susan — and spun it out when they realized that there was demand for the software.

These Stanford graduates want to help you run a YouTube empire

May 23, 2019 at 1:59 p.m.

Aspiring stars in Los Angeles used to measure success by the number of parts or auditions they snared. Travel vloggers Damon Dominique and Joanna Franco do it by brewing a...

Square Chief Executive Jack Dorsey announced the company's fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday.

Twitter shares nosedive after company reports no user growth in fourth quarter

June 12, 2018 at 3:22 a.m.

In less than a year, Twitter Inc. has lost its chief executive, replaced him with one who's still running another company, introduced new features that have generated about as much...

Smartphones and tablets generated 80% of Facebook's advertising revenue in the fourth quarter.<br/>

80 percent of Facebook’s ad revenue comes from mobile – up from 0 percent in 2012

May 23, 2019 at 1:59 p.m.

Four years ago Facebook's mobile advertising strategy amounted to this: nothing. Today, smartphones and tablets generate an astounding 80% of the company's advertising revenue. That equaled $4.5 billion in the...

Nielsen hopes its Social Content Ratings will provide a wider perspective of a TV show’s reach.

Nielsen will monitor Facebook to measure buzz about TV programs

June 11, 2018 at 5:09 a.m.

Anyone who's logged onto social media during a presidential debate, big football game or TV premiere knows the flurry of posts can be just as captivating as the event on...

YouTube sensation PewDiePie launches his own network

May 23, 2019 at 1:59 p.m.

Felix "PewDiePie" Kjellberg, the wildly popular YouTube star once called the "emperor" of the Internet by late-night comedian Stephen Colbert, is getting his own digital network. Revelmode will feature Kjellberg...

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