Profit Rises For eBay, But Outlook Disappoints
By REUTERS
The company reported higher earnings and revenue in the third quarter.
A screen shot of the new privacy feature, which Facebook says allows its “savviest users” to reach a wider audience the way they can on blogs and rival services like Twitter.
Teenagers will now be able to post items that can be seen by the public, making it easier for the social network to turn a post into an ad that can be shown widely.
The company reported higher earnings and revenue in the third quarter.
The world’s largest technology services company, reported third-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street estimates but it missed revenue expectations.
The Latin American telecommunications giant owned by Carlos Slim Helú was effectively blocked by a foundation that exercised an option giving it a nearly 50 percent stake in KPN.
The subscription music service is expanding to six Latin American countries through a bundling deal with Telefónica.
The release of the Ubisoft game Watch Dogs, expected to be a blockbuster on the order of Grand Theft Auto, has been delayed until June 2014.
Ireland’s government promised to make it more difficult for companies to use its laws to reduce their tax liabilities, but it was unclear what effect the move would have.
The decision, disclosed in an amended prospectus, gives the market operator a piece of the year’s highest-profile initial public offering.
The company’s share of display ad revenue fell 7 percent as it continued to lose ground to Google and Facebook.
Angela Ahrendts will be senior vice president overseeing the strategy and operation of Apple’s retail and online stores, a newly created position.
The company, the world’s largest semiconductor maker, exceeded expectations with a reported net income of $2.95 billion, on revenue of $13.5 billion.
Waywire, the troubled online video start-up that embarrassed Cory A. Booker during his Senate campaign, is set to be acquired the same week as Mr. Booker’s special election.
Has the elusive street artist Banksy finally joined the social Web?
Amazon, Microsoft, Apple and Google are encouraging schools, parents and teachers to introduce students to programming during Computer Science Education Week, which runs Dec. 9 to 15.
While the appeal does not explicitly mention the uncertainty surrounding the company, it gives several reasons for its customers to keep the faith.
After a year of tinkering with the much-criticized Windows 8, Microsoft unveils (drumroll) Windows 8.1. The changes are many and useful.
Tom and David Kelley of the design firm IDEO talk about their book, “Creative Confidence,” which offers strategies for having the kind of creativity evident on a kindergarten playground.
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Almost two centuries after Ada Lovelace wrote the first computer program, women remain in the minority in technology, though people are trying to change that.
To help ward off corporate data breaches, Lookout is using its app to slip under the door of enterprises via the employees who regularly bring their personal devices to work.
A program in Oakland, Calif., is one of the latest and most contentious examples of cities using big data technology, and federal dollars, for routine law enforcement.
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