*Facebook's "Home" takes battle for ad revenue, user times to Google. MENLO PARK, Calif., April 4- Facebook Inc unveiled "Home" software on Thursday to place the world's social network front and center on Android smartphones, a move that may divert users from Google Inc services and steal some of its rival's momentum in the fast-growing mobile arena.
MENLO PARK, Calif., April 4- Facebook Inc unveiled "Home" software on Thursday to place the world's social network front and center on Android users' smartphones, a move that may divert users from Google Inc services and steal some of its rival's momentum in the fast-growing mobile arena. Shares in Facebook climbed 2 percent to $26.83 in the afternoon.
MENLO PARK, Calif., April 4- Facebook Inc unveiled "Home" software on Thursday that will intergrate the social network more completely with Android users' smartphones, a move that may divert users from Google Inc services and steal some of its rival's momentum in the fast-growing mobile arena.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 13- Andy Rubin is stepping down as head of Google Inc's Android division after he helped turn the software into the world's most widely-used mobile operating system. Google's browser and applications chief Sundar Pichai will replace Rubin, bringing the firm's mobile software, applications and Chrome browser under one roof.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 13- Google Inc has appointed Sundar Pichai the chief of its Android division, replacing Andy Rubin as the overseer of a software platform that in just a few years has become the world's most-used mobile software. The move brings Google's mobile software, applications and Chrome browser under one umbrella.
Calgary-based CMG, which supplies reservoir-simulation software to 525 firms in 55 countries, is betting that its specialization in unconventional reservoirs will help it win over some clients from industry behemoths such as Schlumberger Ltd, the top oilfield services provider.
The Federal Reserve won't change course on quantitative easing this week, Steve Weiss of Short Hills Capital says.
Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013 | 7:10 AM ETAn airline passenger records a Chinese cargo handler as he tosses boxes of something on to and off of a conveyor belt for shipment. Hopefully, the cargo was packed well.
Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013 | 9:33 AM ETPlans to take PC maker Dell private by leveraging the company's balance sheet are misguided, CNBC's Jim Cramer said on "Squawk on the Street" Tuesday, because the company is facing lower margins and an increased competition from rival Hewlett Packard.