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Motorola to hold Moto X event in New York on Aug. 1
Motorola is set to unveil the Moto X. The Google unit sent out invitations on Friday to an event in New York
Read MoreYelp buys OpenTable competitor SeatMe for $12.7M
Yelp has agreed to acquire Web and mobile reservations service SeatMe for around $12.7 million in cash and stock, the company announced Thursday. SeatMe, a competitor to Yelp partner OpenTable, is a 2-year-old, San Francisco-based startup that facilitates reservations at bars, restaurants, and nightclubs. The company, which serves a small customer base and has roughly 15 employees, makes sophisticated reservation software for merchants that can be used on a PC, Mac, or iPad, and markets its services as cheaper than OpenTable’s system
Read MoreMicrosoft’s $900M Surface RT write-down: What happened?
Microsoft announced a $900 million “inventory adjustment” charge for its Surface RTs, parts and accessories on July 18. That write-down completely overshadowed the performance of the rest of the products and services that contributed to the company’s Q4 2013 earnings. (Among those overshadowed was Office 365 — the Microsoft subscription service through which the company provides the Office client and hosted Office server apps.
Read MoreApple reportedly ‘aggressively’ hiring talent for iWatch project
All hands on deck for iWatch effort? (Credit: CNET) Apple has gone on a hiring spree for its iWatch effort, suggesting it needs additional expertise to address design issues, The Financial Times reported Sunday.
Read MoreHP taps former Microsoft exec Ray Ozzie for board
Ray Ozzie answers a question at the GeekWire Summit in Seattle (Credit: Jay Greene/CNET) Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s former chief software architect, joined Hewlett-Packard’s board on Monday. Ozzie is one of three new directors to join HP, the PC maker said today. Former McDonald’s executive and current Walgreen’s Chairman James Skinner and former Liberty Media CEO Robert Bennett also have joined as directors, expanding the board to a dozen members.
Read MoreGeeksphone to bring Firefox OS to consumer market with Peak+
The developer-oriented Geeksphone Peak will be joined by a higher-end consumer model called the Peak+ (Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET) Consumers who want a higher-end Firefox OS than the Alcatel One Touch Fire and ZTE Open that just went on sale soon will have an option: the Geeksphone Peak+.
Read MoreMicrosoft settles thousands of software piracy cases
Microsoft is known for pursuing anyone that pirates its software. It doesn’t matter what country the counterfeiters are in, the tech giant will go after them
Read MoreApple’s App Store turns five: You’re great, now change
Apple’s App Store has come a long way since its launch in 2008. (Credit: Apple) What a difference five years makes.
Read MoreThe July 9 management shake-up that proved to be Apple’s salvation
Former Apple CEO Gil Amelio (Credit: Getty Images) With the dog days of summer upon us, the tech world could use a diversion beyond the seemingly endless PRISM story and the accompanying saga of one Edward Snowden. So it is that one popular parlor game within some segments of the chattering class is to pose the seemingly provocative question of whether Apple’s best days are behind it.
Read MoreYelp now taking orders for pickup or delivery
Yelp updated its iOS, mobile Web, and desktop applications Tuesday with a new feature for ordering food for pickup or delivery. The convenient new offering, featured as an option on Yelp restaurant listings, is powered by online delivery providers Eat24 and Delivery.com and is only available at select locations to start, but will expand to include thousands of restaurants across the U.S., the company said. With the ordering option, people can place their food orders through Yelp without leaving the site or mobile app.
Read MoreClearwire shareholders approve Sprint takeover
Sprint has jumped through the last hoop in its effort to buy the remaining stake in Clearwire. On Monday, Clearwire shareholders approved a deal in which Sprint, which owns about 50 percent of the company, would buy the remaining shares of Clearwire for $5 a share. The companies said the deal is expected to close on Tuesday
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