NEW YORK -- Apple briefly surpassed Exxon Mobil on Tuesday as the most valuable company in the U.S.The iPhone and iPad maker had the lead for much of the afternoon before its stock closed just behind Exxon's. The two companies are so close that Apple is likely to keep the top spot soon.Apple ...
NEW YORK -- Facebook says Randi Zuckerberg, the sister of CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is leaving the company after six years.Facebook said Thursday that Zuckerberg, who had led Facebook's consumer marketing team, is leaving to start her own company. Facebook says the company is "grateful for her ...
If you're like many individuals today, you may be feeling at least a little overwhelmed by the technology confronting you. Or maybe more than a little overwhelmed, making you think: How did I get so far behind?Don't worry, you're not alone. A study by Cambridge University found that a third of ...
WASHINGTON -- The federal government has put Google, Microsoft, Apple and other technology companies on notice: Give consumers a way to prevent advertisers from tracking their movements across the Web -- or face regulation.Yet for all its innovative know-how and entrepreneurial spirit, the ...
NEW YORK -- You gave it a pet name. It knows more about you than your mother does. Sometimes you even sleep with it. In fact, you're so attached to it that being separated for only a few minutes could send you into a panic.While smartphone users worry about mobile hacking and other security ...
NEW YORK -- Are you a wireless data glutton or a nibbler?New Verizon Wireless customers will have to figure that out starting Thursday as the largest wireless carrier in the country plans to roll out data plans with monthly usage caps.Verizon said Tuesday that under the plans, new smartphone ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple CEO Steve Jobs briefly emerged from a medical leave Monday to unveil a free service that lets customers share calendar entries, songs and other files among their devices more easily.The company also announced new software to make Mac computers behave more like mobile ...
LONDON -- Another massive data breach at Sony has left hackers exulting, customers steaming and security experts questioning why basic fixes haven't been made to the company's stricken cybersecurity program.Hackers say they managed to steal a massive trove of personal information from Sony ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc. is blaming computer hackers in China for a high-tech ruse that broke into the personal Gmail accounts of several hundred people, including senior U.S. government officials, military personnel and political activists.The breach announced Wednesday marks the second ...
BEIJING --An explosion at one of two factories that make Apple's new iPad 2 highlights the risks of a global manufacturing strategy that has cut costs but concentrates production in a few locations.Foxconn Technology Group, the contractor that manufactures Apple's iPhones and iPads, said ...
