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According to AllThingsD, Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) will help kick off the holiday weekend for all prospective iPhone users by cutting prices by $50 for the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 (in conjunction with a two-year contract with Verizon, AT&T or Sprint) starting Sunday, May 26. The price-...

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is dedicated to changing the way consumers watch television, but it has no intention of eliminating pay-TV giants like Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH) or Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC). AllThingsD's Peter Kafka wrote a piece speculating that, after...

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has gotten quite popular over the last few years. According to AllThingsD, the streaming video giant has been acquiring roughly one-third of all fixed access (wires and pipes) Web traffic, defeating the competition by a significant margin. Only YouTube, Google's (NASDAQ:...

When a movie performs well in theaters, no one ever says, "That movie was seen by one million people, but it was a flop because there are 300 million people in America." That kind of logic is silly at best. If a film earns more money than it costs to produce and market, then it is a success -- the...

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) may not be able to bring its new app launcher to iOS, but iPhone users can soon gain access to one of Home's most popular features. Chat Heads, the messaging feature that delivers pictures of your Facebook friends instead of the traditional (imageless) notifications, is being...

Is Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) Home a success or failure? According to AllThingsD's Mike Isaac, Facebook Home "isn't exactly going gangbusters." Keep in mind, Isaac does not have any download or usage data to back up his claim. Instead, he is measuring the app's success by looking at the reviews. On...

Disney (NYSE: DIS) and News Corp (NYSE: NWSA) cannot decide if they really want to part with the video service they helped popularize. Even so, the two firms appear to be proceeding with another exit strategy. According to Reuters, Hulu's board has approached potential buyers to gauge their...

Is Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) planning to take on Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), Redbox (NASDAQ: CSTR), Amazon Prime (NASDAQ: AMZN) and other streaming video companies? According to Peter Micelli -- an agent with Hollywood's largest talent agency, CAA (Creative Artists Agency) -- the answer is yes. In a...

Shares of Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) surged on Monday, up over eight percent. The closing of popular online betting website InTrade, combined with optimism for online gambling, may have contributed to the rally. There were also reports that Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) could consider purchasing the company....

Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone is easily the most popular smartphone in the world. Samsung may collectively sell more devices, but not even the Galaxy S III -- which sold more than 30 million units last year -- can keep up with the iPhone. That success has allowed carriers to charge whatever they...

Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) will be closing its Japan office at the end of January, according to AllThingsD. The closing was proposed by Zynga CEO Mark Pincus in October.

Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) are not working on a search feature, according to AllThingsD, contradicting a story by The Sunday Telegraph. The report says Yahoo is not close to ending its search agreement with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)

Gearing up for a fun-filled "Monstober," Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) has unveiled a new home page for its ever-evolving website. Sticking mostly with a Halloween-esque theme, (including promotions for "Frankenweenie" and interactive game Monster Maze Mania), the company is striving to provide...

Real-estate listing sit Trulia is expected to hit the public markets this week. According to allthingsd.com, the IPO could price tonight and begin trading as early as Thursday. The company is offering six million shares at between $14 and $16 each. Based on the midpoint of this range, Trulia would...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) gained the most U.S. smartphone market share in the second quarter, making strides against category leader Google according to a report from comScore on Wednesday. There are now 110 million U.S. residents using smartphones, up 4 percent from last year based on the latest...