FedEx jumps on the "smart" wagon with a new web-based service.
Shipping gets smart, says CIO Carter. Photo: FedEx
FedEx Corp. (FDX) today is announcing a sensor-enabled device that can wirelessly feed real-time data about a package's whereabouts, condition and other metrics to the Internet.
The service, called SenseAware, will launch this spring. Its initial target markets are the health-care and life-sciences businesses, industries that often need to know the precise location of MORE
Stephanie N. Mehta, Executive Editor - Nov 17, 2009 6:01 AM ET
Settlement or no settlement, Advanced Micro Devices CEO Dirk Meyer still doesn't trust Intel. That much was clear when I sat across the table from him last week at AMD headquarters in Sunnyvale.
Jon Fortt - Nov 16, 2009 3:06 PM ET
In mid-morning trading Monday, Apple (AAPL) shares ran into resistance at $208 per share, inches away from its all-time intraday high.
According to Fly On The Wall, $208.70 is the last resistance level on the chart.
"A move above this life high," reads a news alert issued at 10:30 a.m., "could see the following levels, based on average range, become additional upside objectives: $212.87, $217.13, $221.47. Support is currently at $200."
Apple's closing MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 16, 2009 12:04 PM ET
A YouTube video from the crew at Waterloo Labs tells you everything you need to know
Photo: Waterloo Labs
File this one under Don't Try This at Home.
Some DIY guys in Austin, Texas, with time on their hands and access to free equipment have demonstrated how to use an Apple (AAPL) iPhone to steer, accelerate and brake a jury-rigged car.
The video -- complete with stunt driving and real-time collisions -- is MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 16, 2009 10:08 AM ET
Survey finds young executives embrace online social networking tools to market their companies and themselves
A new study on top executives' use of social networking tools shows that sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn have made serious inroads in the C-Suite.
According to a survey of chief executive officers and other senior staff, two-thirds of respondents say online networks play an important role in deepening relationships with colleagues and clients. MORE
Stephanie N. Mehta, Executive Editor - Nov 16, 2009 6:00 AM ET
An iPhone app illustrated with caricatures of the 111th Congress finally gets the green light
Photo: App Store
At least someone at Apple (AAPL) has a sense of humor.
Less than a week after the iPhone Developer Program rejected as "objectionable" and "defamatory" an application illustrated with caricatures of U.S. Senators and Congressmen, the company has reversed itself and approved the app.
Bobble Rep for the iPhone and iPod touch was conceived by MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 14, 2009 6:32 PM ET
A federal judge rules in Apple's favor in the Psystar copyright infringement case
Psystar's $600 Open Duo. Photo: Psystar Corp.
Nearly a year and a half after a Miami company called Psystar announced that it was selling "Open Computers" pre-installed with Apple's (AAPL) Mac OS X Leopard -- and 17 months after Apple sued Psystar for copyright infringement -- the case has come to its all-but-foregone conclusion: a federal judge in MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 14, 2009 3:32 PM ET
Hollering and high fives at store openings in Queensland, Montpellier and New York City
Running the gauntlet in Queensland, Australia. Image: Nodeblue
Someday Apple (AAPL) will open a store and no one will notice.
But we're not quite there yet.
The company held grand openings for new retail outlets on three continents Saturday -- in Chermside, Australia; Montpellier, France; and New York City -- and each was accompanied by huge crowds and predictably MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 14, 2009 11:41 AM ET
Ma Bell strikes back with a letter, another lawsuit and its own coverage maps
The map that AT&T sent to the press. Source: AT&T
Claiming "irreparable harm," AT&T (T) has filed its second lawsuit in two weeks asking a U.S. District judge to force Verizon (VZ) to pull its new TV ads -- cartoons that depict the iPhone as the latest arrival to the "island of misfit toys." The issue, once MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 13, 2009 1:27 PM ET
What happens when telcos practically give it away ($13 for 100 megs!)?
NiQ Lai, chief financial officer of Hong Kong's City Telecom (CTEL), stopped by FORTUNE's San Francisco offices this week while on an investor tour. I had one question for him: Short of moving to Hong Kong, how can I get some of what he's selling?
I pay $25 to AT&T (T) every month for DSL that tops out at 1.5 MORE
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