U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) holds up his mobile phone while while speaking August 16, 2015 in Clinton, Iowa. Getty Images When Bernie Sanders wants to read the news on his phone, he says he finds popular publications “in my own way.” That’s because the Democratic presidential contender has no apps to get him there […]
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Oracle hires AWS marketing VP Ariel Kelman as new CMO
Larry Ellison, co-founder and chairman of Oracle Corp., speaks during the Oracle OpenWorld 2017 conference in San Francisco on October 3, 2017. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oracle has hired Ariel Kelman to be its new chief marketing officer, two people familiar with the matter said. Kelman is joining from Amazon Web […]
Pompeo heads to Silicon Valley to dine with tech leaders
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looks on during a brief photo opportunity before a meeting with Republic of Cyprus Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides at the U.S. Department of State on November 18, 2019 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit the San Francisco Bay Area this week […]
Zhenmeat, China plant based meat firm, seeks funding
A slider made of Zhenmeat’s plant-based meat alternative pictured in Shanghai, China on January 13, 2020. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC Chinese plant-based meat substitute start-up Zhenmeat is looking to raise around $2 million of funding this year as it expands across the world’s second-largest economy and fends off a potential challenge from U.S. rivals. Zhenmeat […]
Why mechanical keyboards are becoming more popular among techies
Mechanical keyboards on display at the Bay Area Keyboard Meetup in San Jose on November 9, 2019. Jordan Novet | CNBC Typing shouldn’t hurt. It should feel good. And it should be fun. I realized that in 2016 and started wondering what might be better than the standard-issue Apple keyboard I was using with my […]
Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro to use Microsoft Teams walkie-talkie feature
DJ Koh, president and CEO of Samsung Electronics, shakes hands with Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, at a launch event for the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 smartphone in New York on August 7, 2019. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Samsung Electronics and Microsoft are bringing back the walkie-talkie. On Sunday, Samsung introduced the Galaxy XCover […]
Dell targets financial traders with launch of giant computer monitor
The enduring image of a trading floor is a cacophonous gaggle of men yelling to buy and sell stocks and other securities. But these days, trading floors are more likely to be dominated by batteries of screens — some desks are equipped with several different displays for a financial terminal, news alerts, tickers, instant messages, […]
More brands are leaving Amazon, but the strategy could backfire
A growing number of brands are deciding they no longer need Amazon. Earlier this week, Ikea became the latest brand to cut ties with Amazon when it said it would not to continue a pilot program that began in 2018. The Swedish retailer joined the likes of Nike, Birkenstock and PopSockets, which decided selling on […]
How to export Apple Card transactions into a spreadsheet
Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces Apple Card during a launch event at Apple headquarters on Monday, March 25, 2019, in Cupertino, California. Noah Berger | AFP | Getty Images The Apple Card was designed to be loaded into a user’s iPhone, with spending history living inside the Wallet app and transaction data arranged in a […]
How Amazon, Google, others are fighting ‘porch pirates’
Package theft is at an all-time high, with 1.7 million packages stolen or lost every day in the U.S., according to researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. As Amazon drives more shopping online, Prime members say they receive on average 51 packages a year, and one in three Americans report having at least one package stolen, […]
