Despite the ubiquity of mobile payments, a top executive at Venmo says the world is still a few generations away from abandoning cash altogether. “It’s a matter of time — but it’s going to be a long time, not a next year kind of thing,” said Michael Vaughan, the chief operating officer of Venmo, at […]
Read moreApple has signed a multiyear deal with Oprah Winfrey as part of the hardware giant’s push into original content, the company said Friday. Winfrey will create “original programs that embrace her incomparable ability to connect with audiences around the world,” Apple said in a statement. The actress and philanthropist has dominated daytime TV for decades […]
Read moreA company run by former officials at Cambridge Analytica, the political consulting firm brought down by a scandal over how it obtained Facebook users’ private data, has quietly been working for President Donald Trump‘s 2020 re-election effort, The Associated Press has learned. The AP confirmed that at least four former Cambridge Analytica employees are affiliated […]
Read moreYou’ve probably received a bunch of emails from companies telling you that they’re changing their privacy policies, and perhaps asking you for permission to keep sending you email. And, if you’re like most Americans, those emails went straight into the trash. This is causing a nightmare for companies that rely on email newsletters or offers […]
Read moreOn Friday the Trump administration announced it will impose a 25 percent tariff on up to $50 billion in Chinese goods in an effort to protect U.S. intellectual property and technology. The decision brought an immediate backlash from Beijing. China in retaliation said it will introduce taxation measures of the same scale and strength. As […]
Read moreJustin Sullivan | Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during the 2018 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) at the San Jose Convention Center on June 4, 2018 in San Jose, California. New software that Apple will launch for the iPhone and iPad in the coming months will make managing notifications and alerts much less […]
Read moreTax software company Avalara skyrocketed more than 50 percent on its opening day of trading Friday. Shares opened at $35 after pricing at $24 in the company’s $180 million IPO on Thursday. It’s another successful cloud software IPO for the tech sector. Zuora and Ceridian each jumped roughly 40 percent on their opening days in […]
Read moreAT&T will be launching a “very, very skinny bundle” of television programming free to its mobile customers, Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson told CNBC on Friday, a day after the company closed its $85.4 billion purchase of Time Warner. “We will be launching, and you’re going to hear more about this next week, a product […]
Read moreCowen is more optimistic on AMD gains in the cloud computing market after a presentation from a key company executive. The firm raised its price target for AMD shares to $21 from $18, predicting the chipmaker will report better than expected profits in 2020. “Along with recent announcements of new server deals with Cisco/Tencent and […]
Read moreIt’s been a rough few weeks for investors betting against Tesla, one of the most-shortedstocks in the United States. Tesla stock has rallied almost 17 percent since the company’s early June annual shareholder meeting at which Chairman and CEO Elon Musk promised profitability in the third quarter. Shares kept trending higher this week, rising slightly […]
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