Vendors and Providers

California crop circle was Nvidia marketing stunt

The Salinas circle was part of the launch of the company's new Tegra K1 chip

Smartphone gadgets lets you control Crock-Pot, check for sunburn

New smartphone peripherals are on display at the Consumer Electronics Show

Samsung Smart Home aims to control TVs, refrigerators through a single app

Samsung has launched an ambitious effort to build a home automation system managed by a smartphone app

Gates will surrender Microsoft shareholder crown to Ballmer in 2014

His influence as largest stockholder wanes as Gates sells off holdings

Enterprise apps in 2014: What’s in store

What the industry's top application vendors are likely to do this year

Microsoft shares climb 34 percent, add $3.2B to Ballmer’s wallet

2013's jump in share price pushes CEO's holdings above the $12B bar

Facebook made of Teflon when it comes to privacy, analysts say

Social network sued for allegedly scanning users' private messages

Mozilla resets Metro Firefox ship date to mid-March

Designers and developers suggest 'Firefox Touch' as the name for the often-delayed Windows 8 and 8.1 browser

The case for an iPad Pro

If Apple faces declining tablet sales, it will go upmarket and introduce a pricier iPad for business and professionals, argues analyst

CES Scorecard: the biggest misses of CES 2013