Sources said that BlackBerry started looking for potential buyers since 2012 when it hired JPMorgan Chase & Co. and RBC Capital Markets to manage the search.

BlackBerry's board members opted to go on sale after the company's market value plunged to only USD5.1 billion from USD83 billion in 2008.

Facebook announced that it would acquire Mobile Technologies, a company focused in developing voice translation software.

Russian pleaded not guilty to charges that accuse him of being a part of the biggest cybercrime ring prosecuted in the US.

3D printing continued to spur copyright clash between low-end 3D printer users and various companies that defend their copyrights on electronics.

In 2009, Harvard sophomore James Hirschield's dilemma about his 21st birthday led to a multimillion dollar startup called Paperless Post.

Tencent denied China Daily's report that the company would list WeChat as a spin-off corporation in Singapore.

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.