Last year’s top iPhone game, Angry Birds, has been knocked out by Bubble Ball, which has grabbed the first position in the mist of top free apps.  To add to the “wow” factor around this development, Bubble Ball has been created by a 14-year old boy, Robert Nay, an eighth grader in Spanish Fork, Utah, ...

Intel has revealed some great revenue and profit figures for its latest quarter, resulting in amplified confidence. The fourth quarter earnings report of Intel shows increased profits from $2.28bilion last year to $3.39 billion this year. It has experienced a good growth of 59 cents per share with revenue increasing to $11.46 billion. “In 2011, ...

It’s official that more Americans prefer online TV over conventional TV, particularly for watching national and international news. According a survey conducted by The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, consumers from 18 to 29 age group use internet as a primary source for news. While television remains at the first position, ...

Google has struck a deal with Weinstein Co. to land premium content deals for YouTube. While everyone expected both companies to brag about their deal, given YouTube’s lack of prominent, premium video offerings, a closer look at the scenario revealed some details leading up to the quiet agreement. Some of the titles from Weinstein Co., ...

Poynt, a leading location-based mobile search engine, has acquired one more patent for its portfolio. The patent was first filed in 2000, and is for delivering offers and coupons to a mobile user based on GPS location and information from the user’s profile. This is the third patent Poynt has gotten, and is a part ...

NetApp today announced that it is acquiring Akorri Networks, a virtualization software company that provides data center management software for shared IT infrastructures. The terms of agreement have not been disclosed yet except that it is an all-cash deal. Manish Goel, executive vice president, Product Operations, NetApp says,  “The ability to accurately predict and manage ...

The Kindle app that lets users to read their favorite eBooks on an easy, mobile interface has now become available in the new Mac App Store. Although Kindle is not new for Mac, the app for Mac is a new product, and is already topping the charts. Apple’s iBooks has limited usability, just for iPhone ...

Groupon Inc. has successfully established itself in three more countries, including India, Israel and South Africa, by acquiring local discount coupon sites in these countries. It has acquired SoSasta, Grouper and Twangoo in their respective countries. Although the terms of deal are not disclosed, the deal will give Groupon access to emerging markets and get ...

In response to complaints made by Indonesian population and government, RIM has agreed to work towards blocking pornographic websites on BlackBerry services in Indonesia. The company is looking for a “prompt, compliant filtering solution” to begin filtering porn sites before Jan 21, or face legal implications including revocation. “This isn’t just Indonesia,” said Heru Sutadi, ...

Making another attempt to revitalize itself and making a comeback, MySpace is expected to lay off around 600 employees tomorrow. This will be roughly a full 50% of its staff strength. The news has been lingering since December, but the date has been finalized as 11 January now. Besides this, MySpace employees are expecting some ...