Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has issued its second recall in two months over the hacking issue. The latest vehicle recall, which was ordered Friday, will ensure the more than 7,000 2015 Jeep Renegade vehicles outfitted with 6.5-inch touchscreens are installed with software that keeps computer hackers from taking the car over. The Renegade model is fairly […]
Within a day of launch almost 14 million devices have been installed with Windows 10, claims a blog post by Microsoft. The demand is unprecedented and the feedback overwhelmingly positive according to Yusuf Mehdi, Corporate VP of Windows, who wrote the post. On Wednesday Microsoft launched the much awaited Windows 10 operating system in 190 […]
The original iPad mini was discontinued from Apple’s online stores signalling the end-of-life for the once highly respected and attractively priced “smaller” tablet that Apple introduced in October 2012. The de-listing on 19th was a quite move and may have gone unnoticed if not for staff at 9to5 blog instantly spotting it. iPad minis were […]
Starbucks Coffee Company and Spotify have teamed up in a multi-year music program that makes the “barista the DJ”. Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify, is basically allowing the coffeehouse company to run the in-store music. Starbucks. On Monday, every employee of Starbucks – about 150,000 got a complimentary Spotify Premium subscription to get ready for […]
Takata Corp. has issued the largest automobile recall in the history of the United States – 33.8 million vehicles affected by the defective air bags. This move doubles the amount of cars and trucks that were originally in the recall. The problem stems from the chemical that causes the air bag to inflate, results an […]
A computer outage Friday night led to the early closure of 7,400 U.S. and 1,000 Canada Starbucks, but it’s business as usual Saturday for the popular coffee shop. According to the company, the issue was resolved late Friday, just hours after it began. The glitch caused many stores to give free drinks to their customers. […]
It was a rough Saturday for the IT department at Tesla: both their Twitter account and website had been hacked. It also appeared that the company’s CEO Elon Musk had his personal Twitter account also hacked for a short time. The first signs of the hacking appear around 2 p.m. Pacific time when a tweet […]
Apartment dwellers are going to find that, despite a rise in apartment construction, their rent is going to increase 3.3 percent this year, averaging around $1,161. It’s a little slower than last year’s 3.6 percent but still continues that upward trend of the last five years. Marcus & Millichap Chief Strategy Officer Hessam Nadji said […]
The Broken Arrow, OK. Blue Bell Ice Cream plant has been shut down temporarily over an outbreak of listeria. The company announced it was shuttering the plant operations out of an immense amount caution in order to find the potential cause for the contamination. Blue Bell said the Food and Drug Administration is examining the […]
Blue Bell, a Texas-based company, announced March 13 that it was recalling various ice cream products after three people died upon eating tainted foodborne illness product. It’s the company’s first ever recall in its 108-year history. All products that were produced on the machine linked to the listeria issue has been identified and taken out […]