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The China Quality Certification Center has given the green light for Apple to sell the Wi-Fi version of its new iPad.
How many GE employees does it take to screw in a hundred-year-old light bulb? Hundreds of ‘em — and the neat part is, it’ll still work.
The best way to predict the future, as Alan Kay famously said, is to invent it. For decades, however, major American corporations have tried another approach: filming it.
That circling-the-drain sound you’re hearing is the U.K.’s largest games retailer, GAME, officially going into administration, and the Guardian reports the company could close up to 600 stores — half its U.K. presence — and lay off thousands of employees.
Could your next game device be a tablet instead of a console? Worldwide tablet game revenue growth predictions suggest the market’s about to explode.
For years we’ve been told to keep drunken Facebook photos and racy wall posts private to avoid the judging eye of a potential employer, but now even that might not be enough.
The new chief executive of troubled tech giant Yahoo is planning a major reorganization that could result in “thousands” of layoffs, according to a new report.
The drumbeat over digital privacy is getting louder. Sen. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, stepped into the fray over the weekend, calling for the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Apple and Google over reports that the companies’ mobile phone operating systems misuse personal data, including photos and contact lists.
More employers are reviewing Facebook profiles when screening potential new hires. The trick for job seekers is to make sure they’re presenting their best, most employable self.
AT&T thinks it’s figured out a new way to make money off the rise of smartphones: Instead of just having consumers pay for mobile data, AT&T plans to allow app makers to cover the cost of data themselves, so it doesn’t count against users’ plans. Here’s why that’s a bad idea.
Online discount service Groupon continues to grow at a rapid clip, but the company is still losing money, posting a $42.7 million loss for the fourth quarter of 2011. Groupon shares fell over 15% in after-hours trading Wednesday to $20.82, just slightly higher than the level at which the company went public in November.
