Google to Invest $13 Billion in Data Center Expansion
Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced the company is making over $13 billion in investments this year in data centers and...
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Eero Bought by Amazon
SAN FRANCISCO — Tech giant Amazon has agreed to buy SF-based home WiFi specialist eero for an undisclosed amount....
McDonald’s Adding Donut Sticks to Breakfast Menu
McDonald’s, one of the world’s leading fast-food chains, is adding donut sticks to its breakfast menu starting February 20...
Taco Bell Selects Grubhub for National Delivery
Taco Bell is signing up with Chicago-based Grubhub for nationwide delivery, beating out competing delivery services Uber Eats and...
JCPenney to Stop Selling Appliances Feb. 28
JCPenney plans to discontinue selling major appliances at the end of the month on Feb. 28. The struggling department...
Google Launches Two Apps for Deaf People
Google is introducing two new apps for Android designed to help deaf and hard-of-hearing people: Live Transcribe and Sound...
Super Bowl Game Draws 100.7 Million
The CBS Television Network’s coverage of Super Bowl LIII featuring the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams...
Shutterfly CEO Stepping Down, Considers Sale
REDWOOD CITY — Shutterfly, which lets users print personalized photos and gifts, announced that Christopher North, President and CEO,...
Angela Ahrendts Leaving Apple
CUPERTINO — Apple announced that Deirdre O’Brien is taking on new responsibilities for Apple’s retail and online stores in...
Symantec Hires Chief Marketing Officer
MOUNTAIN VIEW — Cyber security company Symantec announced that Debora Tomlin will join Symantec as Chief Marketing Officer (“CMO”),...
Roku Names New GM
LOS GATOS — Roku, provider of streaming media players, announced that the company has hired Mustafa Ozgen as SVP and GM of Account...
Clover Health Secures $500 Million
Clover Health, a Medicare Advantage insurance company with offices in San Francisco and Jersey City, NJ, has raised $500...
Zillow Most Downloaded Real Estate App
Zillow was the most downloaded real estate app in the United States for 2018 with more than nine million new...
Intel Promotes Swan to Permanent CEO
SANTA CLARA – Intel Corporation, one of the largest companies in Silicon Valley, has named Robert Swan as permanent...
Super Bowl Game Time, Free Streaming
Super Bowl LIII (53) between the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams is set to begin just after...
Uber Eats Rolls Out Starbucks Delivery in SF
Uber Eats is now delivering from Starbucks to customers in San Francisco. The Starbucks launch this week in San...
ESPN Most Downloaded Sports App in 2018
ESPN was the most installed sports app in 2018 with more than eight million downloads according to research firm...
Uplift is Lifted by $123 Million Investment
MENLO PARK — Uplift, a company that helps travel brands provide a better way to shop, book, pay and...
Netflix Signs Deal With Oscar-Winning Producer
Netflix has signed a multi-year deal with Academy Award-winning producer Darla Anderson, best known for producing animated films Coco, Cars, Toy Story...
Samsung Producing 1 TB Memory for Smartphones
Samsung Electronics says it has begun mass producing the industry’s first one-terabyte (TB) embedded Universal Flash Storage (eUFS) 2.1,...
Toyota Built 2 Million Vehicles in North America in 2018
Japanese auto maker Toyota said it built 1,935,230 vehicles at its North American vehicle assembly plants. Since 1986, Toyota’s total...
CarVi Tests Pothole Detector in SF
SAN FRANCISCO — CarVi, a company behind a new AI-powered video driving assistant device, has introduced ‘Pothole Detection,’ a new feature...
Wendy’s Offering Free Baconator With Doordash
Hamburger chain Wendy’s is offering a free Baconator cheeseburger and no delivery charges through DoorDash with $10 purchase. The...
Lobsterfest Extravaganza Returns at Red Lobster
Red Lobster, the nation’s largest seafood restaurant chain, is welcoming back its annual Lobsterfest event, featuring the largest selection of...