A decade ago, Apple was falling fast. Now it’s reached the top of the tree
Last week, Steve Jobs's technology company became – briefly – the biggest company in the world
Africa’s mobile economic revolution
Half of Africa's one billion population has a mobile phone – and not just for talking. Killian Fox reports on how the power of telephony is forging a new enterprise culture, from banking to agriculture to healthcare
Google beats expectations as profits jump 36%
Shares go up 10% in after-hours trading on news of figures from Larry Page's first full quarter as chief executive
BlackBerry maker RIM to launch 7 new smartphones
RIM's management structure and under-performing PlayBook under fire at AGM as company announces new smartphones running its next-generation OS. By Charles Arthur and agencies
Electronic Arts buys casual gaming giant PopCap for $750m
Keith Stuart: Leading publisher EA is extending its reach into the casual and social gaming sectors with another massive takeover
Microsoft strikes deal with China’s biggest search engine Baidu
Boost to both brands, but English-language search results will be censored to meet Chinese government's demands. By Charles Arthur and agencies
GoldenEye game creators’ new venture set for a gilded future
Russell Irwin, Beau Chesluk and Anthony Rushton could each collect £11.6m from selling stake in online advertising start-up Telemetry
Pandora valuation soars to $4.2bn
Market's appetite for technology stocks continues as music streaming site's worth hits more than twice the value of AOL. By Mark Sweney
Acer to cut 300 jobs in Europe
World's second-biggest PC maker will also cut notebook and and tablet shipments. By Charles Arthur and agencies
Samsung ‘to overtake Nokia as biggest smartphone vendor’
Finnish phone maker to drop to second this quarter, with Apple also passing it in third quarter, analysts Nomura predict. By Charles Arthur
Activision’s Bobby Kotick ‘in Myspace talks’
Chief executive of games giant involved with investor group seeking controlling stake from News Corp, according to reports. By Juliette Garside
Wii U fails to impress markets
New console is no game-changer, say UBS analysts, sending Nintendo's stock price sharply down
Nintendo’s new Wii U aims to be a game-changer
Games giant believes the Wii U, complete with touchscreen, HD, camera and phone, will compete with rivals Microsoft and Sony. By Steve Boxer
Nintendo becomes latest victim in global wave of cyber-attacks
The news comes after a huge security breach at rival Sony compromised personal details of tens of millions of its gaming customers' accounts
Twitter buys UK’s TweetDeck for £25m
TweetDeck acquisition puts Britain's web entrepreneurs on map