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• Google paid Apple $1B to stay on iPhones: Report

  1:54 PM ET Fri, 22 Jan 2016

  Google shelled out $1 billion to Apple in order to remain a search option on iOS devices, according to a report from Bloomberg.

• Amazon lifts the veil on Prime data   

  9:58 AM ET Mon, 28 Dec 2015

  Amazon Prime breaks records this holiday season. How many members will cut ties after the free trial ends?

• The safest ways to pay this shopping season: Expert

  8:31 AM ET Thu, 24 Dec 2015

  Mobile payment systems may be better than cards with embedded security chips when it comes to keeping personal information secure.

• Dangerous tech gadget gifts & safer alternatives

  8:31 AM ET Wed, 23 Dec 2015

  Last minute Christmas shoppers take note: Some of the hottest holiday tech gifts could be the most dangerous.

• How YouTube's going after Netflix and Hulu

  11:28 AM ET Thu, 3 Dec 2015

  YouTube is looking to beef up its subscription service, called Red, by going after streaming rights to movies and TV shows, the WSJ says.

• Shopping online? Here's how to keep your data safe

  9:52 AM ET Fri, 27 Nov 2015

  There are holiday deals galore on the Web. Here's how to protect your identity while shopping online.

• These apps use emojis to make you less depressed

  11:42 AM ET Fri, 27 Nov 2015

  Sharing emotions in a structured way via social media is on the cutting edge of online psychotherapy research, including emojis.

• This technology is the future of banking

  10:31 AM ET Fri, 27 Nov 2015

  At a time when bank branches are disappearing by the hundreds, many folks don't seem to care.

• Uber talks growth, competition and its future

  11:35 AM ET Wed, 25 Nov 2015

  Five years old, Uber now boasts more than one million active drivers picking up and dropping off passengers in more than 300 cities around the world.

• Whitman: HP Enterprise off to good start

  11:20 AM ET Wed, 25 Nov 2015

  "The turnaround is working in enterprise services, and the investors are starting to see that," Hewlett Packard Enterprise CEO Meg Whitman says.

• Wal-Mart online dwarfed by king Amazon: ComScore

  10:46 AM ET Wed, 25 Nov 2015

  Amazon's online market share is higher than the next six retailers combined, says Gian Fulgoni, co-founder of digital analytics firm comScore.

• How Facebook, Twitter are cashing in on holidays

  2:27 PM ET Thu, 3 Dec 2015

  This holiday season will be the first time consumers spend real money on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. Is the "buy" button here to stay?

• Clicking 'yes' on a phone app can cost you a lot

  1:32 PM ET Tue, 24 Nov 2015

  At some point, 35 percent of Americans turn off location services on phone apps. Their privacy fears are well-founded.

• Musk wants to interview these candidates personally

  11:41 AM ET Fri, 20 Nov 2015

  Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk is looking for a few good software engineers.

• Google now lets users stream apps before downloads

  12:31 PM ET Thu, 19 Nov 2015

  Google has unveiled technology that allows Android users to stream apps without downloading them first.

• 8 signs consumer pricing will never be the same

  3:57 PM ET Fri, 20 Nov 2015

  Uber gets criticism for surge pricing, but dynamic pricing concepts are being used in more and more places, from theme parks to ski slopes.