Large deposits of rare earth metals — difficult-to-mine materials that are needed in many personal, commercial, and military electronics — have been discovered in Japan, possibly chipping away at China’s near monopoly on t…
Google’s position as the dominant search engine doesn’t come without a price. Smaller search sites have already tapped on the EU Commission’s door to register their complaints about how they are ranked, and Microsoft has also let its feelings on the m…
Things could be getting a tad bit messy for the world’s richest man, Carlos Slim, as Mexico’s CFC (or Federal Competition Commission) has ruled one of his companies holds too much power in a key wireless sector. The CFC’s beef with Telcel isn’t exact…
Whatever Google can do, Amazon can do… too? Sure seems it, as the latter is celebrating a rather momentous occasion by giving back to the people that have brought it this far: you (and you, and you!). The Amazon Appstore for Android has officially b…
Alright, zAPPed is no GameChanger but, where Hasbro’s line of iOS-integrated board games falls short in the pun department, it shines in cleverness. The Game of Life launched just a couple of days ago with a special edition designed to be used with an…
Well, look at Ma Bell now, wishing it’d all just go away. Tied up in lawsuits, the company has filed motions to dismiss the two complaints brought by Sprint and C Spire Wireless (formerly Cellular South), which seek to block AT&T’s acquisition o…
