SAN FRANCISCO -- Netflix's Internet video library is adding TV shows from the CW network in an effort to appeal to younger subscribers and help offset the upcoming loss of another contract that supplied customers with other popular entertainment options.Under a four-year licensing deal ...
NEW YORK -- BlackBerrys across the world buzzed back to life Thursday, leaving customers outraged and threatening to cost the granddaddy of all smartphones more business when it's already struggling to keep up in a crowded marketplace.The three-day blackout interrupted email and Internet ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Many people know Apple co-founder Steve Jobs as an exacting tech visionary. Fewer know him as a romantic, a poet or a costumed "Alice in Wonderland" character at a California shopping mall.These latter characteristics help make up the portrait of Jobs painted by his first ...
The machines ARE taking over.At least that's the case with cellphones and other mobile devices, which for the first time outnumber human beings in the United States, the wireless trade group CTIA said Tuesday.Precisely, there are 327.6 million active phones, tablets and laptops on cellular ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- In the end, Steve Jobs left the world to his own devices.As macabre as it might seem, Jobs's death Wednesday will only add to the Apple mystique -- and profit. The iPhone, iPad, iPod and Mac will, no doubt, get a sales boost as consumers pay the ultimate tribute to one of ...
CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Apple Inc. unveiled a new iPhone on Tuesday that is faster and more powerful but stops short of a more radical upgrade. It said Sprint customers will now be able to use one.The new iPhone 4S has an improved camera with a higher-resolution sensor. The processor is faster, ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple fans are amped. The computer and gadget maker is expected to announce a new, more powerful version of its wildly popular smartphone this week -- more than a year after it unveiled the iPhone 4.Last week, Apple Inc. e-mailed invitations to a media event at its headquarters ...
LONDON -- Harry Potter fans will have to wait a bit longer to buy the magic tales in electronic form.The creators of the online Potter portal said Friday that the launch of an e-book store has been pushed back to next year.The seven Harry Potter books had been due to go on sale in October, ...
NEW YORK -- Amazon is taking on the untouchable iPad with a touch-screen tablet of its own.The company on Wednesday introduced its entry in the rapidly expanding market for handheld computers -- a device called Kindle Fire that connects to the Web, streams movies and TV, displays e-books and ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Blockbuster video store chain is seeking some revenge against old nemesis Netflix by offering a less expensive way to watch videos online and rent DVDs through the mail.The attack announced Friday is being mounted by satellite-TV provider Dish Network, which bought ...
