Bay Area Police Rely On Crowdsourcing To Help Fight Crime
Some Bay Area crime victims are now taking to the internet to stop crime, and police have said they are turning out to be great partners.
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Some Bay Area crime victims are now taking to the internet to stop crime, and police have said they are turning out to be great partners.
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley have designed a satellite that could pinpoint wildfires; a project they say could save millions of dollars in firefighting resources while preventing the out-of-control infernos increasingly seen in western states.
He says he and funds run by his son and a partner bought the shares for about $58 each, and sold them in several blocks this month for $304.23 and $341.44 apiece.
Apple Inc. is refreshing its iPad lineup and slashing the price of its Mac computers ahead of the holiday shopping season, as it faces an eroding tablet market share and growing competition from rival gadget makers.
Apple is expected to round out its line-up of gadgets for the holiday shopping season with the Tuesday unveiling of its latest iPads.
Netflix's earnings quadrupled as its line-up of original programming helped the Internet video subscription service attract 1.3 million more U.S. subscribers during its latest quarter.
Shortly after the markets opened Friday, Google Inc. shares jumped 14 percent to $1,015.46 and closed a day heavy trading at $1,011.41. The gains marked Google's biggest one-day jump in more than five years.
Microsoft Windows 8.1 is now available. The latest version is the first major update to Windows 8, which was released last year.
The unusual investment opportunity kicked off Thursday with an IPO filing proposing to sell stock for a stake in the future income of the Houston Texans' Arian Foster, a top running back in the National Football League.
Facebook is changing its settings so that those younger than 18 years old can post items that can be seen by the public.
EBay's third-quarter earnings edged past analysts' expectations, but revenue rose just short of estimates. The company's profit and revenue outlook for the current quarter through December was also weaker than expected.
Though there are still some concerns about traffic congestion in the area, the Cupertino City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve the 2.8-million-square-foot project, with a final vote still to come next month.
Twitter is making a change to its site that will let users receive direct messages from people who aren't following them back.
Twitter will be coming off its biggest quarterly loss in the past three years when the online messaging service brings its IPO to the New York Stock Exchange later this fall.
Intel said Tuesday that its third-quarter net income was unchanged, stymied by a continued slump in global PC demand.
