CEO Marissa Mayer has reiterated Yahoo’s plans to spin off its 15 percent stake in Alibaba as quickly as possible. Britta Pedersen/dpa/Corbis Here’s something to plug into Yahoo’s search field: How do you make the Internet giant exciting again? That’s the question CEO Marissa Mayer has been wrestling with after spending the past three years …
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The lawsuit against the Google Books service was filed in 2005. Google Ever go to Google to read an excerpt of a book? A ruling Friday from a federal appeals court means you’ll still be able to do that. The Second US Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said Google Books doesn’t infringe on copyright because the service makes …
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One new Yahoo Mail feature lets you sign in without a password. Yahoo Yahoo thinks it can make your password a thing of the past. The Sunnyvale, California-based Internet giant unveiled new features Thursday, including one that enables people to log in to their email accounts without a password. You go to mail.yahoo.com, enter your user name and press “continue.” …
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One Jack. Two companies. Jack Dorsey has been given a second shot at running Twitter, the struggling social media company he co-founded. Dorsey will be doing double duty at the top spot, also running Square, a mobile payments company he co-founded in 2009. The appointment thrusts Dorsey into an elite group of visionary business people. Only a handful of executives …
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Enlarge ImageThe new Nexus phones will be powered by Google’s Android Marshmallow. Google Google is preparing to show off its latest smartphone efforts. The search giant on Tuesday is hosting a press event in San Francisco, where it’s expected to unveil the newest additions to its Nexus line of smartphones. The Mountain View, California-based company has reportedly partnered with LG …
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Enlarge ImageGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai said the company’s hardware lineup is more comprehensive than before. James Martin/CNET SAN FRANCISCO — Big screens, small screens, movies and music. Google wants to be everything to everyone. On Tuesday, the search giant simultaneously unveiled two new smartphones, the Nexus 5X made by LG and the Nexus 6P from Huawei. The Mountain View, California-based …
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Google is expected to unveil new Chromecast products on Tuesday. CNET Google has already staked out spots in your living room with its Nest thermostat, Chromecast video-streaming device and Android TV software. Now it wants more. On Tuesday, the Mountain View, California, company is expected to unveil a music-streaming device, akin to its Chromecast video-streaming stick. The gadget will take …
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Apple reopens its campus store to the public on Saturday. James Martin/CNET CUPERTINO, California — The store at Apple’s headquarters is back in business. After shutting it for renovations this summer, the consumer-electronics giant is reopening the shop at 1 Infinite Loop. The store is a popular tourist attraction, offering T-shirts, gadgets and novelties. For years, visitors from around the …
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Enlarge ImageAmazon hopes to lure customers with its 8-inch Fire HD Tablet. Nate Ralph/CNET SAN FRANCISCO — David Limp, Amazon’s devices chief, puts two tablets on the table. One is a 10.1-inch Fire HD, among the e-commerce giant’s newest tablets. The other is an Apple iPad Air. The Fire HD has a few battered edges; the iPad’s screen is shattered. …
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Google faces more antitrust scrutiny in Europe. Richard Levine/Demotix/Corbis Google may have to change the way it does business in Russia, if a local watchdog has its way. Russia’s antimonopoly agency said Monday the search giant violated federal law — specifically, it called out what it sees as an “abuse of dominant position” — in the country, according to a …
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