Facebook is set to unveil an updated News Feed on Thursday and analysts have a wish list of changes that users might welcome. Facebook on Friday sent out press invitations for a March 7 event at the company's offices in Menlo Park, Calif. ...
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General Motors is hiring 1,000 IT staff for a center in a suburb of Phoenix, as part of its strategy to move more high-value IT work in-house. The new center will join three others it has set up in Austin, Texas; Roswell, Ga., and Warren, ...
Facebook unveiled an updated look for its News Feed on Thursday, showing larger images and offering different feeds based on users' interests. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO and co-founder of Facebook, was the first to take the stage at a press ...
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Michael Dell is facing new opposition to his plan to take his eponymously named company private after "activist investor" Carl Icahn demanded a $15.7bn (£10.4bn) special dividend. The billionaire investor wants to force Dell to pay ...
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Google is to make 1,200 more job cuts - around 10 per cent of its workforce - at Motorola Mobility, the mobile phone maker it acquired for $12.5bn (£7.7bn) in a protracted deal completed in May 2012. The job cuts are part of a ...
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Microsoft has announced that seven patches will be released on Tuesday 12 March. The bulletins, as Microsoft calls them, comprise four "critical" and three "important" updates. The critical updates address vulnerabilities in Microsoft ...
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Daewoo Electronics, the third largest electronics firm in South Korea after Samsung and LG, is looking to expand its presence in the U.S. home appliance market. Consumer Reports has tested a handful of Daewoo front-loader washing machines ...
As Daytona Bike Week continues, Star Motorcycles introduced a new, stripped-down cruiser dubbed Bolt. Offered in basic and better-trimmed R-Spec form, the Bolt has an old-school appearance at a relatively budget price. With the Bolt, the ...
Harley-Davidson again draws from its storied history for crafting a new motorcycle, with the 2013 Breakout making its debut during Daytona Bike Week. The production Breakout carries on from the recent Custom Vehicle Operations (CVO) ...
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The private equity consortium led by KKR which bought NXP is selling another 25 million shares in the company. Last month it sold 30 million shares. The 30 million shares that were disposed of at around $30 each in February were sold to ...
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NXP has announced a 3.6V loudspeaker driver that can deliver 3.4Wrms into an 8Ω speaker. The voltage headroom required comes from an on-chip dc-dc converter with a 9.5V output. Aimed at mobile phone use, it can deliver a lot of ...
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Department store retailer Hudson's Bay, formerly known as The Bay, has launched a streamli The logo celebrates Hudson's Bay's heritage with the coat of arms redrawn by Canadian Mark Summers and a sleek design developed by Lipman. "We're ...
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Target Corp. has partnered with Feed Projects, a social business founded by Lauren Bush Lauren, to create the new "FEED USA + Target" collection spanning several product categories, including home. The limited-time-only collection, which ...
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Neptune Chemical Pump Co will be featuring its Series 7000 diaphragm metering pumps at WEF Residuals and BioSolids 2013 Neptune Chemical Pump Co., it will be exhibiting at the 27 Annual WEF Residuals and BioSolids Conference, being held ...
Tsurumi celebrates 30 years in Europe at bauma 2013 with launch of new engine driven pump and life-extending kit Submersible pump manufacturer, Tsurumi Europe, will mark its 30th anniversary in Europe at bauma 2013, Munich, Germany from ...
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