Month: June 2019

Apple Music has surpassed 60 million subscribers, as Apple resumed counting people with free accounts. In January, Apple CEO Tim Cook said Apple Music had hit 50 million paid members, not including people who are listening free with its trademark three-month trial period. The last time the company included free trials was more than a year ago, when it disclosed 50 million total members in May 2018. Spotify offers a…

Google is hoping that it can improve your business with just a simple search tool. The company launched a new Google Small Business tool this week that lets you input basic information about your business, including its name and website address, and learn about the ways you can improve upon it. To kick things off, you need to provide your company name and website address. From there, Google will find…

Summer has arrived, and millions of people will take time off and fly to exotic destinations around the world. They will seek out beaches, lakes, hotels, rentals, cars, planes, trains, restaurants, museums – and badly needed Vitamin D. As you book your vacation, put consumer tech to good use. For example, hidden cameras are a concern in hotel rooms and vacation rentals. An unlocked smartphone lets you access websites and…

The Minneapolis-based chain announced Wednesday that it is expanding its uniform selection with the Cat & Jack kids line and launching the new “More Than Magic” tween girl brand with clothes, school supplies and more. Target also will have new Back to College sections in more than 700 stores near college campuses. “Whether you’re picking out crayons and glue sticks for your soon-to-be-kindergartener or decking out a dorm room with…

In 2013, police in Grants Pass, Oregon, got a tip that a man named Curtis W. Croft had been illegally growing marijuana in his backyard. So they checked Google Earth. Indeed, the four-month-old satellite image showed neat rows of plants growing on Croft’s property. The cops raided his place and seized 94 plants. In 2018, Brazilian police in the state of Amapá used real-time satellite imagery to detect a spot…

Get ready, TV shoppers: Amazon Prime Day is coming on July 15 and will last longer than ever: two full days. It’s kind of like Amazon’s own holiday sale, except during the summer, and typically features plenty of deals on TVs and media streamers — among thousands of other items like laptops and PCs, smart home gadgets and more. The catch? You have to be a member of Amazon’s Prime…

Yes, its customers look forward each year to the return of seasonal favorites like the Pumpkin Spice Latte or the S’mores Frappuccino, but if the chain can’t create exciting new offerings, some of those folks may spend less – or worse, stay home. That’s why CEO Kevin Johnson sets a relentless pace when it comes to innovation. He believes in turning ideas into action in just 100 days, a level…

Amazon’s Prime Day sale started off rocky last year, with the world’s biggest online retailer offering customers a crashing website and app. The company aims to do better this year, with the fifth annual Prime Day coming next month. The sale will start on July 15 just after midnight Pacific Time and run for 48 hours, the longest Prime Day sale ever, up from 36 hours the year before, Amazon…