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10 Most Trusted Brands In America: US Postal Service, Amazon Top The List
Tuesday, January 14, 2020 - 3:15pm | 627Public trust isn’t taken for granted these days. Not with companies like Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) violating privacy expectations and raising consumer alarms. Some companies have been better than others at retaining public confidence. Through thousands of...
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Meet The Startup Behind The Video Content You See On NatGeo, CNN, NBC, Discovery And Others
Monday, April 24, 2017 - 4:19pm | 1035Have you ever wondered how the guys at CNN International Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX)) can get anywhere in the world within a few hours of a major event? How is it possible that they had a crew in Nepal to cover the earthquake as soon as it shook the earth? How did they get to Stockholm so fast...
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Verizon Drops Weather Channel, Says There Are Many Other Ways To Check Weather
Tuesday, March 10, 2015 - 9:13am | 181Amid contract disputes with the famous weather service, Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) has decided not to renew its agreement with The Weather Channel and its service Weather Scan. TVByTheNumbers noted that while the Weather Channel is the most popular weather service on television,...
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Apple TV Gets New Channels Ahead Of Hardware Upgrade (AAPL)
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 1:44pm | 539Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is rumored to upgrade its growing set-top box with a number of new features this fall, including video games. Until then, Apple seems to be intent on slowly populating the device with as many channels as possible. For its latest upgrade, the Mac maker has added content from...
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Comcast's New Unit for News Properties
Friday, July 20, 2012 - 1:49pm | 481According to a Wall Street Journal article, Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) created a new unit to hold the news outlets at the company's majority owned NBCUniversal. The company also headed a veteran executive to run the unit. The new unit will include NBC News, CNBC, MSNBC, and the Weather Channel. The...
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Google Finally Finds a Storm it can Weather
Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 3:49pm | 306Apple, Microsoft? No way. Rain and hail? Bring it on! To most people in the tech industry, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is currently known as the kooky search engine giant that shocked the world when it announced its plans to acquire Motorola (NYSE: MMI). The acquisition wasn't unprecedented (this is...