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Broadband Internet access is now more popular than cable TV. "That's been the industry trend," Albert Fried & Company analyst Rich Tullo told Benzinga. "The fact that we're now over half is somewhat important." This is a sign of the changing times, but is there...

U.S. stocks were mostly higher as investors and traders continue to weigh in on earnings from large-cap companies like Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, and momentum high-flyers like Chipotle Mexican Grill and Intuitive Surgical. Despite geopolitical concerns, the S&P 500 managed to close at a...

Reynolds American (NYSE: REI) has agreed to buy rival Lorillard (NYSE: LO) for $27.4 billion. Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) has proposed spending $45 billion to acquire Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC). Shareholders and regulators on both cases would have to approve the mergers, and in...

Twenty-First Century Fox (NASDAQ: FOXA) stunned investors Wednesday when it was revealed that the company offered to acquire Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) for $80 billion. The deal (which valued Time Warner at $85 per share) was ultimately rejected, but that didn't stop investors from buying the...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) owned YouTube has joined Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) in blaming Internet service providers for poor streaming quality. In a blue bar underneath the message, “Experiencing interruptions?” asks users to click “find out why.” Doing so brings...

U.S. stocks were higher as the back-end of 2014 kicked off. The Dow came within less than two points of reaching the 17,000 mark as investors and traders found plenty of positives in a better-than-expected June auto sales and an expansion in U.S. manufacturing. The S&P 500 also traded at...

In a unanimous decision Wednesday the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that police must obtain a search warrant before examining the contents of a suspect’s cell phone. The decision constituted a sweeping rejection of law-enforcement arguments that there was no difference between a cell phone and a...

Persistence, it seems, pays off. For Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), at least. After drawing attention to its streaming woes by posting on screen messages like, “The Verizon network is crowded right now. Adjusting video for smoother playback…,” the company is getting some responses....

If legislation unveiled Tuesday by Senate Judiciary Committee chair Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA) becomes law, the debate over Internet fast lanes could be over. The legislation, known as the Online Competition and Consumer Choice Act would give the Federal...

Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) Wednesday launch of a 3D capable smartphone will include news that AT&T (NYSE: T) will be the exclusive carrier for the device, according to sources who spoke with The Wall Street Journal. Amazon and AT&T have already forged a strong partnership since the...

For anyone who ever wondered what Silicon Valley could accomplish in a sports stadium, wonder no more. When the home of the San Francisco 49ers, also known as Levi’s Stadium, opens in two months, the football world will learn what happens when tech giants collaborate with the NFL. The $1....

U.S. stocks were positive after the European Central Bank implemented steps to fight disinflation, including negative interest rates. On the home-front, initial jobless claims rose last week but that didn't stand in the way of the S&P 500 and Dow Jones indices trading at historical all-...

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is telling some customers that streaming its content on Verizon (NYSE: VZ) is slow at times. This occurs despite a paid peering agreement between Netflix and Verizon that was supposed to make streaming smooth and less prone to buffering. Re/Code reported that Vox...

T-Mobile (NYSE: TMUS) sees ETFs as key to its future. Sprint (NYSE: S) and parent Softbank Corp., hoping to merge with the company sooner rather than later, has to decide how it will deal with them. ETFs, in this situation standing for “Early Termination Fees,” are the meat...

Copying a page from the Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) playbook, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) began putting pressure on ISPs on Thursday to provide better streaming of its YouTube videos. The pressure came from a tool called Video Quality Report designed to measure stream quality on various...