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The rising new Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California, promises not just to be an architectural landmark with its unique UFO-shaped design, but also a showcase of green technology.

The Adobe Flash Player is the touchstone for rich, salient and high-impact web content. Designs, graphics, animations, and user interfaces are deployed immediately across all browsers and platforms, guaranteeing rich and seamless virtual experience. For high quality video streaming, Adobe's Flash Player versions are the golden standard in the blogosphere.

A day before Apple is due to reveal its earnings report for Q2 FY 2014, Fortune magazine has compiled the company's predictions from 37 analysts.

Tactus Technology, a start-up company, is making waves in the tech industry with its latest accessory constructing transparent keyboard buttons on top of any touchscreen display.

Google Inc., Apple Inc., Intel Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc. are facing trial against an alleged conspiracy law suit of agreeing to keep wages down of their experienced employees

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has set aggressive plans to confront Google head on by convincing Apple to make Yahoo the default search engine in the iPad and iPhone's Safari Web browser. She is well backed up by Adam Cahan, senior vice president for mobile and product search department of Yahoo, and already supported by a longtime acquaintance inside Apple and some of its executives.

There have been some very interesting corporate developments over the Easter break around corporate auctions. AstraZeneca, the UK's second largest pharmaceutical company, received a takeover bid from US giant Pfizer, Newmont Mining and Barrick Gold are in talks for a 'merger of equals' as US medical company Allergan is under interest from investment activist William Ackman - a deal which is believed to be worth over US$50 billion.

It would soon be easier to smuggle into dorms and even restaurants alcohol drinks without detection with the recent approval by the Alcohol and Tobacco tax and Trade Bureau of alcohol in powdered form.

Despite criticisms and vulnerability regarding the Heartbleed bug, Dropbox, a U.S. online storage giant, has announced it will soon open in Sydney to further support Australian customers.

Google has filed a new patent application with the U.S. Patent Office for a contact lens, which comes embedded with a tiny camera.

For Apple Inc.'s investors who expect a strong June quarter, Chuck Jones, a prominent writer of Forbes, has lower expectations. Wall Street's predictions for Apple's June quarter is equally disappointing for those hoping for a big Apple comeback.

Google's 2014 first-quarter revenue has fallen short of Wall Street expectations as the price of its ads declined.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is set to have its conference call discussing its second fiscal quarter financial results on April 23, 2 p.m. PT / 5 p.m. ET.

Beijing-based Sina Weibo is due to debut this week in New York through an initial public offering (IPO) that seeks to raise at least $340 million.

Apple Inc. is expected to reveal its Q2 FY 2014 quarterly earnings on April 23 after the final trading call. What do analysts' expectations reveal?

Nike has shown good performance in overall sales and continues to gain growth worldwide. But the popular sports brand still faces a tough challenge with its projected sales in China.

While Twitter users feasted over the US Airways inadvertent post of a not safe for work photo on Twitter, many businessmen could deeply reflect over this accident to keep their company's reputation in good standing.

Is it a case of lost in translation or a deliberate marketing gimmick to be talked about? Such questions would likely pop in the mind of fast food lovers when they read a particular item on the menu of a Burger King branch in China - the PooPoo Smoothie.

Thousands of Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) customers were angry at the lender on Tuesday because a network hardware failure caused an outage that made it impossible to withdraw money. The clients vented their ire on social media.

Facebook is planning to diversify its horizon beyond social networking.

Bus drivers of privately owned SouthLink have agreed to hold a 24-hour work stoppage over unsettled pay and conditions claims either Tuesday or Wednesday after the Holy Week.

Hollywood actors such as Eva Longoria, Gwyneth Paltrow and Amy Adams have been caught on camera show their bush or tush or allow other private body parts to peek intentionally or unintentionally at the front and back bumpers or crotch areas. Rather than imitate these celebrities, Kerry O'Brien decided instead to make her own underwear line for women using materials and design that shows no visible panty lines when wearing figure-hugging bottoms or cuts through the skin because of the tight ga...

Apple Inc. is sitting on twice as much cash at its disposal compared to the U.S. government.

Samsung Galaxy S5, the latest flagship from Samsung bundle offering, has many interesting features. It is definitely one of the most anticipated handsets ever.

Many people consider taking a tour around the world when their pockets and time permits. But how about cruising around from North Pole to South pole with the ultimate camper with a just Daddy and four-year old kid together?

Deutche Bank has declared a "Buy" rating for Apple Inc shares due to the company's dominance in the smartphone and tablet market. The bank is also optimistic about Apple's launch of a bigger iPhone expected in the second half of 2014. According to the Deutche Bank analyst, Apple Inc products are the “gold standard” in the growing market of smartphones and tablets.

Lenovo has announced a brand new student's laptop called ThinkPad 11e. This is an 11.6-inch notebook targeting the education market.

Xiaomi, dubbed as "Apple of China," can be expected to launch its new flagship smartphone to give strong competition to the market leaders in the next few months.

Work-life balance was given a stronger boost in two European countries with changes to work hours that would surely be the envy of many overworked and underpaid employees around the world who often neglect family life or personal pursuits because of too much time spent on the job.