Apple won a major patent for its iWallet technology on Tuesday, which is a digital system that uses Near-Field Communication (NFC) technology to complete credit card transactions directly on your phone. The iWallet could be the killer app promised in Apple's next-gen smartphone, presumably called the iPhone 5.
Mercedes-Benz has released an advertisement in which its hydrogen fuel-cell powered B-Class F-Cell car simply… disappears. The purpose of the advertisement is to highlight the fact that the zero emissions F-Cell vehicle is “invisible to the environment.”
Now that IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) Watson supercomputer has gone to the doctor, it’s going to Wall Street.
Lamborghini announced its new speedster, the Lamborghini Aventador J, Unica, on Monday evening and confirmed that it would be a totally unique, one-off production. The car sold for €2.1 million, or approximately $2.76 million, a spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.
While customers and investors need to wait a little more before Apple introduces its update to the iPad2, here are three key items to bear in mind.
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. will emerge from its $639 billion bankruptcy reported Reuters, Tuesday. The company will begin repaying creditors roughly $65 billion on April 17.
Apple will unveil its next-gen iPad in less than 24 hours, but the company will reportedly launch the device on Friday, March 16. Whether the tablet is called the iPad 3 or the iPad HD, we won't officially know until tomorrow at 10 a.m. Pacific.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested three suspected members of the hacker group LulzSec and charges will be made public against two more, a law enforcement official told Reuters on Tuesday.
While Apple enthusiasts are eagerly waiting to see the latest iPhone 5, HTC’s new series of flagship smartphones in the form of HTC One X, S and V has taken away the spotlight from every other device presented at the MWC 2012. Check out how the HTC One X will fare against the speculated iPhone 5.
French auto manufacturer PSA Peugeot Citroën SA will sell shares at a 42 percent discount as part of a €1 billion ($1.32 billion) capital increase the company is seeking, as it confirms an alliance with U.S. automaker General Motors Co, reports say.
Once the next-gen iPad is unveiled -- whether it's called the iPad 3 or iPad HD -- there will be no more mysteries, no more inaccurate reports, no more conjecture, and no more what ifs. But just like in October, this Apple event is bound to leave many fans high and dry, and wishing for more.
Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) on Tuesday matched expectations for its fourth-quarter net income, bolstered by an increase in the number of stores.
Kenan Wells Gay, a former North Carolina receiver and Charlotte law student, is being charged with first-degree murder after a bar fight on Saturday night ended with a man allegedly being pushed in front of a moving car. On Monday, Gay's attorneys said that the law student was defending his girlfriend when he fatally pushed 26-year-old Robert Kingston III.
U.S. drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen Corp. said Tuesday it will pay $520 million in cash to buy privately held World Courier Inc., a global specialty transportation and logistics provider for biopharmaceutical companies.
Fictional TV and movie cars often feature capabilities and designs that surpass anything available in the real world, and they do so with dramatic effect. Here are three of our favorite fictional cars from the silver screen.
Shares of Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM), the No. 1 designer of chips for smartphones, rose Tuesday morning after the company announced a $4 billion share buyback and dividend boost.
Apple iPad 3 is expected to be released on March 7. How will Apple's latest device fare against the Android tablets like Asus EEE Pad transformer Prime, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Motorola Xoom2, Amazon Kindle Fire and Sony S. Check out the features of the five top-notch Android tablets.
Recently, Mercedes came out with a very ingenious advertising campaign to promote their new hydrogen-powered Mercedes-Benz F-Cell vehicle in Germany. They made the car Invisible to elaborate upon its concept of 0.0 emissions, which entails as invisible to the environment.
American International Group raised $6 billion through the sale of its stake in AIA Group, a move that allows the U.S. insurer to repay part of its government bailout.
Wall Street's bonuses fell nearly 25 percent in 2011, a New York City fiscal watchdog estimated on Monday, a less severe drop than the industry had anticipated, though still likely to deal a blow to the economies of New York City and New York state.
GlobalFoundries, the chip maker based in Milpitas, Calif., celebrated its third year anniversary as a microchip foundry by purchasing all of the shares owned by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), effectively making the company an independent contract chip manufacturer.
Shares of Yelp (NYSE: YELP) the San Francisco-based review Web site, plunged nearly 15 percent Monday, the first after their $107 million initial public offering.
Research In Motion will be forced to slash the fees it charges carriers for BlackBerry service this year, an analyst said on Monday as another U.S. government customer edged away from the service, cutting into a pillar of the struggling smartphone company's business model.
Shares of technology companies that advertised on Rush Limbaugh’s talk show until he insulted a Georgetown University law student last week mainly fell on Monday.
Mazda Motor Corp. set the price of an approximately $1.67 billion share offering at a discounted ¥124 per share, roughly $1.53, on Monday in the hopes that the money raised can help fund a return to profitableness for the struggling Japanese car manufacturer.
Although specifics of Apple’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPad 3 introduction will be announced Wednesday, it’s not too early for investors to devise a strategy to benefit.
Rumors about the iPad 3 display, battery life and network capabilities are all-but-confirmed, yet one of the biggest questions many are still wondering is, What's the price? Will Apple raise or lower the price from the iPad 2?
An Atlanta man has built a gun rack for his Chevy Volt in response to Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich’s assertion that “you can’t put a gun rack in a Volt.” John McDole built his Volt gun rack in about half an hour and displayed it in a Youtube video to demonstrate the versatility of the Volt.
Yahoo’s new CEO Scott Thompson is already beginning to overhaul the corporate structure. A report says that “multiple sources both inside and outside” Yahoo say Thompson is preparing large-scale restructuring, which includes “layoffs that are likely to number in the thousands.”
Apple loves big surprises, and there's a great chance that the iPad 3 unveiling will also showcase some new, unexpected products and services to launch in the near future. Here's what Apple might have in store for fans come Wednesday.
