Aug 15 Watch News Wrap: Google Plans $12.5 Billion Takeover of Motorola Mobility In other news Monday, Google announced its largest-ever acquisition with the planned purchase of Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. The cellphone maker controls thousands of patents and builds devices that run on Google's Android platform. Also, a wave of bombings… Continue watching
Jun 07 Developers Have Stars in Their Eyes at Apple Event The line to get in stretched around the block in the cold drizzle of a San Francisco June day. Continue reading
Jun 06 Watch Apple Unveils New iCloud Music Service, but Privacy Issues May Lurk Steve Jobs returned to the public stage Monday to announce Apple's iCloud, a new online music storage service. Ray Suarez discusses the announcement with The Washington Post's Technology Reporter Cecilia Kang. Continue watching
Apr 14 Watch Mike Daisey’s One-Man Show Examines Hidden Cost of Personal Technology A conversation with performer Mike Daisey… Continue watching
Apr 13 Watch In China, Factory Workers Allege Poisoning From iPhone Production In China, Workers Detail Health Effects of Producing i-Phones… Continue watching
Mar 17 Workers in China: ‘Your iPhone Cost Us Our Health’ By Jeffrey Kaye NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Kaye speaks with Wintek employees. We arrived at the factory in Suzhou, China, a few hours early, anxious not to miss our opportunity to speak with workers. Through a labor rights activist based in Hong Kong, NewsHour… Continue reading
Feb 18 Watch Obama Takes Messages of Innovation, Jobs to Silicon Valley Leaders Correspondent Spencer Michels reports from Silicon Valley on the response of business leaders and the high-tech community to President Obama's drive for innovation and the debate over how much the federal government should be involved in funding incentives for entrepreneurs… Continue watching
Jan 28 One Year Later, Strong Sales for iPad As New Competitors Eye Market By kmoodley, Hari Sreenivasan While Steve Jobs' decision to take medical leave from Apple marked a shakeup in its leadership, it's clear that his company is still in good shape. That's evidenced as we mark one year since the introduction of the iPad… Continue reading
Jan 18 Watch How Will Steve Jobs’ Latest Hiatus Affect Apple, Tech World? Apple co-founder Steve Jobs announced his third medical leave in the past decade, a year and a half after he returned following a liver transplant. Gwen Ifill talks with Troy Wolverton, who covers technology for the San Jose Mercury News,… Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch With Location-Tracking Technology, Cell Users Paying Price of Privacy Correspondent Spencer Michels reports how cell phones with GPS technology that track and share user location are raising concerns about privacy as they revolutionize the way people communicate. Continue watching