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Why Big Tech wants to get inside your car

by Kai Ryssdal and Bennett Purser
Apr 10, 2019
A look at the data and dollars hiding behind the dashboard.
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Steven Spielberg, Reese Witherspoon help launch Apple TV service

by Ben Bradford
Mar 25, 2019
Usually when Apple hosts one of its “special events” at the Steve Jobs Theater in Silicon Valley, it’s rolling out new products, unveiling the latest iPhone, Mac or Apple Watch on the black stage with dramatic music and slick videos. Today’s event had all of that, plus appearances by Steve Carell, Steven Spielberg and Reese […]
Actors Steve Carell, Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston speak during an event launching Apple tv+ at Apple headquarters on March 25, 2019, in Cupertino, California.
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Apple's retail chief set out to transform its stores. Now she's leaving.

by Justin Ho
Feb 6, 2019
The tech company is shaking up its strategy. Can that reduce wait times at the Genius Bar?
Head of retail at Apple Angela Ahrendts (L) poses with a store team member for a selfie at the opening of an Apple store in Brussels, Belgium in 2015.
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With regulations, India sets up roadblocks for Amazon

by Ben Bradford
Feb 1, 2019
In its push for global dominance, Amazon bet big on India as a major growth market. But the company wasn’t counting on the country’s tough new e-commerce rules. With the retail market saturated at home, Amazon, Walmart and other corporations must find emerging markets to grow. So why is India limiting Amazon’s services? And how will […]
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Apple, the iPhone, and the Innovator's Dilemma

by Molly Wood
Feb 1, 2019
If you re-read the first few chapters of The Innovator’s Dilemma and you insert "Apple" every time Clayton Christensen mentions "a company," a certain picture emerges.
The Apple logo is seen onstage prior to an event at the Steve Jobs Theater on September 12, 2018 in Cupertino, California.
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Trying to cut tech giants out of your life is even harder than you think

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Jan 30, 2019
"You basically can't use the internet without interacting with them," Gizmodo reporter Kashmir Hill says.
Privacy and technology reporter Kashmir Hill tried to cut herself off from big tech companies Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple and Facebook.
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Forecast for tech earnings: sunny, with clouds on the horizon

by Renata Sago
Jan 30, 2019
Apple beats analysts' estimates while Facebook, Microsoft expected to have strong quarters. But government regulation may drag down future earnings.
Apple beats analysts' estimates while Facebook and Microsoft are expected to have strong quarters.
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France fines Google $57 million for violating privacy rules

by Andy Uhler
Jan 25, 2019
How big a fine is appropriate when a company earns scores of billions a year?
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Big tech companies have an affordable housing problem

by Ben Bradford
Jan 17, 2019
Microsoft is the latest tech giant to fund affordable housing projects in the white-hot real estate market where they are based. As part of a community building initiative in Seattle, Microsoft is pledging $475 million in low-interest loans to support housing construction projects over three years, with another $25 million marked for homelessness. There has […]
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When Big Tech embeds staffers in political campaigns

by Molly Wood
Jan 8, 2019
What can we expect in 2020?
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