In 2011, cloud computing demonstrated that it was a major driver of change in the IT industry. What will happen next year?
By Mathew Lodge, contributor
FORTUNE -- In 2011, cloud computing demonstrated that it was a major driver of change in the IT industry. Organizations of all types and sizes began using the hybrid cloud -- a combination of public and private cloud computing -- in earnest. What can we look MORE
Dec 21, 2011 12:00 PM ET
Signees to the controversial proposed anti-piracy measure get twice as much campaign cash from media interests as they get from the tech industry, which vehemently opposes the bill.
By Dan Mitchell, contributor
FORTUNE -- The media industry, which wants to see the controversial Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) passed, has showered cash upon sponsors of the bill, far surpassing the amounts given by the Internet and tech companies that oppose the measure.
Proponents MORE
Dec 21, 2011 11:32 AM ET
Federal antitrust regulators think two national cell phone carriers are not enough. But building a third wireless competitor of equal power may be impossible.
FORTUNE -- The cell phone industry is imperiled by a duopoly, according to the antirust watchdogs at the Department of Justice. First regulators killed AT&T's $39 billion deal to buy T-Mobile. Now the Justice Department is taking a hard look at Verizon's plan to buy $3.6 billion MORE
Scott Woolley - Dec 21, 2011 11:17 AM ET
The tech-savvy comedian used the occasion of Amazon's (AMZN) first software update to poke fun Tuesday night at the Kindle Fire -- and show his bias in favor of Apple's (AAPL) iPad 2.
Via Minyanville.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 21, 2011 10:43 AM ET
PSFK began as blog chronicling everyday design and innovation. Now, its seven-person team that has become vital to major brands including Apple, BMW, Coca-Cola, Johnson & Johnson and Nike.
By Reena Jana, contributor
Piers Fawkes
FORTUNE -- It's a chilly but bright winter day in Manhattan, and sunlight streams into the sparsely decorated, industrial-chic offices of PSFK on Bond Street. The elevator opens directly onto the polished, hardwood floor of the company's MORE
Dec 21, 2011 6:41 AM ET
FORTUNE -- Why outsource to India when you can tap your biggest fans to handle customer service? Skullcandy, the maker of high-end headphones, has pulled people from its core demographic of snowboarders, skateboarders, and surfers to help customers on its website via online chat. That includes surfers like Spencer Hirsch, 25, of San Diego, who occasionally logs in to chat with Skullcandy customers. Hirsch earns $10 an hour, but he MORE
Dec 21, 2011 5:00 AM ET
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* Now that the AT&T (T) and T-Mobile merger is dunzo, the next step for T-Mobile, which is losing subscribers, remains unclear. "There's no Plan B," said a spokesman for Deutsche Telekom, the German telecommunications company that owns T-Mobile. "We're back at the starting point." (The New York Times)
* Oracle MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Dec 21, 2011 3:40 AM ET
Yes, the social gaming company's stock is off to an ignominious start. But a closer look shows things are more complex than they first appear.
By Kevin Kelleher, contributor
FORTUNE -- Several months ago, things were looking very good indeed for Zynga. The casual-gaming company stood apart from other web IPOs of 2011 thanks to its "bountiful" profits. Investors were "excited" by an offering that could value the company at $20 billion.
Now that MORE
Dec 20, 2011 11:42 AM ET
Would that Apple's intelligent assistant were as reliable as its Christmas TV ad suggests
Apple (AAPL) has been pushing Siri hard as the key selling point for the iPhone 4S, especially on TV with ads like the Santa spot it began airing this week. (It's also available on YouTube.)
But our experience is that between system outages, misunderstandings and the basic limitations of its knowledge base, Siri is considerably less reliable than MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 20, 2011 7:21 AM ET
Cupertino's largest acquisition since it bought Steve Jobs' NeXT in 1997
According to Reuters, Apple (AAPL) has sealed the deal that was rumored last week to buy Anobit, the Israeli company that makes the flash memory technology used in Apple's iPhones, iPads and MacBook Airs.
For Apple, this is a big acquisition, both in dollar terms and in technology. The price -- a reported $500 million -- is larger than the $472 MORE
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| Ford Motor Co | 12.26 | -0.48 | -3.75% |
| Frontier Communicati... | 4.22 | -0.25 | -5.59% |
| Juniper Networks Inc... | 21.62 | -0.75 | -3.33% |
| Cisco Systems Inc | 19.59 | -0.24 | -1.21% |
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