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Air New Zealand’s 40-minute flight between Christchurch and Nelson had transformed into a 25-hour bus ride when the airline was forced to cancel several flights due to bad weather. Passengers had no choice but to spend the night on board three buses.

Apple Inc’s credit ratings failed to impress analysts at Moody’s Investors Service; while Samsung was viewed favourably

Analyst Katy Huberty of Morgan Stanley remains bullish on Apple Inc stock as a survey found 15 million surge in iPhone sales in the U.S. by 2015

American online shopping store eBay is faced with steady stocks despite the release of its strong first quarter report on Tuesday as investors take into consideration the company's marketplace and second quarter guidance.

Google Inc in Australia will only pay less than $500,000 in taxes despite doubling its profits in the country with $46.5 million. The Australian Tax Office has billed the international search engine giant company with $7.1 million for the year ending Dec 31. However, after tax deductions were made, the final bill was $466,802, according to a Fairfax Media report.

Rumour: Apple Inc’s Earpods will come with health monitoring sensors

Los Angeles Clippers Team Owner Donald Sterling was forced to sell his team after NBA Commissioner Adam Silver came down with the hardest punishment of lifetime ban from the NBA games and $2.5 million penalty over his racist remark that made the general public and netizens frenzy over the past few days.

Twitter stocks continue to plummet for two consecutive days after the company's first quarter report on Tuesday revealed higher revenue of $250 million but lower user growth of 255 million compared with the analyst estimates of $241.47 million revenue and 257 million user growth.

Apple Inc. paid a total of $23.9 million in fees to underwriters from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG (DBK)

Businesspeople who uses Microsoft's OneDrive for their cloud storage can soon get more value for their money after software magnate Microsoft announced in a blog entry entitled "Thinking Outside the Box" that the company will increase of storage space of their corporate clients from 25GB to 1TB per user.

Apple Inc has issued $12 billion dollars in bonds in an effort to reward shareholders locked in a cheaper alternative than overseas cash subject to tax. Apple Inc has said in its recent Q2 FY 2014 earnings call on April 23 that out of $151 billion worth of cash and marketable securities, 88 per cent of the amount is being held offshore.

Microsoft's Windows XP announced its Service Support has ended and users will no longer receive updates for the operating system. Microsoft Office 2003 shares the same fate.

When Atlassian Founders Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar have appeared in the upper strata of BRW Rich 2000, this pair of 34-year-old software makers becomes so admired in the start-up industry.

Apparently, for the 130 billion repurchase program and the seven-for-one stock split to take place, Apple will use 17 billion borrowed funds

Apple Inc. decreased in market share according to a report from Strategy Analytics

Too tired to drive your car on around busy metropolitan streets after a hectic day at work? How about just letting Google Self-Driving car take you home as you rest comfortably on your seat?

Microsoft issued an advisory to all users using Internet Explorer (IE) versions 6 to 11 of a major security flaw on the browser. The advisory dated April 26, 2014 seriously warned consumers on the vulnerability of remote code execution wherein computer hackers could obtain access to the user's computer and operate it remotely.

The computer software company Microsoft has released its first promo video on Nokia devices following the complete takeover of the legendary Finnish mobile phone company.

Who would have thought that a seemingly simple domestic violence would cost the job even for a CEO?

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) grows market share in crucial markets

On 24th April, Samsung released a 60 seconds advertisement dubbed 'The Next Big Thing Is Here' flaunting the Galaxy S5's camera by comparing it to iPhone 5S's camera unit. Alas, the next day, the company was put in a situation to admit that Samsung shipped a limited number of Galaxy S5 smartphones with "inoperable" cameras and that it has taken necessary steps to make sure the issue does not reoccur in future shipments.

Google Chrome Web browser, which accounts for 24.67% of entire desktop browser market share across the world, has become one of the most powerful Web browsers when it comes to fighting spam. It also offers users astounding speed in handling data.

After surprising investors with its better-than-expected revenues for Q2 FY 2014, Apple Inc has set aside an additional $30 billion for stock buybacks through 2015. The latest stock repurchase announcement will make the company's total buyback to $90 billion. The stock split will be completed on June 9 and Apple's stock price is expected to fall dramatically. According to analysts, if the stock split happened last April 23 with a closing price of $524.75, Apple stock would be trading at $7...

SingTel-Optus increased its contracts for Apple iPhones and Samsung Galaxy handsets

Car owners and drivers may soon bid goodbye to car washes. Nissan has recently unraveled the prototype of a "self-cleaning" car.

The company 'OnePlus' unveiled its first smartphone, the 'One' last week. It is worth noting that, the anticipation around this particular Android Smartphone has been very high and it is touted by many as a flagship killer. OnePlus One runs on CyanogenMod 11S version, which is based on Android 4.4 KitKat and the handset boasts of some of the best high-end specifications and features.

Apple Inc. Q2 is just a financial gimmick to hide Apple Inc.’s slow growth in years

A freshly discovered security bug in Microsoft's Web browser 'Internet Explorer' has surfaced.

Nokia has finally entered Microsoft's turf as the $7.5 billion purchase of its mobile phone line has been finalized on April 25.