This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. James Martin/CNET Zilch. That’s exactly what anyone tuning in to Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference for any product announcements got on Monday. New MacBooks? Sorry. A new iPhone? Nope. That fabled iWatch? Please. But that didn’t mean Apple came …
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Comcast CEO Brian Roberts talks with CNBC’s Becky Quick at the 2013 Cable Show. CNET/Marguerite Reardon Comcast Chief Executive Brian Roberts teased the idea of streaming-video services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime coming to Comcast, as part of a platform that sounds like the holy grail of home entertainment. In a Q&A session at the Recode technology conference in …
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LG’s G3. Nate Ralph/CNET LG turned some heads on Tuesday with the debut of its eye-catching new G3 . But in this game, a good — even great — smartphone simply isn’t enough. It’s the sad reality that unless you’re Apple or Samsung, it is extremely tough to make a dent in the high-end smartphone market. That’s especially true in …
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T-Mobile T-Mobile is at it again. The “Uncarrier” on Wednesday sent out invitations to an event to be held in Los Angeles on June 18. The invite, titled, “We don’t play it safe and sound,” gives little idea of what T-Mobile is planning, but the company has been consistent in addressing the parts of the wireless business that annoy consumers. …
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Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Stephen Shankland/CNET Even SoftBank CEO and Sprint Chairman Masayoshi Son is a fan of T-Mobile CEO John Legere. “I highly admire John Legere,” he said at Recode’s Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., on Wednesday, eliciting applause and laughter. Legere, in an email to CNET, responded in kind: “That’s …
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BlackBerry CEO John Chen at a press roundtable session at the Consumer Electronics Show. Roger Cheng/CNET The always-candid BlackBerry CEO John Chen just upped his company’s chances for survival. Chen, speaking at Recode’s Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., said he gives BlackBerry an 80 percent chance for success. That’s a lot higher than his previous estimate, which he …
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LG LG is making its best case yet for a potential blockbuster smartphone: laser beams. The Korean electronics conglomerate on Tuesday introduced the G3, its latest flagship smartphone, in a massive global unveiling. The point of the six-city launch event: to demonstrate that LG and the G3 should be considered in the same stratus as Apple’s iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy …
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DirecTV The blockbuster deal between AT&T and DirecTV proves one thing: that the National Football League Sunday Ticket package is the crown jewel in the satellite-TV provider’s programming package. DirecTV’s relationship with the NFL and maintaining the Sunday Ticket package is critical enough to the $48.5 billion merger with AT&T that it is deemed a deal breaker. If DirecTV doesn’t …
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AT&T will eventually sell DirecTV service in its stores. Josh Lowensohn/CNET For AT&T and DirecTV, the sales pitch begins. The companies have a lot of convincing to do. Consumer advocacy groups have already bashed the deal as the creation of another media industry giant, while financial analysts remain skeptical about the potential advantages of combining the second-largest wireless carrier in …
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AT&T is set to buy DirecTV. Screenshot by Roger Cheng/CNET AT&T said on Sunday that it had agreed to buy DirecTV in a cash and stock deal worth $48.5 billion, marking the second proposed deal this year to shake up the pay-television business. DirecTV shareholders will receive a total of $95 per share, with $28.50 to be paid in cash …
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