J.P. Morgan Chase sent a formal demand letter to Bloomberg this week, asking the company to show logs of all staff members who searched activities of J.P. Morgan subscribers since 2008.

Nearly every facet of corporate life has gone digital, so corporate boards are scrambling to recruit newcomers to advise on strategies for mobile devices and social media.

Cisco's profit grew 14% as the network-equipment firm posted improved revenues from both its main segments, led by services sales. Shares surged nearly 6% after-hours.

Demand is rising for "frackwear"—sturdy shoes and fire-resistant clothes— that oil and gas workers can wear to protect themselves from wires and explosions.

Google plans to help create a new laboratory to study quantum computing, a high-profile endorsement of the esoteric technology—and D-Wave Systems, the Canadian company that has been pursuing it since 1999.

Companies' collecting and crunching of large amounts of information is becoming a surefire means to achieving quality and efficiency gains.

Groupon isn't likely to name a permanent new chief executive until next year, the daily-deal company's interim chiefs said Wednesday.

Google's CEO made a surprise appearance at the company's developer conference, as the firm touted several changes to its software lineup.

While big tech companies like Apple and Samsung Electronics typically grab the headlines in patent-infringement cases, intellectual-property claims against tech startups are on the rise.

Comcast's USA Network will begin gathering up and centralizing social-media conversations about its TV shows, rather than tie up with Twitter as some other TV companies have done.

The European Union is ready to launch an investigation into China's practices in the export of mobile-telecommunications network products.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is pushing makers of handsets and wireless operating system software to do more to combat the exploding theft of smartphones.

Google CEO Larry Page disclosed that he has a rare vocal condition that has weakened his voice but doesn't affect his day-to-day management.

Google's Android unit is set to launch a paid subscription music-streaming service akin to that of Spotify as soon as this week.

Patents are supposed to encourage innovation. Some say they've done that for software. But others say software patents actually stifle innovation and should be eliminated.

Bloomberg's disclosure that certain subscriber data were previously available to its journalists has risked alienating the tightly regulated world of finance.

Daphne Koller, co-founder of online education provider Coursera, discusses where teachers fit into the model for massive, open, online classes.

Dell plans to report quarterly financial results on Thursday that are significantly lower than Wall Street expectations of profit, but higher-than-expected in revenue, according to a person briefed on the results.

Sony and Sharp, two once-powerful electronics makers, are grappling with outside investors and fed-up creditors looking to break the cozy and insular bonds that have been a Japanese corporate hallmark.

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion said it's planning to roll out a new phone that will target customers in the developing world.