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Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) chief Tim Cook has hinted that Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) integration is coming. To be clear, Cook's exact quote (from the All Things Digital conference) was this: "Facebook is a great company. I have great appreciation for them. I think the relationship is very solid. We have...

The hype was for a thermostat. Are you excited? No? You mean you're not? You mean the thought of having a well-cooled or well-heated home isn't as exciting as, say, the thought of a new iPhone or iPod? Unfortunately, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) didn't have anything big to show us today. But that didn't...

Apple's online store is down again, igniting the usual firestorm of media attention, speculation, and consumer hopes that a new product is on its way. Business Insider thinks that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) might simply be in the process of adding the Nest thermostat. In fact, that's exactly what 9 to 5...

Apple CEO Tim Cook said that he wants the day to come when Apple products are manufactured in the United States. But will it ever really happen? And if so, when? Speaking to Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg at this year's All Things Digital conference, Cook spoke about the company's manufacturing...

We all have seen Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) miraculously fall from grace and go from media darling to media devil in about as much time as it takes for high-frequency traders to make millions of trades, i.e. about a second. So, with all of the wealth (well, paper wealth for some) that has been...

The fifth iPhone is only a few months away from release. But it seems as if Facebook is attempting to one-up Apple with an iPhone-like device of its own. Earlier this week, the New York Times reported that Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) had hired more than six "former Apple software and hardware engineers...

In an effort to evade any security issues associated with Siri, IBM recently told its employees that they must disable the voice-activated feature or stop bringing their iPhones to work. This might come as a surprise to Siri-loving iPhone 4S users who can't live without the feature. But IBM (NYSE...

LG unveiled a brand-new five-inch screen this week that (on paper) dwarfs the old-school Retina Display. And it could be coming to an iPhone 5 near you. According to Cult of Mac, the display features a jaw-dropping 1920x1080 resolution and 440 pixels per inch -- a huge increase over the iPhone 4S...

This weekend in Barron's online: the top 50 annuities, Intel finally goes mobile, what tech companies should do with all that cash, and the prospects for Snap-on. Cover Story "The Top 50 Annuities" by Karen Hube. A year ago, guaranteed payouts and benefits on all kinds of annuities were far more...

Economically, Siri has provided Apple with billions of dollars in profit. It has helped the company sell more iPhones than it could have ever imagined. But as the number of Siri users continues to rise (more than 70 million people now own an iPhone 4S), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has incurred a growing...