Forrester Research predicted that the tablets' worldwide installed base would reach more than 900 million by 2017, up from 2010's 15 million users.

Google would launch 'Google Impact Challenge in India' and award an Rs 3 crore worth about US$500,000 and technical assistance that would bring the winning projects into life.

ATK won a contract with Orbital Sciences Corp. that would allow provision of the motor of solid rockets used for the latest air-launched space transport system.

In a released statement, the European Commission questioned Italian telecom watchdog AGCOM about the changes it wanted to implement to the prices of broadband.

Microsoft launched Microsoft by the Numbers that features a summary of the company from sales of licenses to consumed pizza slices.

Purchase of apps using Amazon coins saw a 50% weekly boost in revenues. The USD5 worth of Amazon coins was a gift well spent by Kindle Fire consumers. This in turn was an excellent money-generating move for both Amazon and app developers, according to tech evangelist Peter Heinrich.

The Perseid meteor shower's annual show is set to occur in the next few weeks. The annual Perseid meteor shower would be occurring tonight. Around this time each year, the Earth would be passing through the intergalactic orbit of a comet named Swift Tuttle.

The latest winner of the Powerball jackpot face great financial issues in the future. One of the largest prizes for a Powerball lottery was won by a group of New Jersey employees.

The social media giant was the showcase for a murder and money. Facebook is again the venue of a chilling act. Derek Medina posted Thursday a chilling photograph that his friends and family would never forget.

Private equity executives and analysts said taking BlackBerry private would make sense but it is not a quick fix for the company’s problems.