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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Satya Nadella was recently interviewed by the BBC. In the interview, Nadella revealed that the company would be launching the first version of its much awaited virtual reality product HoloLens for developers and enterprise the product within the next year....

The opportunities that social media sites like Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) provide for companies to gain trendy, cheap exposure for their products and services are too much for many companies to resist. While many companies have been successful in building their brands...

FBR Capital Markets analysts Barton Crockett and Chase White recently claimed in a note that if Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) was a traditional TV network, its Nielsen viewership ratings would surpass that of all major U.S. TV networks by 2016. Paul Holland, Foundation Capital general partner...

Economic data for February indicates that the world's third-largest economy is still going through a sluggish period as it tries to cope with weak household and business spending and near-zero inflation levels. According to Marketwatch, "Japanese industrial production contracted for the...

Inflation in the United Kingdom fell to zero in January and February, the lowest level on record, according to the Office for National Statistics. But excluding energy and food prices, February's inflation rate was 1.2 percent. "As in most recent months, this indicates that most of...

BBC recently released a documentary that revealed poor working conditions at the Chinese factory Pegatron, one of the most prominent suppliers of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). CNBC’s Eunice Yoon on Friday reported on what Apple’s CEO Tim Cook had to say in response to the documentary...

Jay Leno, former NBC "Tonight Show" host, will be zooming over to sister network CNBC as host of "Jay Leno's Garage." Known for his vast collection of expensive vehicles, Leno takes the wheel of this opportunity after a test drive in August. August's one-hour special...

After a month of major announcements, the first week of July came and went without any Earth-shattering developments. This can be partially attributed to the holiday, but it may also be a byproduct of the numerous conferences that were held in June. Now that those are over, there aren't many...

The 2014 FIFA World Cup has become a temporary cure for ratings blues. On any normal day, ESPN's live video streams account for roughly 0.2 percent of all domestic video streams. In the United Kingdom, BBC Live accounts for roughly 0.8 percent of all video streams. When Portugal took on the United...

A coalition of advocacy groups has forced the United Kingdom to admit that it has been spying on social media users in the country. However, the British government says its surveillance is legal, since it involves information and computer servers based outside of the UK. The massive...

Bitcoin remains an extremely volatile form of currency. One of the main issues with it is the fact that the value can change at the blink of an eye. Now, a London-based Bitcoin enthusiast tries to solve the problem with BitTag. BitTag is a device that pulls information from the internet and...

Bloomberg has reported that European cable operator Liberty Global is in talks to acquire Intel's (NASDAQ: INTC) Web TV service. The chipmaker has been looking to sell the unit, as it has not committed to making significant programming investments or announce any major TV programming partners....

There are millions of tweets written every day. Benzinga sifts through the maelstrom of information to find the ten best tweets of the day that are either informative, insightful or just down right comical. 1. James Mackintosh James Mackintosh (@jmackin2) of the Financial Times tweeted out a great...

Fourteen years ago, tech experts predicted that the Y2K bug would create a number of problems for computers, computer networks and other electronic devices. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, as much as $300 billion was spent to upgrade computers and programs to be Y2K-compliant. When...