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Twenty-First Century Fox (NASDAQ: FOXA) stunned investors Wednesday when it was revealed that the company offered to acquire Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) for $80 billion. The deal (which valued Time Warner at $85 per share) was ultimately rejected, but that didn't stop investors from buying the...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) owned YouTube has joined Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) in blaming Internet service providers for poor streaming quality. In a blue bar underneath the message, “Experiencing interruptions?” asks users to click “find out why.” Doing so brings...

U.S. stocks were higher as the back-end of 2014 kicked off. The Dow came within less than two points of reaching the 17,000 mark as investors and traders found plenty of positives in a better-than-expected June auto sales and an expansion in U.S. manufacturing. The S&P 500 also traded at...

In a unanimous decision Wednesday the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that police must obtain a search warrant before examining the contents of a suspect’s cell phone. The decision constituted a sweeping rejection of law-enforcement arguments that there was no difference between a cell phone and a...

Persistence, it seems, pays off. For Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), at least. After drawing attention to its streaming woes by posting on screen messages like, “The Verizon network is crowded right now. Adjusting video for smoother playback…,” the company is getting some responses....

If legislation unveiled Tuesday by Senate Judiciary Committee chair Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA) becomes law, the debate over Internet fast lanes could be over. The legislation, known as the Online Competition and Consumer Choice Act would give the Federal...

Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) Wednesday launch of a 3D capable smartphone will include news that AT&T (NYSE: T) will be the exclusive carrier for the device, according to sources who spoke with The Wall Street Journal. Amazon and AT&T have already forged a strong partnership since the...

For anyone who ever wondered what Silicon Valley could accomplish in a sports stadium, wonder no more. When the home of the San Francisco 49ers, also known as Levi’s Stadium, opens in two months, the football world will learn what happens when tech giants collaborate with the NFL. The $1....

U.S. stocks were positive after the European Central Bank implemented steps to fight disinflation, including negative interest rates. On the home-front, initial jobless claims rose last week but that didn't stand in the way of the S&P 500 and Dow Jones indices trading at historical all-...

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is telling some customers that streaming its content on Verizon (NYSE: VZ) is slow at times. This occurs despite a paid peering agreement between Netflix and Verizon that was supposed to make streaming smooth and less prone to buffering. Re/Code reported that Vox...

T-Mobile (NYSE: TMUS) sees ETFs as key to its future. Sprint (NYSE: S) and parent Softbank Corp., hoping to merge with the company sooner rather than later, has to decide how it will deal with them. ETFs, in this situation standing for “Early Termination Fees,” are the meat...

Copying a page from the Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) playbook, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) began putting pressure on ISPs on Thursday to provide better streaming of its YouTube videos. The pressure came from a tool called Video Quality Report designed to measure stream quality on various...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) just made itself both a leader and a “good guy” in the ongoing debate over net neutrality, including fast lanes and the practice of charging for peering. In a blog post Wednesday the company said it did not charge a fee for either one on its Google Fiber networks. In the...

Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) got into a bit of trouble after its executive VP David Cohen told reporters he expects the company to move to a "usage-based billing model" in the next five years. Cohen (who is also Comcast's Chief Diversity Officer) tried to clarify his comments with a blog post on...

The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to release a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) in which the agency proposed new rules regarding net neutrality. Now what? For starters, anyone who wants to can read the 99-page NPRM, which is available here. In it, the FCC and chairman...