Speculation is running rife about what information and products Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is likely to reveal at this year's Worldwide Developers' Conference (WWDC), and the Financial Times has weighed in with the news that concepts for a "smart home" integrated with Apple products … [Read more...]
Rapper Dr. Dre may have destroyed Apple-Beats deal with video
Dr. Dre, otherwise known as Andre Romelle Young, may have scuppered the chances to conclude a $3.2 billion deal with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) with an incautiously posted YouTube video, according to a number of sources. Apple has expressed its wrath over the video, which violates the … [Read more...]
IRS discovers 318,000 fed workers, retirees owe $3.3 billion in back taxes
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced last Thursday that more than 318,000 federal workers and retirees owe more than $3.3 billion in back taxes to the federal government, a 2.6 percent jump from the previous year. This accounts to about 3.3 percent of the overall 9.8 million … [Read more...]
Fake malware U.S. government bitcoin ban report hitting social media
For months now, there have been reports that various United States government departments and agencies are considering adopting regulations pertaining to the peer-to-peer decentralized digital currency bitcoin. Nothing has come to fruition yet, except for a ruling by the Federal … [Read more...]
Google to release 4000 advanced mobile devices (Project Tango 3D)
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) is moving ahead apace with its Project Tango 3D advanced mobile vision device. According to recent reports, they are planning on launching a tablet version of the device next month. The initial production run is going to be 4,000 beta units. The new device … [Read more...]
Samsung follows Apple’s (AAPL) lead, returns to sapphire displays
Imitation, it is said, is the sincerest form of the flattery, and if this indeed the case, then Samsung is busy complementing Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) practically nonstop. In a move that suggests it is not quite finished imitating its Cupertino rival's every move, the Korean … [Read more...]
Bank of England’s Mark Carney warns insurers ‘not too big to fail’
Great Britain’s insurers are under the same level of scrutiny by government and central bank officials and top executives would still be held accountable in the same way as the nation’s major financial institutions in event of a catastrophe, said Bank of England Governor Mark Carney … [Read more...]
Edmonton confident in concrete pipes made in China
Officials in the city of Edmonton are defending a decision they made to award a contract for concrete sewer pipes that will be produced in China. The Shanghai Construction Group’s (SCG) Canadian branch was given the $11 million contract, but many are not too pleased with the latest … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) and fellow conspirators to pay $324.5 million to cheated workers
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Adobe, Intel, and Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) have agreed to pay a $324.5 million settlement to around 60,000 workers whom the large tech firms defrauded via a conspiracy to fix wages. According to a report by Apple Insider, approximately $80 million, or 25% of … [Read more...]
Rumor: Google in negotiations to purchase Skybox Imaging
Rumors that Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) is planning to buy Skybox Imaging are gaining traction, with many sources saying that the process has reached an advanced stage. This would be a good fit with Google’s recent acquisition of Titan Aerospace, snatching the drone maker from under the … [Read more...]
One-third of Americans have overdraft, nearly half carry credit card debt
Despite the number of households and consumers trying to lower their various debt burdens, credit card debt remains to be a prevalent issue across the United States today. The latest findings could prove to be more troublesome for a growing number of Americans, who have on average … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) sued over major iMessage glitches, tort violations
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is the target of a lawsuit from Adrienne Moore, a California woman whose cell phone messages became inaccessible after she switched from iPhone to an Android phone but kept the same telephone number. Providers are supposed to give users access to their own … [Read more...]
Facebook’s revamping their privacy policy
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) is finally initializing a thorough review of how Facebook user’s privacy is being approached. A common complaint by many people has been that most users do not realize just how far their private information, such as their date of birth, and telephone number, … [Read more...]
Futuristic Apple (AAPL) patent application details self-protecting components
Practically every electronic device is dropped at some point in its existence, since humans are natural "butterfingers," and a new patent application by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) attempts to address that problem with devices that can sense when they are falling and close internal … [Read more...]
Webmasters everywhere cringe as Google releases Panda 4.0
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) recently released the updated Panda 4. This has resulted in many websites either moving up in their ratings, or getting pushed further down. The idea behind Panda is to reward websites that have good quality content, by pushing them more into the limelight. … [Read more...]
Report: Financial planning degree programs popular at universities
With Baby Boomers on the verge of retiring en masse and the financial situations of millions of Americans in question because of the financial crisis a few years ago, there is one field of study that is becoming increasingly popular: financial planning. It was reported by CNBC on … [Read more...]
California Lt. Gov. now accepting bitcoins for election campaign
We reported earlier this month that the Federal Election Commission (FEC) announced that political candidates were permitted to accept a maximum of $100 worth of campaign contributions in bitcoin. Prior to the decision, it was still unknown what the federal regulations were in … [Read more...]
Facebook develops platform based on Salesforce to improve customer relations
Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) has improved the tools for helping its sales team to do their job effectively. The company launched its own tool in April, to assist the more than 2,000 salespeople, to engage with their clients more effectively. The new platform has been developed in-house, … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) loses British reputation over poor service, obnoxious snobbery
When a company is sold, one of the most valuable assets added into the price tag is an item known as "goodwill." Goodwill is sometimes worth more than the company's total physical assets, because the best set of capital goods in the world cannot compensate for unhappy customers and a … [Read more...]
Speculation about new hardware reveals at Apple’s (AAPL) Worldwide Developers Conference
Less than two weeks remain before Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) annual Worldwide Developers' Conference, or WWDC, which is slated to be held on June 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th, and with so little time remaining, eager technophiles are speculating on what special secrets might be … [Read more...]
