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Google turns to Wall Street for new finance chief

Mar 24, 2015 (AFP)

Google on Tuesday named as its new chief financial officer Ruth Porat, a Morgan Stanley banker considered one of the most powerful women on Wall Street. Porat w...

Amazon TV stick goes abroad, gets new features

Mar 24, 2015 (AFP)

Amazon announced Tuesday its Fire TV media stick for streaming video is being sold in Britain and Germany, as part of a push to expand its online television ser...

New partnerships extend Microsoft's reach into Android

Mar 23, 2015 (AFP)

Microsoft on Monday unveiled partnerships with Samsung and other manufacturers to install its services including Word and Skype on devices powered by the rival ...

'Robo-advisor' growth hits Wall Street money managers

Mar 22, 2015 (AFP)

When it comes to investment advice, would you trust a financial professional or a robot? A growing number of people are choosing the latter, on the belief that ...

TAG Heuer to partner with Google, Intel to create smartwatch

Mar 19, 2015 (AFP)

Luxury Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer announced Thursday it was joining forces with technology behemoths Google and Intel to develop a smartwatch that can compete w...

Sony launches US subscription TV, competing with cable

Mar 18, 2015 (AFP)

Sony announced Wednesday it was launching an Internet subscription television service that includes live feeds from major broadcast networks, mounting a challen...

Windows 10 devices to allow sign in with face, iris

Mar 17, 2015 (AFP)

The new Windows 10 operating system will allow users to sign in to a device without a password by using biometrics, including facial recognition, Microsoft anno...

Young adults want news, not the newspaper: study

Mar 16, 2015 (AFP)

America's young adults want news, but few want to read a newspaper. And most stumble onto news while on Facebook or other social networks. Those are among the f...

Pinterest valued at $11 bn after latest capital round

Mar 16, 2015 (AFP)

The online bulletin-board style social network Pinterest announced Monday it had raised $367 million in new capital, pushing its valuation to $11 billion. The n...

NIST gets new angle on X-ray measurements

Mar 13, 2015 (SPX)

Criminal justice, cosmology and computer manufacturing may not look to have much in common, but these and many other disparate fields all depend on sensitive me...

New flexible films for touch screen applications achieve longer lasting display

Mar 13, 2015 (SPX)

Today, touch screens are everywhere, from smart phones and tablets, to computer monitors, to interactive digital signage and displays. Many touch screens are ma...

Microsoft seen as gaining in cooling tablet market

Mar 12, 2015 (AFP)

Global sales of tablet computers will see only slim growth in 2015, in a further cooling of a segment that was red-hot two years ago, a market tracker said Thur...

Woman behind Silicon Valley sex discrimination case on stand

Mar 12, 2015 (AFP)

The woman behind a Silicon Valley sex discrimination case spent Wednesday under fire from an attorney trying to sink her multi-million-dollar case against a top...

Apple's next big thing aims for wrists

Mar 10, 2015 (AFP)

Apple aims to have its smart watch on wrists in China, the US and beyond in April, and ignite its first new gadget category since the debut of the iPad. The App...

Apple Watch may move the needle on wearable tech

Mar 09, 2015 (AFP)

Apple aims Monday at its first new product category since 2010, with its smartwatch that could catalyze the market for wearable technology with a strong emphasi...

Activist firm urges Yahoo to cut costs, narrow focus

Mar 09, 2015 (AFP)

Activist investment firm Starboard Value urged Yahoo on Monday to make "aggressive" cost cuts and narrow its focus to deliver more value to shareholders. In a l...

Apple takes leap into new territory with smartwatch

Mar 08, 2015 (AFP)

Apple's hotly-anticipated smartwatch is expected to debut Monday as the trend-setting firm sets out to make stylish wrist-worn computers must-have accessories f...

Flexible sensors turn skin into a touch-sensitive interaction space

Mar 06, 2015 (SPX)

Someone wearing a smartwatch can look at a calendar or receive e-mails without having to reach further than their wrist. However, the interaction area offered b...

Apple edges Samsung, retakes smartphone throne: survey

Mar 03, 2015 (AFP)

Apple overtook Samsung to regain the top position in global smartphone sales in the fourth quarter, a market tracker said Tuesday. The survey by Gartner found A...

Cellular Carrier RuralCom Selects Gilat as Prime Network Contractor

Mar 03, 2015 (SPX)

Gilat Satellite Networks has announced that RuralCom selected Gilat as prime network contractor for its Alaska Highway and British Columbia (BC) Coast Networks....