Technology

So much for new-age virtual technology companies being at risk of more scrutiny for investors. AllThingsD and the FT have both reported that a pending fourth round of venture capital has been taken on by mobile payments company Square. The $200 million investment was said to be at a $3.25 billion...

Market research firm BIA/Kelsey predicts that demand from U.S. consumers for online deals will boost the market to $3.6 billion by the end of this year. If so, the online deal market - including daily deals, instant deals and flash sales from the likes of Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) and Living...

Mobile wallets are growing rapidly in popularity, but to use one, you've had to have a bank account or credit card. Soon, though, even the unbanked will have access to mobile payment technology, thanks to the new FlipMoney app from PreCash.

Apple's iPhone 5 added many new features, but one highly-anticipated improvement was left out: the near-field communications chip that would allow you to make purchases with a wave of the smartphone, using your built-in mobile wallet.

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These should be good times for Microsoft. It's going on the offensive ahead of the holiday shopping season, with new PCs, tablets with Windows 8, and smartphones running Windows Phone 8. Unfortunately for Microsoft, the buzz just isn't there.

We have tracked the key short interest changes as of August 31 in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU), SanDisk Corp. (NASDAQ: SNDK), Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM), ARM Holdings PLC (NASDAQ:...