Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure makes his first appearance at the Recode Code conference Asa Mathat for Recode Talk about bold. Sprint Chief Executive Marcelo Claure said he believes he will have a top-tier wireless network in less than two years. “You can invite me back here in two years — our network will be ranked …
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Target CEO Brian Cornell speaking at Recode’s Code conference. Asa Mathat for Re/code Target CEO Brian Cornell had two surprising words for online competitor Amazon: “Thank you.” Giving credit where credit was due, Cornell said Amazon helped shape the way Americans shopped, making it comfortable for them to make purchases online “I think we almost need to say thank you …
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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said his company has been working with Nike over the past year to better connect runners to its music. Screenshot by CNET If Spotify has a say, the rhythm is gonna get you — when you’re on a run. In addition to introducing short video clips to the Spotify streaming service, the Sweden-based company on Wednesday …
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This Lightning Dock works with the Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. Apple Apple finally gets around to bringing out its own Lightning Dock for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. The company, on the heels of unveiling a new 15-inch MacBook Pro and cheaper iMac with Retina 5K display, also quietly put up a new dock connector on …
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The 15-inch MacBook Pro is getting component upgrades. Sarah Tew/CNET For many people, Apple is all about the iPhone and iPad, but the company that made its name selling computers hasn’t abandoned the Mac product line. Apple released on Tuesday a revamped version of its 15-inch MacBook Pro, adding the new Force Touch trackpad, among other upgrades. Force Touch uses …
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Juno Cho, the CEO of LG’s mobile communications business, at the G4 launch Tuesday. Sarah Tew/CNET LG has some modestly optimistic expectations for its newest flagship smartphone. The company expects to sell 8 million G4 smartphones this year and 12 million over its life cycle, according to Juno Cho, president and CEO of LG’s mobile communications business. That would represent …
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LG’s G4 will come in multiple colors of leather, as well as a few plastic options. Roger Cheng/CNET PYEONGTAEK, South Korea — Every few seconds, the front display and an internal component of LG’s upcoming G4 smartphone roll on to a conveyor belt. The gloved hands of an employee quickly snatch up the pieces, assemble them and place the completed …
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T-Mobile CEO John Legere at the last Uncarrier event in March. Sarah Tew/CNET T-Mobile is almost certainly the nation’s third-largest wireless carrier. That’s after the Bellevue, Wash.-based company on Tuesday posted first-quarter results that included adding 1.8 million customers in the period. The increase brought its total to 56.8 million, somewhat short of Wall Street estimates. In the previous quarter, …
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ESPN isn’t happy with Verizon. James Martin/CNET ESPN isn’t a fan of Verizon’s new way of offering cable channels under its Fios TV service. The sports network has sued Verizon for allegedly breaching its contract, which was earlier reported by CNBC.com. The lawsuit was filed in the New York Supreme Court. The dispute stems from Verizon’s recently unveiled , which …
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An aerial view of Intel’s Ronler Acres campus in Hillsboro, Ore., with D1X, center, the site’s newest factory for developing cutting-edge chips. Ben Fox Rubin/CNET To get a sense of what society owes to Moore’s Law, just ask what the world would look like if Intel co-founder Gordon Moore never made his famous 1965 observation that the processing power of …
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