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Sony Corporation has acquired Ericsson’s stake in mobile phone joint venture Sony Ericsson. The deal will place Ericsson’s 50% stake in the joint venture under Sony’s control. Sony will also acquire five wireless technology “patent families.” The two companies have a...

Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks. Bizarre campaign videos seem to be the rage this year. First, we had Herman Cain chief of staff Mark Block’s “Now is the time for action!” head-scratcher (see below) and now the su...

Okay, so maybe Mac and PC people have their differences — a lot of them. But, the same can’t be said about Android and iPhone users. Or can it? New analysis from mobile data management startup Onavo, shared exclusively with Mashable, sheds some light on the differences between iPhone an...

Coldplay isn’t making its latest album, Mylo Xyloto, available on Spotify or any other streaming music subscription service. Fans will either need to purchase physical copies or MP3 downloads from places like Apple’s iTunes store, Microsoft’s Zune store or Amazon. The reason fo...

Technology is constantly changing the way we define and consume media in our daily lives. It’s advancing the relationship between news organizations and their communities, reinvigorating advertising and creating new business models. When it comes to the future of media, the possibilities ar...

Despite recent troubles, Netflix is a major force on the Internet, accounting for 32.7% of peak U.S. downstream traffic, according to a new report. Sandvine Intelligent Broadband Networks’ report analyzed 200 Internet service providers in 80 countries and found that real-time entertainment ...

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Seriously. Something is going on with Google+ right now as six or more Google execs profile pics have turned from friendly to spooky. It started with Google Senior VP of engineering Vic Gundotra and has now spread to folks like SVP of commerce and local Jeff Huber and chief business officer Nike...

There’s an unsubstantiated rumor making the rounds that law enforcement asked Google to remove YouTube videos of police brutality captured during Occupy Oakland protests. While Google recently acknowledges law enforcement has made such requests in the past, the allegation that one such req...

James L. McQuivey, Ph.D. is a Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research serving Consumer Product Strategy professionals. Follow him on Twitter at @jmcquivey. Growing up in the ’70s, I was the world’s biggest fan of The Bionic Man. Every Sunday night at 7 p.m. you could fi...