Meet Microsoft's Jony Ive

Microsoft (MSFT, Tech30) has Panos Panay -- and he still has a lot to prove. But there's no question: Microsoft's products keep getting better. The latest example is Surface 3, the tablet/laptop hybrid. In an exclusive interview with CNNMoney, Panay...

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How the Surface lost $1 billion and lived to tell the tale

It didn't last long. Microsoft's (MSFT, Tech30) CFO Amy Hood met Panay backstage on that summer day of 2013. She told Panay that Microsoft was about to announce a $900 million writedown because of a boatload of Surface tablets that didn't sell. After...

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11 things you need to know about Microsoft's new Surface 3

The Surface fills a gadget gap between laptops and tablets. Today's tablets are great for portability, reading and watching video, but they're not ideal for doing work. Laptops are designed for getting stuff done, but you wouldn't want to read a book...

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You can now trade in your Android for an iPhone at Apple Stores

You can now trade in your non-iPhone smartphone at an Apple (AAPL, Tech30) Store for a credit toward a new iPhone. Previously, Apple only accepted iPhones as trade-ins. Only "select" phones are available for the deal, and you can only get a credit...

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Russia's Gazprom: Profits plunge 70%

Russian energy giant Gazprom has been hit by Moscow's conflict with Kiev. Gazprom (OGZPY), the world's biggest gas producer, saw its net profit fall 70% to 189 billion rubles ($3.3 billion) in 2014. The weak ruble was a big reason. The profit...

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Toyota's Rav4 gets cheap automatic braking

The company is cutting the price of automatic braking and other crash-avoidance options, a move that could greatly increase the availability of the safety features. Toyota is offering it on the Rav4, one of its top selling models. It expects to have...

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Land Rover's new $200,000 SUV is most expensive ever

Land Rover unveiled the new high end version of the Range Rover, the SVAutobiography at the New York auto show Monday, which has a $199,495 price tag. That's up about $12,000 from the suggested price on the Autobiography Black model, which it replaces....

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George Soros: I'll invest $1 billion in Ukraine

George Soros' philanthropic work has focused on promoting democracy in eastern Europe. The veteran hedge fund investor told an Austrian newspaper he was prepared to invest $1 billion in the collapsing war-ravaged economy. "There are concrete...

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This man bet $100K that there's a startup bubble

Many in the industry have been sounding warning bells about a possible bubble, citing early-stage startups attracting millions in investment at sky-high valuations, despite having little or no revenue. Last week, tech investor Sam Altman challenged...

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Now might be the time to buy Russia. Yes, really.

The oil-dependent economy is on track for a deep recession this year, and there's a risk that the West may impose more sanctions over Ukraine. Yet Russia's stock market, currency and bonds are all bouncing higher. After a horror year that saw...

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Carly Fiorina: Now a 90% chance I'll run for president in 2016

Carly Fiorina told CNN in February the chances she would run were "way over 50%." Now she says they are "higher than 90%." In an interview with "Fox News Sunday," Fiorina said the chances of her joining an already crowded field of presidential...

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5 travel spots that just got cheaper for Americans

Much of the world is on sale for Americans right now since the U.S. dollar is enjoying one of the strongest moments in modern history. Just about everything from hotels to luxury handbags to McDonald's hamburgers is cheaper abroad than in the United...

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'Things will not change' after sex bias verdict without push

Ellen Pao lost her sex bias suit against prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers on Friday when a San Francisco jury ruled that the firm did not discriminate against her. Pao, a former junior partner...

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The U.S. economy is showing cracks

The U.S. job market had its best year of gains last year since 1999, and economic activity hit a whopping 5% in the third quarter -- the best quarter since 2003. Three months later, the U.S. economy is looking a little tired. It's losing momentum...

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Indiana backlash: Opposition to anti-gay law grows

CEO Bill Oesterle announced Saturday that the company had put its proposed campus expansion project in Indianapolis "on hold" following the passage of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Angie's List, a business-rating website, was expected to...

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Indiana backlash: Opposition to anti-gay law grows

CEO Bill Oesterle announced Saturday that the company had put its proposed campus expansion project in Indianapolis "on hold" following the passage of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Angie's List, a business-rating website, was expected to...

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'Things will not change' after sex bias verdict without push

Ellen Pao lost her sex bias suit against prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers on Friday when a San Francisco jury ruled that the firm did not discriminate against her. Pao, a former junior partner...

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The U.S. economy is showing cracks

The U.S. job market had its best year of gains last year since 1999, and economic activity hit a whopping 5% in the third quarter -- the best quarter since 2003. Three months later, the U.S. economy is looking a little tired. It's losing momentum...

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Pebble Time Kickstarter project raised $20.3 million

It broke its first record on its first day, when it became the fastest project to raise $1 million -- in 49 minutes. A week later, it became the most-funded campaign in Kickstarter's history after receiving more than $13.3 million in pledges, besting...

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'Ask SeaWorld' marketing campaign backfires

So when it solicited questions about its animal care online as part of a new marketing campaign this week, it seemed to fuel critics rather than dissuade them. SeaWorld (SEAS) came under fire for its treatment of killer whales when the documentary...

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The activist nun reforming profit-prisons

Mercy Investment Services Inc. is the investment fund for the Institute of Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, an international religious order. The fund is managed by Sister Valerie Heinonen, a soft-spoken nun who's been buying shares in for-profit...

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Google strikes back at Wall Street Journal - with a laughing baby

And this was no standard response. Google (GOOGL, Tech30) used playful animated GIFs to make seething points directed at the Journal and its parent company News Corp. Here's the back story. In 2013, the Federal Trade Commission decided not to...

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'Ask SeaWorld' marketing campaign backfires

So when it solicited questions about its animal care online as part of a new marketing campaign this week, it seemed to fuel critics rather than dissuade them. SeaWorld (SEAS) came under fire for its treatment of killer whales when the documentary...

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Pebble Time Kickstarter project raised $20.3 million

It broke its first record on its first day, when it became the fastest project to raise $1 million -- in 49 minutes. A week later, it became the most-funded campaign in Kickstarter's history after receiving more than $13.3 million in pledges, besting...

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Your iPhone could help lower medical bills

Apple's new health software platforms, HealthKit and ResearchKit, allow apps to track an iPhone owner's fitness level. HealthKit enables people to share that data with certain doctors and hospitals. Apps for ResearchKit, which Apple (AAPL, Tech30) launched...

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The futuristic bed that locks the door, brews coffee

Luna's four co-founders (left to right): Alexandra Zatarain, Andrea Ballarini, Matteo Franceschetti, Massimo Andreasi Bassi A lot of startups are rushing to connect your entire home, and the latest entry is Luna, which promises to replace your...

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3 things I learned investing thousands of dollars of The Motley Fool's money

"Why don't you," they said, "take a fistful of our money and invest it in the stock market." Pretty cool, huh? Fast forward to today, and I've moved to Berlin (Germany, not New Hampshire) to help launch Motley Fool Deutschland . That move has...

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