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GoPro shares jump with hire of Apple designer

Apr 14, 2016 (AFP)

Shares of GoPro jumped on Wednesday on word that the troubled maker of mini-cameras popular for capturing first-person action had hired away a longtime Apple de...

NY Times adds $50 million for global digital expansion

Apr 14, 2016 (AFP)

The New York Times announced plans Thursday to invest $50 million into efforts to boost digital readership and revenue outside the United States. The prestigiou...

Amazon goes upscale with new Kindle e-reader

Apr 13, 2016 (AFP)

Amazon announced a new high-end Kindle e-reader on Wednesday, aiming to win over readers with a thin, light device despite a trend toward multi-use tablets. The...

Cooling startup funding chills the 'unicorn' herd

Apr 13, 2016 (AFP)

A further cooling of the funding frenzy for startups has heightened concerns over the so-called tech "unicorns" which have been feasting on venture capital. A s...

Facebook brings 'chat bots' to Messenger

Apr 12, 2016 (AFP)

Facebook on Tuesday extended its reach beyond online socializing by building artificial-intelligence powered "bots" into its Messenger application to allow busi...

China key to record global movie earnings

Apr 12, 2016 (AFP)

Movie theaters reaped record earnings around the world last year -- $38.3 billion -- fueled by China and young people's spending on cinema tickets, industry dat...

Daily Mail confims talks with potential Yahoo bidders

Apr 11, 2016 (AFP)

The parent group behind British tabloid Daily Mail revealed Monday that it is in talks with "a number of parties" over a potential bid for struggling US Interne...

PC sales slump for sixth consecutive quarter

Apr 11, 2016 (AFP)

Sales of personal computers slid for the sixth consecutive quarter at the start of 2016, falling to levels not seen since 2007, a market tracker said Monday. A ...

Startup's 'news browser' is illegal: US publishers

Apr 07, 2016 (AFP)

The largest US newspaper publishers on Thursday threatened legal action to block a California startup's plan for a dedicated "news browser" with its own adverti...

Yahoo faithful seek calm at the eye of the storm

Apr 07, 2016 (AFP)

For those faithful to Marissa Mayer's vision for the future of Yahoo, cries sounding the company's demise stop at the door to its Silicon Valley main campus. Sh...

Jeff Bezos defends Amazon culture in shareholders note

Apr 06, 2016 (AFP)

Amazon chief executive and founder Jeff Bezos defended his company's workplace culture and costly growth strategy in a letter to shareholders made public Tuesda...

Leica clocks up record sales ahead of new partnership with Huawei

Apr 05, 2016 (AFP)

Leica, the top-of-the-range camera maker, clocked up record sales last year, its chief revealed in a newspaper interview Tuesday ahead of the expected unveiling...

Technicolor stores Hollywood history in a bottle

Apr 05, 2016 (AFP)

A Technicolor scientist surrounded by the latest virtual reality technology inspects a vial containing a few droplets of water -- and one million copies of an o...

US approves low-income broadband subsidy plan

Mar 31, 2016 (AFP)

A US regulator Thursday approved a plan to provide subsidies to low-income Americans for high-speed Internet access, saying it would help close the "digital div...

Microsoft aims at computing platforms of the future

Mar 30, 2016 (AFP)

Microsoft made a pitch Wednesday to developers to stay with the US tech giant, saying it remains a force in future technologies such as artificial intelligence ...

Apple at 40: stronger than ever as trend-setter

Mar 30, 2016 (AFP)

Apple celebrates its 40th anniversary this week at the top of its game, as the Silicon Valley legend that sprang out of Steve Jobs' garage to reshape modern lif...

Yahoo sets deadline for buyers to present preliminary bids: report

Mar 29, 2016 (AFP)

Yahoo Inc. has given prospective buyers until April 11 to present preliminary offers for some of its assets, the Wall Street Journal reported late Monday. In le...

New regulations could further close China's Internet

Mar 29, 2016 (AFP)

Draft Chinese Internet rules could further restrict access to websites not registered in the closely regulated country, experts said Tuesday, although the measu...

Google unveils landline phone, which lives in cloud

Mar 29, 2016 (AFP)

Google on Tuesday unveiled a new landline telephone service aimed at helping consumers stay connected in the Internet cloud. The new Fiber Phone service will be...

Wearable tech takes aim at health care costs

Mar 27, 2016 (AFP)

Stroll around the office or neighborhood six times a day, and earn $1.50 toward your health insurance. Step up activity a bit more and bring the total to $1,400...