Articles by Rachelle Dragani

Flipboard on Monday launched an e-commerce initiative that lets both consumers and brands create online product catalogs Consumers can browse online commerce platforms for their favorite products, and then add them to their personal catalog. In addition to serving as a convenient central storage area for their most desired goods, the catalog can se...

Google has invited developers to a hackathon that will give them a chance to learn more about the Google Glass platform, according to 9to5Google The company reportedly sent invitations on Wednesday to an event scheduled for Nov. 19 and 20 at Google's San Francisco Basecamp, where eager developers will hear about the next phase of the Glass Develope...

The notorious Silk Road website is back in business a month after federal authorities seized it and arrested its alleged proprietor The FBI shut it down following a two-and-a-half year investigation, claiming that it served as an underground marketplace for people to trade in contraband materials including narcotics, weapons and false documents -- ...

Los Angeles is moving forward with a plan to establish a high-speed fiber network across the entire city, according to a report from Ars Technica. Beginning next month, the Los Angeles Information Technology Agency will issue a request for proposals to bring access to a high-speed fiber network to every residence, business and government entity in...

Google's Niantic Labs on Monday announced that it was lifting the invitation-only restriction on its augmented reality game Ingress. The game launched in beta about a year ago, and interested players needed an invitation code to participate. Now all Android users can download the free massively multiplayer game from Google Play....

Google on Thursday unveiled the highly anticipated Nexus 5, its flagship smartphone running the new KitKat release of the Android operating system. ...

Amazon on Wednesday launched AmazonSmile, a program that will allow shoppers to direct a percentage their Amazon purchase totals to the charitable organization of their choice. Shoppers can choose from a list of nearly 1 million organizations in the U.S. Amazon will give .05 percent of every AmazonSmile purchase to the shopper's selected charity. ...

Sprint announced Wednesday that it had demonstrated 1 Gbps over-the-air speed on its new Spark network at a Sprint lab near Silicon Valley, Calif. The company is just beginning to roll out the super-high-speed network, targeting customers who run data-intensive applications.

Facebook on Wednesday reported a rise in third-quarter profit and growth in mobile ad revenue.It posted total revenue of US$2.02 billion, a 60 percent jump from the $1.26 billion it reported in the year-ago quarter. Advertising accounted for $1.8 billion of that revenue Facebook now has 1.19 billion active monthly users, an 18 percent jump from the...

Google has introduced a slew of changes that will make it easier to enhance and share digital media on Google+ It unveiled the new features at a Tuesday event in San Francisco, where it also revealed that Google+ now has 540 million active monthly users who upload 1.5 billion photos each week....

Disney is giving one of its new children's shows a home on mobile devices before it broadcasts the program via its TV networks Sheriff Callie's Wild West, the first Western for 2-to-7-year-olds, according to the company, will make its debut on Disney's Watch Disney Junior App on Nov. 24. It will also be available to viewers who subscribe to certai...

Michael Dell's US$24.9 billion deal to take the company he founded private has closed, Dell announced Tuesday It's the final public chapter in the CEO's drawn-out battle to buy the company and rebuild it away from the scrutiny of investors....

Play-i on Monday launched a crowdfunding campaign to support the development of robots designed to teach young students the fundamentals of computer programming through play Play-i is working on two robots, Bo and Yana, that can help teach kids as young as five basic computer science skills. The robots come ready to play out of the box, and childr...

Instagram on Thursday unveiled new information about its upcoming ads, giving users a taste of what the sponsored photos and videos will look like When it announced last month that it would be introducing ads, Instagram assured users that the posts would feel natural and not compromise the network's aesthetics....

AT&T on Wednesday posted third-quarter earnings that beat analyst expectations with increases in revenue and net income, thanks largely to solid subscriber growth It reported net income of US$3.8 billion, or 72 cents per share, a 4.9 percent increase from the $3.6 billion, or 63 cents per share, it reported in the same quarter a year ago. Revenue w...

AT&T on Wednesday posted third-quarter earnings that beat analyst expectations with increases in revenue and net income, thanks largely to solid subscriber growth It reported net income of US$3.8 billion, or 72 cents per share, a 4.9 percent increase from the $3.6 billion, or 63 cents per share, it reported in the same quarter a year ago. Revenue w...

eBay on Tuesday announced a set of initiatives -- including the acquisition of Shutl -- designed to help it offer speedier deliveries and a more personalized shopping experience Shutl uses couriers to deliver goods within a few hours of their online purchase. The company is currently operating in Chicago and New York, as well as throughout the UK....

Netflix beat expectations with third-quarter revenue of US$1.11 billion, or 52 cents per share -- up from the $905 million it reported in the same quarter a year ago At first, investors seemed energized by Netflix's earnings and positive outlook -- they sent the stock soaring more than 11 percent in after-hours trading. Shares hit a daily high of $...

Unbounded Robotics unveiled the UBR-1 on Monday, a US$35,000 mobile manipulation platform designed to provide engineers with functional robot hardware to aid development of apps for the device. ...

Investors sent Google's shares soaring past the US$1,000 mark Friday following its stellar third-quarter earnings report Google reported $14.89 billion in revenue, a 12 percent increase compared with the same time a year ago, beating Wall Street expectations. It posted net income of $2.97 billion, up from the $2.18 billion a year earlier.