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Have you noticed that some of the more notable tech companies are tweaking their logos? The recent logo craze started with Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO). CEO Marissa Mayer and crew locked themselves away for a weekend and designed a new logo (known as a mark in the graphic design field) which failed to...

At the TechCrunch Disrupt Conference Wednesday, there were two interviews that made for some great online viewing. Yahoo's (NASDAQ: YHOO) Marissa Mayer and Facebook's (NASDAQ: FB) Mark Zuckerberg were interviewed in separate events. Here are the notable moments from each interview. After an...

It’s official. The new Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) logo has been out only a few days and already people hate it. Not everybody but judging by the grumpy hashtag #yahoologo and the glut of articles written on it, the logo isn’t likely to win any design awards. Over the past 30 days,...

Last month, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer announced that he planned to retire in 2014. Between now and Ballmer's retirement, Microsoft will embark on a journey to find a suitable replacement. Who will it be? Which execs -- in and outside of Microsoft -- are most likely to get the job...

If a person can really be measured by the company they keep, the modern-day twist on that old-school proverb might alarm you. Today, it might read, “A person can be measured by the social media friends they keep.” From a business perspective, that’s plain scary. CNNMoney reported that a few...

With an average P/E of 22.7, investors know that in order to own a piece of the most talked-about sector on Wall Street, they’re going to have to pay up. However, not all tech stocks are premium-priced. First, the ground rules. We looked at stocks that had a market cap of at least $300 million...

BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) might be up for sale. The company is reportedly looking for a large, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG)-type company to take the helm through a massive buyout. If all goes as planned, the deal would be similar to the one Motorola scored when Google acquired its electronics...

According to the New York Times, Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) has ended talks with owners of Hulu to take a 25 percent stake in the content delivery service. Joint owners, Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), 21st Century Fox, and Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), have been trying to unload Hulu for years. The...

Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) is looking to raise its ad revenue by acquiring AdMovate, a company fresh off the startup assembly line. In its formal announcement, Yahoo said that AdMovate has "created sophisticated technology that helps marketers reach their desired audience at the right time and place...

At least two firms have lost their bid to acquire the Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) of television. According to the New York Post, Guggenheim Digital Media and KKR (NYSE: KKR) are no longer in the running to purchase Hulu. While several companies have been added to the prospective buyer's list this year...

Just when you think things are beginning to slow down, rumors surface regarding how many BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) 10 handsets may have been sold. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) made several headlines this week -- and not for all the right reasons. Samsung (OTC: SSNLF), Nokia (NYSE: NOK), Microsoft (NASDAQ...

Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) has officially acquired Qwiki. Promoted as an app for "one tap storytelling" on the iPhone, Qwiki automatically merges photos, videos and music into one mobile movie. On the app's official blog, Qwiki founder Doug Imbruce said that the program will "live on as a standalone...

This was a week of reversals. A week of acquisitions. And most of all a week where Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and other major players were determined to surprise people -- or at the very least get their attention. Yahoo (NASDAQ:...

Lightbank, Lerer Ventures and other investors have poured more than $10 million into Qwiki, an app that automatically merges photos, videos and music into one mobile movie. According to AllThingsD, this app has gotten the attention of Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO), which is currently discussing the...

PandoDaily reported Thursday that several sources with inside knowledge said a deal for DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) to acquire Hulu was “imminent.” The same sources said the selling price would be about $1 billion. The fact that Hulu, jointly owned by Disney (NYSE: DIS), News Corp (NASDAQ: NWSA) and...