Apple apologizes to Chinese consumers, revamps service

A visitor tries an iPhone at an Apple store in Beijing March 28, 2013. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

By Terril Yue Jones and Poornima Gupta BEIJING/SAN FRANCISCO | Mon Apr 1, 2013 10:03pm EDT (Reuters) – Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook apologized to Chinese consumers on Monday and altered iPhone warranty policies in its No. 2 market after more than two weeks of condemnation in the state-run media of its after-sales service. A visitor More...

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Chief Executive Officer of IAC/InterActiveCorp Barry Diller attends the Allen & Co Media Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho July 12, 2012. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
By Team Folks On Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013
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Appeals court denies broadcaster request to shut Aereo

By Erin Geiger Smith and Ronald Grover | Mon Apr 1, 2013 4:08pm EDT (Reuters) – An appeals court on Monday declined to temporarily shut down Aereo Inc, an online television venture backed by billionaire Barry More...

Occupy Wall Street protester Harris sits in courtroom before hearing in Manhattan Criminal Court in New York
By Team Folks On Thursday, December 13th, 2012
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Twitter, privacy advocates eye Occupy case after guilty plea

Report by Joseph Ax, NEW YORK | Wed Dec 12, 2012 5:36pm EST (Reuters) – An Occupy Wall Street protester who tried unsuccessfully to keep prosecutors from subpoenaing his tweets pleaded guilty Wednesday to More...

File photograph of a customer being helped by an Apple employee while looking over the iPad mini after the device went on sale in Palo Alto California
By Team Folks On Thursday, December 13th, 2012
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As global consumers shop mobile, Apple outshines rivals

Report by Leila Abboud and Alistair Barr, PARIS/PALO ALTO, Calif | Wed Dec 12, 2012 7:33pm EST (Reuters) – Apple’s stock may be sliding as investors fret about growing competition, but store visits More...

A logo of the Blackberry maker's Research in Motion is seen on a building at RIM Technology Park in Waterloo
By Team Folks On Thursday, December 13th, 2012
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U.S. federal agency to test RIM’s BlackBerry 10

Report by Euan Rocha TORONTO | Thu Dec 13, 2012 12:18am EST (Reuters) – Research In Motion said a U.S. federal agency, which recently outlined plans to move away from BlackBerry in favor of Apple Inc’s More...

William Lynch, chief executive of Barnes & Noble holds the newly announced NOOK HD+ (L), and NOOK HD in New York September 25, 2012. REUTERS/Michelle McLoughlin/Newscast/Handout
By Team Folks On Thursday, September 27th, 2012
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Barnes & Noble launches new tablets in e-books fight

(Reuters) – Barnes & Noble Inc’s first high-definition tablets, unveiled on Wednesday, were well received by analysts who said the devices keep the bookseller in the fight with Amazon.com Inc, Apple More...

Google Inc's logo is seen at an office in Seoul in this May 3, 2011 file photograph. REUTERS/Truth Leem/Files
By Team Folks On Thursday, September 27th, 2012
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Google exec questioned over Brazil election video

(Reuters) – Google Inc’s most senior executive inBrazil was questioned by police and released on Wednesday after the company failed to take down a YouTube video attacking a mayoral candidate in alleged More...

Yahoo! Chief Executive Marissa Mayer listens in a Startup Battlefield session during TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2012 at the San Francisco Design Center Concourse in San Francisco, California September 12, 2012. REUTERS/Stephen Lam
By Team Folks On Thursday, September 27th, 2012
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Yahoo CEO fleshes out plans, new CFO named

(Reuters) – New Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) CEO Marissa Mayer laid out broad goals for the Internet giant in her first companywide address Tuesday, and received an enthusiastic reception from a workforce that has faced More...

Attendees sits in front of a Google logo during Google I/O Conference at Moscone Center in San Francisco
By Team Folks On Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012
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Google offers to settle EU antitrust probe

Attendees sits in front of a Google logo during Google I/O Conference at Moscone Center in San Francisco Google has offered to settle antitrust charges following an ultimatum by EU regulators investigating its business More...

Man walks past Google Inc. headquarters in Mountain View
By Team Folks On Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012
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Google sees advantage in making new gadget in USA

When Google Inc decided to build its Nexus Q home entertainment device in Silicon Valley rather than in China, it was not fretting about the bottom line. It was fretting about speed. Man walks past Google Inc. More...