In this article AAPL iPhone 13 Source: Apple Inc. More Chinese consumers are rushing to order Apple‘s latest iPhone now than last year, according to a South China Morning Post report published Thursday. More than 2 million pre-orders have been placed for the iPhone 13 through Apple’s official store on Chinese online retailer JD.com, the
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In this article GOOGL Thomas Kurian, chief executive officer of cloud services at Google LLC, speaks during the Google Cloud Next ’19 event in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. The conference brings together industry experts to discuss the future of cloud computing. Michael Short | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google Cloud
In this article AAPL Apple CEO Tim Cook Source: Apple Inc. It may have a new number in the name, but Apple’s new iPhone 13 looks more like one of the company’s “S” models than anything else. Apple has released iPhone models on a tick-tock cycle for most of the product’s existence. The “tick” years
Brad Smith, President, Microsoft, on SaaS Monster stage during the opening day of Web Summit 2019 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. Harry Murphy | Sportsfile | Getty Images Microsoft said Tuesday its board approved the appointment of its president, Brad Smith, to the position of vice chair. The move comes months after Satya
In this article AMZN Amazon CEO Andy Jassy told CNBC the company has big ambitions in entertainment, from live sports to original content for Prime subscribers. “It’s still early days for us in media,” Jassy told “TechCheck” co-host Jon Fortt in an interview that aired Tuesday morning. “We’re off to a great start but we
Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Intuit will buy email marketing company Mailchimp for $12 billion in cash and stock, the companies announced Monday. Intuit, which is known for financial service offerings like TurboTax and Credit Karma, said it will use the acquisition to accelerate growth among small business clients. It marks the company’s
In this article AAPL Tim Cook Source: Apple Apple is holding its annual iPhone event on Tuesday, the company’s seventh virtual launch in a row due to the ongoing pandemic. The company is expected to introduce new iPhones and updates to its AirPods and Apple Watch, according to analysts. Apple’s hype-filled fall launches are a
In this article FB Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Chesnot | Getty Images News | Getty Images Facebook this week announced a $100 million commitment to a program that supports small businesses owned by women and minorities by buying up their outstanding invoices. By buying up outstanding invoices, the Facebook Invoice Fast Track program puts money
In this article AAPL Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., center, arrives at U.S. district court in Oakland, California, on Friday, May 21, 2021. Nina Riggio | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apple prevailed on nine of 10 counts in its trial against Epic Games on Friday, but federal Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers issued
In this article CRM Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO of Salesforce.com speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 23, 2020. Adam Galica | CNBC Salesforce told thousands of employees in a Slack message on Friday that if they and their families are concerned about the ability to access reproductive care in the
In this article AMZN Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Brandon Smith during the game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Jacksonville Jaguars Matthew Pearce | Icon Sportswire | Getty Images Amazon is in talks to acquire the rights for the National Football League’s “Sunday Ticket” package and is seen as the front-runner by others involved in
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers handed down a decision in a closely-watched trial between Apple and Epic Games on Friday. Rogers issued an injunction that said that Apple will no longer be allowed to prohibit developers from providing links or other communications that direct users away from Apple in-app purchasing, of which it takes 15% to
Jim Lanzone speaks during the Web Summit 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal on November 8, 2018. Pedro Fiúza | NurPhoto | Getty Images Tinder CEO Jim Lanzone will be the new chief of Yahoo, according to a company memo obtained by CNBC Friday. You can read the full memo from former Yahoo boss Guru Gowrappan announcing
Getty Images Amazon said Thursday it will offer to pay 100% of college tuition for its 750,000 U.S. hourly employees. The e-commerce giant is following the lead of other large U.S. companies who are dangling perks like education benefits or more pay to woo workers in a tight job market. Starting in January 2022, Amazon
Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., speaks during the Microsoft Developers Build Conference in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Monday, May 7, 2018. The Build conference, marking its second consecutive year in Seattle, is expected to put emphasis on the company’s cloud technologies and the artificial intelligence features within those services. Photographer: Grant Hindsley/Bloomberg
Prosecutors called Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes a liar and a cheat on Wednesday while her attorneys argued that the company’s failure was not a crime. “Out of time, out of money, Elizabeth Holmes decided to lie,” Robert Leach, an assistant U.S. attorney, said while laying out the case that Theranos ran out of