Amazon.com Inc. is expanding beyond its range of Kindle devices as it aims to compete more directly with Google Inc. and Apple Inc. The Seattle e-commerce giant has recently been developing a wide-ranging lineup of gadgetsincluding two smartphones and an audio-only streaming deviceto expand its reach beyond its Kindle…

Evernote Food has been updated once again for iOS devices with improved Foursquare integration, new recipe partners and an auto-lock feature to stop your iPhone or iPad from going to sleep in the kitchen. Evernote has been expanding its Food app beyond a simple recipe and note-taking service for sometime….

SAN FRANCISCO Facebook is in serious discussions to buy a leading mobile navigation service, Waze, according to two people with knowledge of the situation. If the sale is concluded, it would give Facebook the ability to better deliver locally tailored ads and content to its 1.1 billion users. The potential purchase…

Ever since her return to music last month, Selena Gomez has hit the ground running. Following a hot performance of “Come & Get It” at the MTV Movie Awards, Gomez released the equally sexy video for the track on Tuesday. So of all the standout moments in her life so…

TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Facebook Inc is in advanced talks to acquire Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up Waze for $800 million to $1 billion, business daily Calcalist reported on Thursday. The deal, which would be Facebook’s largest acquisition, would give the social networking company a mapping service and allow it to better…

FORTUNE — Most Asian journalists covering Pegatron’s investor conference Wednesday focused on the fact that the Taiwanese electronics manufacturer’s first quarter profits were up more than 80% year over year. The theme of Thursday’s second-day headlines in the U.S. was that Pegatron is on a hiring spree, boosting its workforce 40%…

Research in Motion recently changed its corporate name to BlackBerry in order to synch with its well-known main product. Perhaps the company should be called Lazarus. Who might have guessed that shares of the seemingly down-for-the-count smartphone maker would double …

STORY HIGHLIGHTSChina’s Huawei is now the world’s third biggest smartphone makerThe Shenzhen-based manufacturer has designs on markets outside ChinaU.S, lawmakers worry Huawei products could be hidden channel spies, hackersThe company produces smartphones priced much lower than rivals such as Apple Editor’s note: Each month, CNN’s Kristie Lu Stout sits…

CHICAGO When Michael Gore stands, it’s a triumph of science and engineering. Eleven years ago, Gore was paralyzed from the waist down in a workplace accident, yet he rises from his wheelchair to his full 6-foot-2-inches and walks across the room with help from a lightweight wearable robot. The…

BlackBerry’s phones have been off to a weak start in Canada, the home turf of the struggling handset maker. But the new BlackBerrys are getting a warm welcome from Verizon Wireless, the biggest American carrier. Dan Mead, chief executive of Verizon Wireless, cheered on the new BlackBerry phones at an…