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Trading is a very personal journey. Old traders know and new traders quickly learn that for most of the day, the best traders are often holed up in their offices, with nothing but charts, trades and their own thoughts to keep them occupied. Of course, no one can exist as an island. Building a...

The site that aims to visualize everything (with infographics) has acquired a new round of funds. This beautiful Steve Jobs infographic is a great example of what the site can do, either in-house or by another party. When Visually launched earlier this year, users were given the chance to...

Announced earlier today, the European Commission [EC] has approved the deal that would allow Microsoft to acquire Skype, the world's largest voice over IP (VoIP) service. The EC sees no evidence that the deal would "significantly impede effective competition in the European Economic Area or any...

Who knew that a multi-billion-dollar corporation could be so deceptive and sneaky? Benzinga's own John Thorpe did, suggesting earlier this year that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) chose to acquire Skype in order to spy on us. Now TechCrunch is reporting that the Windows maker is being sued for...

Galaxy S II details may be coming tomorrow, but that's not the only announcement the company is making this week. In addition to the long-awaited smartphone, Samsung is prepping a new cross-platform mobile chat service called ChatON. According to TechCrunch, the service is expected to launch in...

Skype CEO Tony Bates announced via the company's blog yesterday that Skype has acquired GroupMe, a popular service that allows group messaging across several mobile platforms. Bates says that "this acquisition is another step towards" Skype's "vision to provide a global multi-modal and multi-...

Will we even remember what FaceTime was five years from now? Probably. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is a stickler for standing by its own technologies, so it seems unlikely that FaceTime will be abandoned. But while it may have seemed like a necessary evolution in videoconferencing when it first debuted,...

With nearly $80 billion in cash, the Mac maker has plenty of spending money. But how should it be used? Around the offices at Benzinga, some have said (perhaps jokingly) that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) should attempt to cure cancer to keep Steve Jobs alive. Obviously that's not going to happen. I don't...

Watch out, Steve Jobs: the Windows maker is coming back with a vengeance. If the hype surrounding Windows 8 isn't enough to satisfy your Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) dreams, perhaps this little tidbit from TechCrunch and Neowin will whet your appetite. Microsoft is planning to open 75 stores in the...

It appears the nerds are marching to war. In a move that is surely a shot across the bow of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Facebook announced Wednesday they are integrating Skype into their platform, allowing Facebook users the opportunity to video chat with their friends. This comes a little more than a...