Oct 21 Amazon signs five-year pricing deal with Simon & Schuster By Ashira Morris The contract, which both sides have labelled a success, allows the book publisher to set the price of electronic and print books sold on Amazon. Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch Will Apple Pay phase out the wallet? By PBS News Hour From wristwatch to wallet, the cell phone is absorbing more and more forms of personal technology. How does Apple Pay, a new financial transaction service from Apple, affect consumers and how we pay for things? Hari Sreenivasan explores the launch… Continue watching
Oct 14 Watch In 'Innovators,' Isaacson tells story of digital revolutionaries By PBS News Hour After profiling visionary individuals like Benjamin Franklin and Steve Jobs, biographer Walter Isaacson has turned his attention to a whole group of creative minds, weaving the tale of the many inventive thinkers who launched the digital revolution. Judy Woodruff sits… Continue watching
Oct 08 Watch Will flight tracking evolve in wake of Malaysia Air mystery? By PBS News Hour More than six months ago, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared on its trip from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Two months of searching for wreckage and clues yielded no definitive answers about what happened. On Monday the search resumed. Jeffrey Brown… Continue watching
Oct 08 AT&T to pay $105 million for 'cramming' customers with bogus charges By Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press According to the FTC complaint, AT&T kept at least 35 percent of the unauthorized charges it imposed on customers, who will now be able to get their money back. The multi-agency settlement includes $80 million that will be paid to… Continue reading
Oct 03 Watch Broad-based jobs growth signals stronger U.S. economy, but wages still lag By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch Authors take aim at Amazon over fight with publisher Hachette By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch Alibaba's stunning American IPO signals confidence in Chinese economy By PBS News Hour Within 10 minutes of its rollout on the New York Stock Exchange, Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba sold 100 million shares and earned $25 billion. Though not a household name in the U.S., it’s extremely popular in China and enjoys close… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch How engaging diversity made Xerox a company to copy By PBS News Hour Xerox, a $22 billion company, is the first Fortune-500 corporation to have a female CEO. Its commitment to a diverse workforce began in the 1960s, when the founder pledged job opportunities for the African-American community. Economics correspondent Paul Solman explores… Continue watching