Tricia Duryee in Commerce on June 27 at 12:01 am PT
Retailers have a hard time figuring out how much customers need to pay in sales tax, but with Avalara’s help, they don’t have to worry about it.
Listen here, Internet girl. It wouldn’t kill you to watch a film or pick up a newspaper once in a while.
–Aaron Sorkin, during a tense interview with Toronto Globe and Mail’s Sarah Nicole Pickett. His comments have spawned a tumblr.
Ina Fried in Mobile on June 26 at 11:00 pm PT
MediaTek says its new chip, which will be shipping by the third quarter, will pave the way for dual-core smartphones that sell for $200 and below, without a subsidy.
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on June 26 at 6:03 pm PT
A new free service creates a detailed physical and digital profile of your medical and personal information to be stored online in case of an emergency.
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John Paczkowski in News on June 26 at 5:55 pm PT
Apple debuted its iTunes Store to
a dozen new markets in Asia today, bringing it to Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. This is the company’s first big iTunes push into Asia since it launched the store in Japan back in 2005. The iTunes Store is still not available in China, Apple’s fastest growing market.
Thomas Gryta in Mobile on June 26 at 3:40 pm PT
SBA Communications Corp. agreed to buy more than 3,200 cell tower sites from closely held TowerCo for $1.45 billion in cash and stock, as it looks to capitalize on the rising demand for wireless data services.
Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on June 26 at 3:20 pm PT
The Stitcher app’s Smart Station feature delivers audio content from your favorite radio shows — and shows you haven’t discovered yet — to your device.
Ina Fried in Mobile on June 26 at 2:57 pm PT
It is compelling apps and services — not great hardware — that stand between Android and tablet success.
Ina Fried in Mobile on June 26 at 2:15 pm PT
Intuit’s chief says revenue from mobile products — a tiny percentage of the current business — should make up half of revenue by 2020.
Peter Kafka in News on June 26 at 2:00 pm PT
A new deal will put Spotify’s play button in front of 700 million Yahoo users. It will also give Yahoo a cut of some of Spotify’s subscription revenue.
John Paczkowski in News on June 26 at 1:32 pm PT
Apple mulls Northern Nevada as the site of its next data center.
