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Western Digital Files Lawsuit To Halt Toshiba Chip Business Sale
Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ:WDC) has filed a lawsuit to stop partner Toshiba Corp. (TYO:6502) from selling its chips business without its consent. Western Digital announced on Monday that it had initiated arbitration procedures with... More of this article »
Juicero Offering Refunds After Media Firestorm
San Francisco-based startup Juicero Inc. is now offering refunds for its juicing machines after nearly a week of bad press. Juicero’s Wi-Fi-enabled machine produces cold-pressed juice out of packets sold exclusively to owners via... More of this article »
Uber Suspending Self Driving Car Programs
Uber Technologies Inc. has announced that it is suspending its self-driving car program in Arizona for the foreseeable future. The ride-hailing company is also pausing its Pittsburgh operations. Uber began testing self-driving cars... More of this article »
General Motors And Honda Partner Up On Fuel Cells
General Motors (NYSE:GM) and Honda (NYSE:HMC) have announced a manufacturing joint venture that will mass produce an advanced hydrogen fuel cell system to be used in future vehicle models. The companies equally split $85 million in... More of this article »
Samsung’s Woes Greatly Benefit Apple
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is now the most profitable smartphone seller in the world by far. In the third quarter of 2016, Apple took 103.6 percent of the profits from all smartphone sales, according to estimates. Samsung was barely profitable... More of this article »
Tesla Unveils New Solar Products
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Chairman and CEO Elon Musk wants to expand from electric vehicles to clean energy systems for homes and offices. Edging closer to that goal, the company unveiled new solar panel tiles and energy storage units for... More of this article »
Tech Giants Join Microsoft In Fight Against DOJ
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has lots of allies in its fight against government intrusion. Tech giants Apple, Amazon, and Google have announced their support for Microsoft in its legal fight with the U.S. Department of Justice. News organizations... More of this article »
Amazon Launches New Car Comparison Site
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has launched a new car comparison site called Amazon Vehicles. The company’s press release says, “Finding cars on Amazon Vehicles is simple — just search like you would any other product.” The platform... More of this article »
New BMW Ad Teases Electric Car Competition
BMW launched a couple of advertisements poking fun at its electric car competition as it gets ready to start selling its 330e iPerformance plug-in hybrid. The 330e iPerformance PHEV goes on sale this summer and will start at $44,695. One... More of this article »
Nintendo Gets Big Boost From Pokemon Go
Nintendo (NTDOY) shares got a big boost on Monday on the strength of its new Pokemon Go app. Shares of the company closed up 24.52 percent on Monday, rising to 20,260 yen ($199.70) a share. On Friday, the company’s stock rose 8.9... More of this article »
Cyber Attack Exposes Tax Returns at IRS
Criminals used data that was stolen to get access to prior tax returns for over 100,000 people through an application on the website of the Internal Revenue Service, said the agency on Tuesday. Using social security numbers, birth... More of this article »
FAA Hands Out Drone Rules
On Sunday, the Federal Aviation Administration released its long anticipated proposal for the governing of small commercial drones, which sets up a plan for the remote-controlled crafts to share the skies with the many passenger planes. The... More of this article »
Eric Schmidt: Internet Will Eventually Disappear
Eric Schmidt the executive chairman at Google said this week that he predicts the Internet, as we know it will end. When asked at the Davos, Switzerland World Economic Forum what he predicts about the future of the Internet, he simply... More of this article »
Intel Puts Computer into USB
Stick computers do not impress anyone anymore and are nothing new. Inexpensive mini computers from brands that are not popular have run the mobile operating system for Google on inexpensive however highly effective and efficient processors... More of this article »
What Do Users Really Know About the Internet?
Less than 25% of Americans have learned that the worldwide web and the Internet are not similar at all. A Pew Research study shows that web users in America have different levels of understanding of tech history, famous faces and online... More of this article »
How New Facebook Privacy Policy will Affect Users
Once again, Facebook wants to change their policy covering privacy. Before they make these changes, they want to let all users of Facebook see what the proposed changes would be. Facebook users can comment on all changes starting... More of this article »
Sales Double but Xbox Still Loses Out to PS4
Microsoft’s created a new SKU for Xbox One at $100 less than its original $499 price, which put it in line with the latest PlayStation 4 by Sony, which had enjoyed a price edge up to that point. The Microsoft strategy paid off as... More of this article »
Google Negotiating to Buy Twitch
Google wants to buy Twitch, a service that gives gamers the chance to stream their games. The negotiation is in its early stages. However, according to people who are familiar with the situation, Twitch is also considering just selling... More of this article »
First Innovation Facility for Microsoft Based in U.S. to be in Miami
Microsoft Corporation has announced it will open its first training facility that is state of the art in Miami. It will also be the first such facility in the U.S. for Microsoft. The software maker giant already has more than 100 of... More of this article »
Microsoft Targeting Affordable Phone Market
Software giant and U.S.-based Microsoft, the new official owner of the mobile device segment of Nokia, will set as its target the $50 billion affordable mobile phone market to help restore the lost glory of the business, which at... More of this article »
Apple and Samsung Extend Lead in U.S. Smartphone Market
Samsung and Apple hardware accounted for 68 out of every 100 smartphones that were sold in the U.S. during the last quarter of 2013. That figure is 11% higher than the fourth quarter of 2012, just over a year ago. Apple was able to... More of this article »