Apple Acquires Indoor Location Company WifiSLAM
Apple has acquired indoor-GPS company WifiSLAM, a sign that the war over indoor mobile location services is heating up. — Apple paid around $20 million for the Silicon Valley-based company, accordin...
Apple rolls out fix for password reset security hole, iForgot site back up
Apple's iForgot password reset page is now back online, and iMore has verified that the security hole, discovered earlier today in Apple's password reset page, has been closed. — Previously, after p...
Blackstone Group Said to Submit Proposal to Buy Dell
Blackstone Group LP submitted a tentative offer late yesterday to acquire Dell Inc. (DELL), rivaling a $24.4 billion offer from a group led by Silver Lake Management LLC and company founder Michael De...
Embrace, extend, extinguish: How Google crushed and abandoned the RSS industry
Summary: Most of the commentary I've read so far about the loss of Google Reader has been about its use as an RSS client. But that's a red herring. The real victims were companies that had planned i...
Google Opens Universal Analytics Beta To All
Last October, Google announced the limited beta of Universal Analytics, an effort to bring new features like cross-platform and mobile app analytics …
In symbolic vote, Senate signals support for letting states collect taxes on Internet sales
WASHINGTON - Advocates of an effort to help states collect taxes on Internet sales won a symbolic but important victory Friday as the Senate signaled solid bipartisan support for the proposal.
Inside ‘Apple Anonymous’: The Secret Society of Apple's Retail Army
Walk into any one of Apple's more than 400 retail stores across the globe and you will receive customer service that is typically unmatched in the consumer electronics industry. The experience that a...