Apple Reports First-Quarter Results
WHAT: Apple® FY 14 First Quarter Results Conference CallWHERE: Via conference call. The dial-in number for press is (877) 616-0073 (toll-free) or (816) 581-1579. Please enter confirmation code 495624.WHEN: Monday, January 27, 2014, 2:00 p.m. PST/5:00 p.m. ESTREBROADCAST: The conference call will be available as a continuous rebroadcast beginning Monday, January 27 at 5:00 p.m. PST/8:00 p.m. EST through Monday, February 10 at 5:00 p.m....
Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida loves that Facebook bought Oculus, says it helps validate PlayStation’s efforts
“I woke up that morning and saw the announcement,” Shuhei Yoshida tells us, remembering the day Facebook acquired Oculus VR. “And I was like, yeah!” Yoshida laughs and thrusts his arms in the air like an excited child. “For me, it was a validation for VR.” As head of Sony Computer Entertainment’s Worldwide Studios, virtual reality (and Sony’s Project Morpheus) has become important to...
iPhone App Helps Fans Get More Yardage Out of Super Bowl Weekend
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Digital dustups: Can social media protest force corporate change?
A week after Mozilla’s CEO was forced to step down for his stance against gay marriage, an ad hoc group is calling for a boycott of cloud storage company Dropbox because it plans to include former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on its board of directors. The Drop Dropbox website image. The announcement of Rice’s appointment on Dropbox’s blog site was peppered with comments both fervently for and against the...
US will force Facebook to protect WhatsApp user privacy
When Facebook bought WhatsApp, some were worried that the messenger would go back on its promise not to collect swathes of personal data in the style of its new owner. Luckily for you, the FTC has other plans, and will only give its blessing to the $19 billion deal if both companies swear to respect WhatsApp’s original user agreement. In a letter to the pair, FTC consumer protection chief Jessica L. Rich has said that if...
