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Therese Polettis Tech Tales Yahoo’s Flickr revamp irks loyal users
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- On the same day that it unveiled a mega-costly $1.1 billion deal to buy Tumblr, Yahoo Inc. also revamped its Flickr photo-sharing service in a really big -- and possibly costly -- ...
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Slide Show Most popular American brands in China
By 2030, roughly two-thirds of the world's middle class will be in the Asia Pacific region--largely in China--according to a report by Ernst & Young. Currently at around 150 million people, the Chinese middle classis expected to reach 1 billion. Representing a $250 billion market for American companies today,according to the U.S.-China Business Council estimates,it's worth noting ...
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Robert Powells Retirement Portfolio Stocks are for the young and the restless
Now that the stock market is hitting new highs, some advisers say it's the right time for retirement savers to review how their assets are allocated and whether it might make sense to rebalance their 401(k) and other portfolios given their current career stage and ...
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Currencies Dollar tumbles vs. yen as Japan stocks sink
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The dollar slumped on Thursday, dropping closer to the 100-yen level, as Japanese stocks plunged on the back of disappointing Chinese data and fears the U.S. Federal Reserve could soon begin to reduce its bond ...
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LONDON MARKETS U.K. Stocks Slide As Miners Drop On China Data
LONDON – U.K.'s benchmark FTSE 100 stock index retreated from a 13-year high on Thursday, with resource firms adding pressure after disappointing Chinese manufacturing data fueled worries about growth recovery in the Asian nation.The FTSE 100 index slumped 1.9%, after climbing to the highest close since December 1999 on Wednesday.Mining firms were among biggest decliners, after ...
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Smartphone biz gets a taste of identity politics courtesy of JLo
Viva Movil , a self-styled "premium retailer" for Verizon Wireless products and services targeting Latino consumers. "As an entrepreneur, empowering the Latino community is at the core of what I choose to have my businesses stand for and exemplify," Lopez said during her presentation to the CTIA audience. She added that Latino smartphone customers don't have any ...
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Jennifer Lopez spills on new Viva Movil shopping experience
(Credit: Kent German/CNET) LAS VEGAS--Jennifer Lopez and Verizon Wireless made a little noise on Wednesday after they unveiled a partnership to create a Latino-centric shopping ...
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Siri competitor Sherpa goes after Google Glass
promises a better experience than Apple's Siri , plans to beat Google at its own game on Google Glass. Sherpa CEO and co-founder Xabier Uribe-Etxebarria unveiled the company's plans for the new app on Thursday in Spain, at ...
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gyroVoice Vine Six Months Later What Marketers Can Learn
BrandVoice ™ allows marketers to connect directly with the Forbes audience by enabling them to create content - and participate in the conversation - on the Forbes digital publishing platform. ...
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Debunking The Big Lie About Genetically Engineered Crops
Plums that have been genetically engineered to be resistant to the plum pox virus (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Henry I. Miller and Graham Brookes In spite of two decades of stunning scientific, humanitarian and financial successes and an admirable record of health and environmental safety, the application of genetic engineering to agriculture is still beleaguered by activists. And they will ...
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Google engineer bashes Microsofts handling of security researchers discloses Windows zero-day
Computerworld - A Google security engineer accused Microsoft of treating outside researchers with "great hostility" just days before posting details of an unpatched vulnerability in Windows that could be used to crash PCs or gain additional access rights. Microsoft acknowledged the vulnerability late Tuesday. "We are aware of claims regarding a potential issue affecting Microsoft ...
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Japans Monetary Policy a Big Experiment
Ben Broadbent, member of the Monetary Policy Committee at the Bank of England, tells CNBC that Japan is in the midst of a big monetary experiment, so volatility in equity and bond markets should be seen in that ...
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China and Fed fallout to weigh on stocks
U.S. stocks fell Wednesday after mixed messages from the Federal Reserve about its ongoing bond-buying program. Stocks had rallied earlier as investors welcomed comments from Fed ...
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Boom in U.S. April home sales mirrors local stats
The U.S. residential industry boomed in April, with existing home sales rising 0.6 percent to 4.97 million units, the highest level in about three and a half ...
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Metals Stocks Gold rebounds as dollar drops against yen
MADRID (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures rose sharply Thursday, as the dollar dropped against the Japanese yen amid spectacular losses for stocks in Tokyo. Hints of a tapering of stimulus efforts by the U.S. Federal Reserve in coming months and downbeat China data contributed to a Japan stock ...
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Japan minister Not worried about day’s stock drop
"I thought the pace of the Nikkei's rise recently was faster than expected," economy minister Akira Amari said. "The weak Chinese data prompted investors to take profits all at the same ...
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Google X acquires kite-power start-up Makani
Makani Power, a start-up building power-generating cable-tethered flying wings , and is incorporating the technology within its Google X "moonshots" division. "We look forward to working with our new colleagues at Google[x] to make airborne wind a cost-effective reality," the company said on ...
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Indications Stock futures slide rattled by Fed China data
MADRID (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stock market futures fell sharply early Thursday, as fears over a tapering of the Federal Reserve's bond-buying program continued to play out. Those worries and weak China data led to heavy losses for global stocks, with Japan equities suffering their biggest one-day loss in more than two ...
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Grexit No Longer Likely Says Man Who Coined Phrase
"Grexit" says the possibility of Greece exiting the euro zone has receded "markedly", reversing predictions he made in July when he saw a 90 percent chance of an exit within the next 12-18 months. Citi Chief Economist Willem Buiter coined the phrase with his Citigroup colleague Ebrahim Rahbari in February 2012. ...
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If Microsoft can’t beat them it bashes them
Scroogled " campaign, to "Bing It On", the company is more focused on the current king of online search than solving its own problems. Focusing on Google internally is fine enough, but is classless to do so publicly. You should never have to bash a competitor's products to further advance your own. With that said, Microsoft continues the desperation in the latest Bing blog ...
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Japan stocks plunge on weak China data
A seven-month rally in Japanese stocks came to an abrupt halt Thursday as the benchmark Nikkei index plunged by 7.3%, with investors rattled by weak economic data from ...
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China factory activity contracts in May
Fears of a slowdown in global growth were reinforced Thursday as a preliminary report on China's manufacturing in May showed activity contracted for the first time in seven ...
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Xbox One Steve Jobs dream device made by Microsoft
Just before he died, Steve Jobs told his biographer Walter Isaacson about his dream for revolutionizing television. His fantasy device would control all the many doodads that crowd your living room - DVRs, game consoles, Blu-ray players - and would connect to the vast world of entertainment available online. Best of all, it would be drop-dead simple to control - no more futzing with the Input ...
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2013 Bicycle Buyers Guide New Trends Technology
Some of these road bike components are easily recognizable, but others - like the battery pack for electronic shifters - are not. This is Shimano's Ultegra Di2 system, and it might be on your next bike! Electronic shifting? Road bikes with disc brakes? High-performance comfort bikes? Road bikes are more popular than ever, with the surge of interest in fitness, charity events, and ...
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Perfect Storm Sparks Massive Nikkei Sell-Off
A perfect storm of yen strength, a spike in Japanese government bond yields and new evidence of weakness in China's economy were behind a major sell-off Thursday in Japan's equity markets, said experts. The ...
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