Samsung Electronics Co. has signed an agreement with Google Inc. to cross-license their patents, reducing the risk of costly legal disputes over intellectual property and likely fostering greater collaboration between the two tech giants.

Tagged with: google inc.

NEW YORK — Apple has bought WiFiSLAM, a startup that has been developing a way to use WiFi hotspots to help smartphones navigate large indoor spaces, like stores, airports and conference centers. The purchase is part of Apple’s efforts to ...

Tagged with: acquisition cell phone google inc. iPhone silicon valley smart-phone startup Technology

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — That wasn’t so bad, after all. That’s the sentiment among investors as they digest last week’s smorgasbord of quarterly results from technology companies that included Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. Although reports ...

Tagged with: google google inc. microsoft Technology

NEW YORK — The Federal Communications Commission has fined Google $25,000, saying the online search leader impeded an investigation into how it collected data while taking photos for its “Street View” mapping feature. The FCC said in a report from ...

Tagged with: FCC federal communications commission fifth amendment google google inc. new york

SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo is threatening to sue Facebook unless the Internet social network agrees to license some of its patents covering a variety of online services. The demand, issued in a late Monday statement, presents Facebook Inc. with a ...

Tagged with: facebook google inc. investors ipo patent san francisco Social Media yahoo!

NEW YORK — When an Internet company plunks down $12.5 billion to buy a struggling cellphone company for its collection of patents, it’s another sign that, for the high-tech industry, patents have become a mallet wielded by corporations to pummel ...

Tagged with: google google inc. internet lawsuit legal legislation litigation motorola new york patents trademark

NEW YORK — Financial companies led the stock market higher Tuesday after another big banking deal raised hopes that more acquisitions could be on the way. Toronto-Dominion Bank is buying Chrysler Financial, the automaker’s old lending arm, from Cerberus Capital ...

Tagged with: Business Chevron dow jones Economy google inc. new york NYSE Recession s&p stock exchange tax package td bank wall street