SAN FRANCISCO, April 4 (Xinhua) — Yahoo on Wednesday announced to lay off 2,000 employees, or about 14 percent of the company’s workforce.

“Today’s actions are an important next step toward a bold, new Yahoo — smaller, nimbler, more profitable and better equipped to innovate as fast as our customers and our industry require,” said Yahoo Chief Executive Officer Scott Thompson in a statement.

“Unfortunately, reaching that goal requires the …

SAN FRANCISCO,  (Xinhua) — Less than eight months of acting as Apple’s new chief, Tim Cook has become the most popular chief executive officer (CEO) in any U.S. companies as measured by employee approval, a U.S. website announced on Friday.

On glassdoor.com’s latest list of the Top 25 Highest Rated CEOs in the U.S., Tim Cook took the top spot with a 97 percent approval rating.

Glassdoor.com …

SHENZHEN, March 31 (Xinhua) — A court on Saturday blocked a request to liquidate Proview Electronics, which is in dispute with Apple Inc. over the use of the iPad trademark.

The Intermediate People’s Court of Shenzhen rejected the request filed by Proview’s creditor Fubon Insurance, a subsidiary of Taiwan-based Fubon Financial, on the grounds that the iPad trademark owned by Proview as a company asset might be valuable enough to pay off its debts.

“As it is too early to determine Proview …

New Speaker Features AirPlay for Wireless Music Streaming from iTunes, iPhone, iPad or iPod touch

FREMONT, Calif.-Today Logitech (SIX:LOGN)(NASDAQ:LOGI) introduced the Logitech® UE™ Air Speaker with Apple’s AirPlay®. Now you can stream uncompressed music from iTunes or an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch …

AMSTERDAM-TomTom has released an updated version of its WEBFLEET Mobile fleet management app, extending use to tablets and making fleet management more accessible for managers on the move.

WEBFLEET® Mobile gives businesses the flexibility needed to inform customers at all times and operate an …

Dallas, TX – Contemporary Research has added TV Control Panels to its popular Display Express TV management system.

Display Express features Web-based forms and control pages that allow users to freely define and update system operation, automated presets, scheduling and Web control panels that are easily accessed on PCs and Internet-driven tablets.

By adding user-defined TV Control Panels, Display Express offers a cost-effective solution for …

Spaces by Moxie Brings Internal Collaboration and External Communication Channels into a Single Suite; Adds Comprehensive Integration Framework

SUNNYVALE, Calif.–Moxie Software, Inc., the leading provider of customer-centric enterprise social software, today …

SAN FRANCISCO, March 20 (Xinhua) — Complaints about Apple’s third generation iPad that are running too hot started to pile up online on Tuesday as some independent tests showed the latest tablet runs 10 degrees Fahrenheit (around 5 degrees Celsius) hotter than its previous versions.

Dutch website Tweakers.net, using infrared camera, found that the new iPad reached 92.5 degrees Fahrenheit (33.6 degrees Celsius) after five minutes of benchmark tests, compared to …

HAWTHORNE, Calif.-Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has signed contracts with Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) and Satélites Mexicanos (Satmex) for two launches aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket.
“This announcement marks SpaceX’s first launch contract in Mexico. It is also the second launch contract in Asia that we have signed in the last month,” said Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO and Chief Technology Officer. “Asia and Latin America represent two of the world’s hottest markets …

ARLINGTON, Va.–PBS announced that the first hour of AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “Clinton” will premiere exclusively on the free PBS apps for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch beginning today, Monday, February 13, one week before its broadcast on Presidents’ Day, Monday, February 20, and Tuesday, February 21. This hour will also be available for free download on iTunes for one week before broadcast.
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