SAN FRANCISCO -- The CEO of Netflix said he was sorry for mishandling a recent price increase that caused customers to cancel the service in droves. But the apology was drowned out by a decision that angered subscribers all over again.The company will split into two services -- one with an odd ...
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- EBay's name is synonymous with auctions, but that's created an image problem for the online marketplace.These days, most of the things people purchase on the site aren't sold through auctions; they have fixed prices. And, the majority of items for sale are new -- not musty ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- New Mexico, home to several of the nation's premier scientific, nuclear and military institutions, is planning to take part in an unprecedented science project: a 20-square-mile model of a small U.S. city.A Washington, D.C.-based technology company announced plans Tuesday ...
NEW YORK -- When it comes to mobile shopping, so far there's more buzz than buy.As the number of people who use iPhones and other smartphones grows, companies selling everything from hardware to high fashion are touting all the new applications they're rolling out that help shoppers, from ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Steve Jobs has been Apple's most recognizable personality, but much of its cachet comes from its clean, inviting designs. For that, Apple can credit its head designer, Jonathan Ive.Ive, a self-effacing 44-year-old Brit, helped Jobs bring Apple back from the brink of financial ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- It's easy to forget now, but Apple's magnetism was once confined to a cult-like following of geeks seduced by the elegance and simplicity of the company's computers.Over the past decade, though, Apple has emerged as a trendsetter and a wealth-making machine -- the rare company ...
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO at Apple, the company he co-founded at age 21 and turned into an international business icon, known for its tremendous profits and elegantly designed devices like the iPhone, iPad and Mac computers.The Cupertino, Calif., company announced ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Computers, like humans, can learn. But when Google tries to fill in your search box based only on a few keystrokes, or your iPhone predicts words as you type a text message, it's only a narrow mimicry of what the human brain is capable.The challenge in training a computer to ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc.'s $12.5 billion deal to buy cellphone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. is aimed at giving the Internet search leader more legal firepower as it battles Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. to gain the upper hand in the increasingly important mobile computing ...
MIAMI -- "Vanishing stores are sad way to close book," read one headline. "The last days of once upon a time," said another.Last month's news that the giant Borders bookstore chain had collapsed, taking 400 stores and 11,000 employees with it, leaving behind only a couple of hundred millions of ...
