Amazon may be working on a smartphone with hologram-like 3D Amazon is reportedly developing a smartphone that sports a 3D screen that relies on retina-tracking technology to make images seem to float above the screen like a hologram. With the smartphone, users would be able to navigate through content by using their eyes alone, according to two unnamed people who discussed the phone with the Wall Street Journal. More
Microsoft may buy Barnes & Noble's Nook unit for $1 billion According to internal documents obtained by the website TechCrunch, Microsoft has offered $1 billion for the digital assets of Nook Media, Barnes & Noble's digital book venture. According to internal documents obtained by the website TechCrunch, Microsoft has offered $1 billion for the digital assets of Nook Media, Barnes & Noble's digital book venture. More
HTC Expects Brighter Second Quarter Taiwan's HTC expects its second-quarter revenue and operating margin to rise from the first quarter, as sales of the new HTC One smartphone pick up. More
Deadline for $35 million settlement over Apple iPhone 7 issues approaching: How to join The settlement was reached with Apple alleging audio or microphone issues for the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. Here's what to know and if you can get paid. 05/17/2024 - 4:45 am | View Link
D.C. is testing its Big Tech antitrust campaign far from D.C. No longer is the nation’s capital always the trial venue of choice for the Justice Department and FTC as they file antitrust suits against the biggest names in Silicon Valley. 05/15/2024 - 9:01 pm | View Link
Don't blame Apple for the US smartphone market, blame the US carriers The answer is the US carriers: AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile ... why Apple's getting sued and what it means for the iPhone The US sues Apple for monopoly antitrust violations, says the company ... 03/27/2024 - 5:45 pm | View Link
LIV Golf, which competes with the PGA Tour, will finish its 2024 season in North Texas. Huddleston, an oil magnate and owner of Maridoe Golf Club, discussed the big event in an interview with Sports Business Journal.
It may be a small fraction of the company, but activist investors in Apple and ExxonMobil have accomplished a lot, with a lot less.
Wall Street has countless stories of investors acquiring stakes in companies for which they seem like very bad fits—Bill Gates investing in Waste Management, America’s leading garbage company; Warren Buffett getting into American Airlines, Delta, United, and Southwest a few years after calling the airline business a “death trap.” Yet Republican high-haired former presidential hopeful-turned-Trump campaigner Vivek Ramaswamy jumping into bed with left-leaning, listicle-heavy BuzzFeed is still likely to cause a double take.