What is Technology company?
A '''technology company''' (often '''tech company''') is a type of business that focuses primarily on the development and [[manufacturing]] of [[technology]], or providing technology as a service. This can include, for example, business relating to [[digital electronics]], [[software]], and [[internet]]-related services, such as [[Electronic commerce|e-commerce]] services.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inc.com/magazine/201605/marli-guzzetta/tech-company-definition.html|title=Why Even a Salad Chain Wants to Call Itself a Tech Company|last=Marli Guzzetta|publisher=Inc. Magazine|access-date=2018-07-09|archive-date=2019-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516184238/https://www.inc.com/magazine/201605/marli-guzzetta/tech-company-definition.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://technation.io/news/tech-company-definition/|title=What is a ‘tech company,’ anyway?|last=Catherine Heath|date=2017-11-01|publisher=Tech Nation|access-date=2018-07-09|archive-date=2019-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711082023/https://technation.io/news/tech-company-definition/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uktech.news/news/makes-company-tech-company-20170217|title=What makes a company a tech company?|last=Yessi Bello Perez|date=2017-02-17|publisher=UKTN|access-date=2018-07-09}}</ref> [[Apple Inc.|Apple]], [[Hewlett-Packard]], [[IBM]], [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], [[Microsoft]], [[Google]], [[Intel]], [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]], and [[eBay]], among others, are considered technology companies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fortune.com/2015/06/13/fortune-500-tech/|title=The top technology companies of the Fortune 500|last=Erin Griffith|date=2015-06-13|publisher=Fortune|access-date=2018-07-09}}</ref> Many large tech companies are known for [[innovation]], spending large sums of money annually on [[research and development]]. According to [[PricewaterhouseCoopers|PwC]]'s 2017 Global Innovation 1000 ranking, tech companies made up nine of the 20 most innovative companies in