Amazon said on Tuesday that its Amazon Echo units can now serve as a multi-room speaker system. If you own more than one Echo, Echo Dot or Echo Show, you can ask all of them to play the same song in multiple rooms. Or, if you prefer, you can ask each one to play a […]
Read moreApple is reportedly battling with movie and TV studios over the price it will charge for 4K video content. The tech giant is expected to announce a 4K Apple TV as soon as next month. According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple wants to charge customers about $20 per movie. That’s cheaper than what competitors […]
Read moreUber’s new CEO pick, Dara Khosrowshahi, is not a household name, unlike other candidates who were on the shortlist, including Hewlett Packard CEO Meg Whitman. But Khosrowshahi has C-suite chops: He’s been CEO of travel website Expedia since 2005, leading the company though brand expansions including Expedia.com, Hotels.com and Hotwire. Now, Uber reportedly wants him […]
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Best Buy reported second-quarter earnings and sales on Tuesday that topped analysts’ expectations. Looking ahead, the company has also raised its outlook for the full year and is calling for continued consumer “momentum.” The Minnesota-based retailer said stronger shopper demand for its technology products, such as smartphones and wearable devices, boosted its sales at established […]
Read moreFord and Domino’s Pizza are teaming up to test self-driving pizza delivery cars in Michigan, as part of an effort to better understand how customers respond to and interact with autonomous vehicles. In the coming weeks, randomly selected Domino’s customers in Ann Arbor, Michigan will have the option to accept pizza deliveries from a Ford […]
Read moreAUSTIN, Tex. — “The reality is that government, for a long period of time, has for whatever set of reasons become less functional and isn’t working at the speed that it once was. And so it does fall, I think, not just on business but on all other areas of society to step up.” That […]
Read moreLitecoin, the fifth-largest cryptocurrency by value and rival to bitcoin, has rallied nearly 1,400 percent since the start of the year after hitting a record high price. On Monday, litecoin hit an all-time high of $64.2, marking a 1383 percent rise since January first where it traded at $4.33, data from industry website Coinmarketcap.com showed. […]
Read moreUber Technologies Inc is pulling a heavily criticized feature from its app that allowed it to track riders for up to five minutes after a trip, its security chief told Reuters, as the ride-services company tries to fix its poor reputation for customer privacy. The change, which restores users’ ability to share location data only […]
Read moreThe teenage years aren’t always the smoothest, and life was no different for four of the world’s most successful chief executives. They may be heavy hitters now, but before they made it, they included an awkward adolescent, a teen factory worker, a “terrible” student and a 16-year-old who held three jobs. Bill McDermott, now CEO […]
Read moreWhile Uber’s choice for CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, may seem less familiar than choices like Meg Whitman or Jeff Immelt, Khosrowshahi knows who matters. Sources told CNBC he’s seen as a very qualified and respected choice for Uber’s CEO. “He’s got an extraordinarily deep network,” said Brad Gerstner, founder and CEO of investment firm Altimeter Capital, […]
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