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PayPal has introduced PayPal Here, a mobile payment product that is meant to continue its push into retailing's brick-and-mortar world, no matter the size of the retailer ...

Avaya is formalizing an outsourcing service it has been offering select clients for the past year. The service, Avaya Communications Outsourcing Solutions, manages all of a company's communications operations, regardless of age, location or vendor. It is part of the company's portfolio of Managed Services ...

Google has been at work on new technologies and methodologies that could significantly alter the way consumers search on the Internet, as well as how brands can expect to see their ads displayed, according to The Wall Street Journal ...

The BBC was the target of hack attacks earlier this month, according to comments made by BBC Director-General Mark Thompson in a wide-ranging speech to the Royal Television Society on Wednesday. ...

AT&T and litigant Matthew Spaccarelli are engaged in a war of words that AT&T appears to be losing. ...

Dell is acquiring network-security and data-protection tool provider SonicWall. Terms of the deal were not announced, but analysts have estimated it at between US$1 billion and $1.5 billion. ...

Intel is rumored to be considering entering the pay-television service market. The chipmaker has reached out to media companies and cable channels as part of its research, according to news accounts. ...

The claims that Samsung and Apple have on smartphone market share in China may come as a surprise to people who are familiar only with U.S. trends. Samsung far outpaces Apple in the world's most-populous country, with a 24.3 percent share of the smartphone market, according to new figures from Gartner. Apple, by contrast, has only a 7.5 percent share...

Reports are circulating that CNN is finalizing a US$200 million deal to acquire the social news and technology website Mashable ...

"Kony 2012," 30-minute online video spotlighting the atrocities of Joseph Kony, head of Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army, has garnered support around the globe for his removal. ...

Facebook is rolling out yet another feature to keep members engaged with the site for as long as possible. ...

The Columbus Blue Jackets are a team in the National Hockey League, which means their revenue stream thrives -- or dies -- on how well they can sell tickets. ...

Now is a good time to be a startup looking for funding, suggests the Halo Report, which provides data and identifies trends affecting early stage entrepreneurs and investors. Angel Resource Institute, Silicon Valley Bank and CB Insights collaborated in the development of the report ...

Pandora reported a 62 percent increase year-over-year in active users for its fiscal fourth-quarter, which ended Jan. 31, along with a 74 percent increase in advertising revenue and a 99 percent rise in listening hours. ...

Yahoo may be readying for a significant change in corporate structure -- and headcount. CEO Scott Thompson is getting ready to restructure the company in a move that will entail layoffs that could number in the thousands, according to a report in All Things D. ...

The FCC is seeking public comment on the subject of when or if government entities -- such as the police or transit authorities -- can intentionally jam cellphone signals and Internet service for the sake of public safety ...

Yelp had an excellent first day as a publicly traded company. It opened on the New York Stock Exchange Friday at US$22.01 per unit -- up 47 percent from its IPO price of $15. ...

Zynga is launching its own platform this month as a beta, with a number of features designed to lure players away from their comfort zone on Facebook. There is, for example, a way for players to meet and connect with other players -- in other words, you don't need a set of already-connected friends to play the games. ...

Bank of America appears poised to ignite the wrath of its customer base once again by introducing a new fee structure for basic checking accounts. The company is readying changes that will require users of basic checking accounts to pay a monthly fee, The Wall Street Journal has reported. If the customers agreed to bank online or, buy more products, or maintain a certain balance, the fee may be waived.

Facebook introduced a slew of new ad initiatives at its marketing conference, fMC, held in New York on Wednesday. ...