Business

Tumblr users anger as site sold to Yahoo! for $1.1 billion

Tumblr users anger as site sold to Yahoo! for $1.1 billion

So Yahoo! has bought blogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion. Tumblr is a mico-blogging platform for quickly posting pictures, text…

Thanks to Xbox, Bill Gates back on top as world’s richest man

Thanks to Xbox, Bill Gates back on top as world’s richest man

Bill Gates is officially the richest man in the world once again, thanks to the continuing popularity of the Xbox….

Google CEO Larry Page closes I/O day one with Q&A session

Google CEO Larry Page closes I/O day one with Q&A session

Day one of Google’s I/O ended with a surprise note when CEO Larry Page took the stage for a question…

The $610,000 coffee break with Apple CEO Tim Cook

The $610,000 coffee break with Apple CEO Tim Cook

The coffee break with Tim Cook which started off at $5,000 a has gone to an anonymous bidder who paid…

Emotional Bill Gates describes his friendship with Apple Founder Steve Jobs

Emotional Bill Gates describes his friendship with Apple Founder Steve Jobs

Microsoft Founder Bill Gates has given an emotional interview where he recalled that he and the late Steve Jobs “grew…

Why a tech-savvy granny couldn’t buy a birthday card online

Why a tech-savvy granny couldn’t buy a birthday card online

Tech-savvy grandmother Ruth Levy was astonished when she went online to send a birthday card to a friend called Dick….

BT offers free Premier League football to its 5 million broadband customers

BT offers free Premier League football to its 5 million broadband customers

BT has fired a broadside against broadcasting rival Sky by offering free Premier League football for its 5 million broadband…

Facebook and Apple in drive to buy satnav startup Waze

Facebook and Apple in drive to buy satnav startup Waze

Facebook is in ‘advanced talks’ to buy Israeli satnav software firm Waze for up to $1 billion, it has been…

Sony reports being back in profit after five years in the red

Sony reports being back in profit after five years in the red

Tokyo-based electronics giant Sony has reported making its first full year’s profit in the last five years of trading. The…

Getting Your Business to Go PC-Free

Getting Your Business to Go PC-Free

Tablet PCs, lightweight, portable computers that convert from touch-screen tablets to monitors with a keyboard, are taking the business world…

YouTube has overtaken traditional TV says Google’s Eric Schmidt

YouTube has overtaken traditional TV says Google’s Eric Schmidt

YouTube is more popular than traditional television and has overtaken the TV set as of the viewing platform of choice,…

Worldwide tablet market grows 142 per cent year on year

Worldwide tablet market grows 142 per cent year on year

The tablet market continues to show strong worldwide growth – surging by 142.4% year on year in the first quarter…

Virgin Media offers Unlimited Everything mobile phone tariff from £26 a month

Virgin Media offers Unlimited Everything mobile phone tariff from £26 a month

Virgin Media have today launched a worry free VIP mobile phone tariff where absolutely everything is unlimited from £26 a…

Nearly 2,000 movies will disappear from Netflix as contracts expire

Nearly 2,000 movies will disappear from Netflix as contracts expire

Streaming movie service Netflix has lost the rights to show nearly 2,ooo films as rights deals with Warner Brothers, MGM…

Is $600,000 the most anyone would pay for coffee with Tim Cook?

Is $600,000 the most anyone would pay for coffee with Tim Cook?

It looks as though, for now at least, $600,000 is about as much as anyone is prepared to pay for…

News feature: ADzero bamboo smartphone project branches into Sion V1SION crowdfunding experiment

News feature: ADzero bamboo smartphone project branches into Sion V1SION crowdfunding experiment

The ADzero bamboo smartphone project has been put on indefinite hold, its co-founder Jerry Lao has revealed. Lao had been…

Want a coffee with Apple’s Tim Cook?…the price is now $580,000 and climbing

Want a coffee with Apple’s Tim Cook?…the price is now $580,000 and climbing

I was half joking when I speculated yesterday that a cup of coffee with Apple CEO Tim Cook could reach…

Social Video platform Spreecast launches mobile streaming for iOS and Android

Social Video platform Spreecast launches mobile streaming for iOS and Android

Social video platform Spreecast has launched an iPhone app and now offers live streaming via mobile web. With Spreecast users…

Apple reports fall in profits for first time in a decade

Apple reports fall in profits for first time in a decade

Tech giant Apple has seen its profits fall for the first time in a decade, however the company reported that…

Google and Microsoft see profits climb amid increased demand for smartphones and tablets

Google and Microsoft see profits climb amid increased demand for smartphones and tablets

Rising worldwide demand for smartphones and tablets had led to big boosts in profits for both Google and Microsoft. Google,…

Business TV