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Apple is setting up a maps development center in India, part of a broader effort to  grab a bigger share of one of the world’s largest markets. The company has also applied to the government to set up its first wholly owned, branded store in the country to take advantage of the liberalization of retail rules for foreign companies. India is one of the few smartphone markets that is is experiencing growth even as other heavily populated countries like China are showing signs of saturation. Apple’s ability to grab a significant share of the Indian market will depend on its…

When Jim Cramer looked at the quarter that Facebook delivered, he wished that Mark Zuckerberg would take more paternity leave. “One-third of the remarkable quarter Facebook reported last night came during the first month that Zuckerberg took off to spend with his new daughter, so let’s hope he plans on having a very big family,” the “Mad Money” host said. All kidding aside, Facebook had an amazing quarter, and Cramer listed each change that the company made that allowed it to crush earnings. So, how did Facebook make all of these changes? One word — mobile. Zuckerberg told his product…

LG isn’t waiting for the start of Mobile World Congress to show off the company’s newest stylus-friendly phone. The Stylus 2 won’t necessarily be a direct competitor to the Galaxy Note in that the specs are far more mid-range, but it does have a 5.7-inch screen and improvements to the writing tool. LG offers a feature called the Pen Keeper, which helps you avoid losing thestylus since it pings you with a notification when your phone is in motion but doesn’t have the stylus docked. On the specs front, the display is certainly midrange with a at 1280 x 720…

Plain and simple, Jim Cramer is not happy with the Fed. It was clear to Cramer that the Fed has not listened to anything corporate CEOs and companies have said when it foolishly refused to take a March rate hike off the table on Wednesday. “All the Fed has done is sacrifice American jobs; they don’t know it, yet, because after yesterday’s announcement it is clear they haven’t been listening to many corporate conference calls,” the “Mad Money” host said. When the Fed raised rates, it caused a spike in the dollar around the globe. That put U.S. international companies…

Microsoft’s Windows 10 app push is getting another big name with the arrival of Hulu. Like most Windows Store apps, Hulu for Windows 10 has an adaptive layout that automatically reflows to fit any window size. It also includes a Live Tile that teases new content in the Start menu. As a Universal Windows Platform app, the new version of Hulu is available for Windows 10 Mobile phones as well. But Hulu’s most interesting new feature is also its strangest: Users can now search for Hulu videos by voice through Windows 10’s Cortana assistant. That way you can quickly play…

After last summer’s bloatware incident, the new owners of Sourceforge hope to improve the site’s image as a haven for trusted open source downloads. Bizx LLC, which also owns Slashdot, recently announced on the SourceForge site that it would halt the download site’s DevShare program effective immediately. DevShare was a revenue-sharing scheme that allowed developers to bundle other applications with their downloads. It was introduced to SourceForge in 2013 by the site’s previous owners. “We want to restore our reputation as a trusted home for open source software, and this was a clear first step towards that,” said Logan Abbott,…

Dish Network’s ad-skipping AutoHop technology is a lot less powerful than it was when it launched four years ago. This week, Fox became the third major broadcast network to settle a long-standing lawsuit with Dish over the DVR tech, which automatically bypasses commercials on primetime programming from the major networks. Subscribers must now wait seven days from the original broadcast before they can skip Fox’s ads, according to The Hollywood Reporter. CBS and Dish reached a similar settlement in December 2014 as a part a renewal of their carriage agreements, and CBS agreed to provide Showtime Anytime streaming to subscribers…

Traders now expect the Fed to raise rates only once this year, and not until the second half of 2016, according to Fed funds futures contract data from the CME Group. The first better-than-average chance of a rate hike is now priced in for July, according to the CME’s FedWatch tool. It had been June prior to the Fed’s statement Wednesday, in which the central bank left interest rates unchanged and noted it was closely monitoring turmoil in global financial markets. By the end of the year, traders see the Fed funds rate at 62 basis points, which would imply…

While many investors are comparing Apple to other giants in the tech industry, this technique is not the best way to value the company, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday. “There is nothing in FANG that works at all for this,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street.” “Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Alphabet are growing much faster [than Apple].” Instead, a more relevant and accurate comp for Apple would be Intel orCisco, which have good numbers, but have slowed, added Cramer. Apple reported fiscal first-quarter earnings on Tuesday that beat analyst estimates, but came in below expectations on revenue, iPhone sales…

Two years ago, UberX passengers began noticing a strange $1 charge tacked on to their ride receipts. It was called a “Safe Rides Fee,” and the car-hailing company said it was to help offset the costs of screening drivers and cars to make sure they complied with federal, state, and local regulations. Now Uber has to pay up for advertising that its background checks were “industry leading,” when in fact they were just super fast. Uber now has to pay $28.5 million to some 25 million Uber riders in the States to settle a class-action lawsuit that accused the company…