Apple and Samsung both reported quarterly earnings last week. Today we hear from the company that makes many of the gadgets they sell — Taiwanese tech giant Hon Hai, or as we know it, Foxconn.
The iPhone is like the Golden Gate Bridge: It hogs attention, but the Bay Bridge to and from Oakland gets used more often. So what's the Bay Bridge in this analogy? The Samsung Galaxy.
The Internet is powered by vast banks of computers which chew up energy. That's a big cost for the people who run these servers — and the earth, depending on how all the electricity is generated.
Amazon is coming out with its own media box for TVs, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. The device would compete with Apple TV, Roku, and possibly cable and satellite companies.
Jamie Kitman, New York editor of Automobile Magazine, has just completed driving a $240,000 McLaren sports car across the country. Along the way, he made a few pit stops with Marketplace Tech.
