Apple suppliers in China will begin mass production of its largest iPhones ever next month, according to people familiar with the plans, as the smartphone maker faces increased competition.

Twitter has hired Nathan Hubbard, the ex president of Ticketmaster, as its first head of commerce, part of a push to enable shopping via short postings on its social website.

The notion of being fashionably smart is getting a makeover, as internet-linked computers get woven into formerly brainless attire such as glasses, bracelets and shoes.

Ebay, the world’s largest online marketplace, last night forecast fourth-quarter revenue that may miss some analysts’ estimates as sales growth slows heading into the holiday season.

Microsoft’s new tablet computers are no threat to Apple’s iPad, given the lack of enthusiasm among developers to create applications that run on the new Windows operating system, analysts said.

Facebook is trying to evolve from an internet hangout where people share titbits, links and photos to a homestead decorated with the memories, dreams and diversions of its 800 million users.

California: Apple can keep posting sales growth of more than 50% in the next two years as a mobile applications boom fuels demand for devices such as the iPad, said the chief executive of Forrester Research.

The man behind the world’s greatest social networking site is set to lose his low profile, says Dan Buckley.

MICROSOFT unveiled its new controller-free, motion sensor system Kinect for Xbox 360 at a launch in Los Angeles.

GOOGLE believes it has come up with the technology to unite web surfing with channel surfing on televisions.

Amazon is cutting the price of its electronic book reader the Kindle as it prepares to launch the device in Britain, the company announced today.

In a dramatic about-face, Ask.com is abandoning its effort to outshine internet search leader Google and will instead focus on a narrower lifestyle market of married women.

QUMAS, the Irish based provider of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions, has announced today that it has been named by Forrester Research as a leader in the “Forrester WaveTM: Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Platforms, Q4 2007” report released on December 21, 2007.

Online retail titan Amazon this week set the pace for what promises to be a booming Christmas for internet shopping this year.

Apple has indicated it would open its iTunes store to other portable players besides its ubiquitous iPod if the world’s major record labels abandoned the anti-piracy technology that serves as the industry’s security blanket.

IRELAND has come out on top in a survey of 26 leading economies in its ability to develop critical “innovation networks”.

In a major expansion, Yahoo says its online search engine index now spans more than 20 billion web documents and images, nearly double the material scanned by rival Google.

Is music something you own or something you rent? How music fans answer that question in coming months will help determine the viability of a new slate of online music services that offer to fill portable music players with an unlimited number of songs for a monthly fee.

Google is using its popular internet search technology to find information and images broadcast on US television, continuing a recent effort to extend its reach beyond the web.