Martha Stewart to Apple: Come fix my iPad now

SAN FRANCISCO: Martha Stewart broke her beloved iPad. Can someone from Apple rush over and fix it? She’s waiting. Stewart, the doyen of home products who parlayed her image as America’s household guru into a multibillion

Twitter launches emergency alerts for smartphones

SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter, which is preparing for its initial public offering, said it will help users receive special alerts from government agencies and aid agencies during emergencies. Users who sign up will receive

Oracle to spend $5 billion on R&D

SAN FRANCISCO: Business software and database systems major Oracle will be spending $5 billion on research and development efforts across multiple areas including product development in cloud, applications, vertical integration. Mark Hurd, president, Oracle annonuced

Windows 8.1 Preview now available

Microsoft  announced the immediate availability of the Windows 8.1 Preview, the next update of the Windows operating system, at the company’s developer-focused Build conference at San Francisco. As part of the conference’s