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Is Apple, Late to the Phablet Party, Rushing to Catch Up?

Phablet. Odd word, that. A mashup of smartphone and tablet, it’s one of those construct words that pop up when technology moves too fast for the language and creates a…

A Roundup of Festivities on the 30th Anniversary of the Apple Mac

As you may have heard by now, the Apple Mac computer turned 30 years old Friday, and Apple has been busy celebrating the occasion. The Mac was a revolutionary computer,…

How Steve Jobs’ Macintosh ‘Failed’ and Still Changed Computing

  This morning much of the tech world is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the original Macintosh computer. It was Jan. 24, 1984, when a young Steve Jobs — sporting…

Tech Industry in San Francisco Addresses Backlash

SAN FRANCISCO — It’s the kind of backlash that Marc Benioff could never have imagined when he started the city’s largest technology company 15 years ago in a Telegraph Hill…

Rumor: Apple Plans Larger iPhones

Apple plans to launch two larger iPhones this year and probably will avoid using the plastic exterior design of last year’s 5c model, which has not sold as well as…

Pope: Internet is a ‘Gift from God’ for Dialogue

VATICAN CITY – The Internet is a “gift from God” that facilitates communication, Pope Francis said in a statement released Thursday, but he warns that the obsessive desire to stay…

Why Netflix is Not the Next Covad

After a federal appeals court swept aside rules that required Internet service providers to share their networks equally with all users, I wondered whether Netflix might become the next Covad…

In-Car Tech to Pursue Drivers in 2014 and Beyond

Not that long ago, drivers could get behind the wheel, start the engine and cruise down a country road, immune to the world’s distractions, unless they chose to turn on…

Stocks Little Changed as Investors Assess Earnings

NEW YORK – Stocks were little changed Wednesday as investors pored over the latest batch of company earnings reports. IBM dropped after its revenue fell short of what analysts were…

Sundance Competitor `Sepideh’ Gets iTunes Release

An international documentary in competition at the Sundance Film Festival can already be seen throughout the United States and Canada. Apple’s iTunes made “Sepideh: Reaching for the Stars” available for…

Icahn Says His Apple Investment Has Crossed $3B

Activist investor Carl Icahn says he has purchased $500 million worth of Apple stock in the past couple of weeks to bring his total holdings in the company to more…

Court to Hear Apple’s Monitoring Appeal Quickly

NEW YORK — A federal appeals court judge has temporarily suspended the work of a court-appointed monitor assigned to make sure Apple Inc. has safeguards in place to comply with…

Yahoo Tops List of Most-Visited Websites from Desktop Computers

Yahoo edged out Google, Microsoft, and Facebook to top a list of the most-visited websites in the United States, web analytics firm ComScore says. The ComScore list of the top…

Netflix Makes Gains in U.S. While HBO, Showtime Decline

Netflix and other online subscription services have been logging gains even as people are canceling HBO, Showtime and other premium TV channels, according to a new report from researcher the…

Wells Fargo Tests Voice-Recognition Mobile Technology

Imagine picking up your phone and being able to ask, “How much did I spend at restaurants last month?” That scenario might be in the not-too-distant future. Wells Fargo has…