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SAN FRANCISCO — Netflix is poised to shut down the DVD-by-mail rental service that set the stage for its trailblazing video streaming service, ending an era that began a quarter century ago when delivering discs through the mail was considered a revolutionary concept. The DVD service, which still delivers films and TV shows in the

By Joe Rossignol, MacRumors While the iPhone currently maxes out at 3x optical zoom, rumors suggest that will change this year. The next-generation iPhone 15 Pro Max is widely expected to feature a so-called “periscope lens” that would allow for up to double the optical zoom. In July 2022, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said a

By Michelle Toh, CNN Apple’s CEO Tim Cook is in India this week to open its first physical stores in the country, marking a milestone for the iPhone maker in the world’s second largest smartphone market. Cook was seen personally welcoming customers as employees cheered and clapped at the company’s new outlet in Mumbai, which

RALEIGH – Vontier Corporation, which focuses on mobility services, has closed on the sale of its Global Traffic Technologies business to a Canadian firm for $107 million. Vontier trades on the NYSE under the symbol VNT. GTT, based in Minnesota, was acquired by Canada-based Miovision. It reported some $40 million in revenues in 2022, according

Editor’s note: LimeLight is a regular feature from WRAL TechWire offering another means of publishing noteworthy news. Be sure to check out more LimeLight worthy news at this link. +++ RALEIGH – East Coast Game Conference (ECGC) returns to the Raleigh Convention Center on Tuesday through Thursday. ECGC will host keynote speakers, Sugar Gamers CEO, Keisha Howard and

By Joe Rossignol, MacRumors Apple today announced that the long-awaited Apple Card Savings feature is available starting today with an initial APY of 4.15%. The savings account has no fees, no minimum deposits, and no minimum balance requirements. The feature allows Apple Card users to open a high-yield savings account from Goldman Sachs in the Wallet app

By Hanna Ziady, CNN Japan’s Sega, the company behind Sonic the Hedgehog, is buying Rovio Entertainment in a cash deal that values the creator of Angry Birds at €706 million ($774 million). The Finnish video game developer’s board has unanimously backed the takeover offer, which is also already supported by shareholders owning 49.1% of the company’s stock,

Digital-media and analytics firm Adobe Inc. has agreed to pay $3 million to settle allegations that it violated the Anti-Kickback Act and made payments to companies that had a contractual or other relationship with the US government to influence federal purchases of its software, according to a press release from the US Department of Justice

National Public Radio is quitting Twitter after the social media platform owned by Elon Musk stamped NPR’s main account with labels the news organization says undermine its credibility. Twitter labeled NPR’s main account last week as “state-affiliated media,” a label also used to identify media outlets that are controlled or heavily influenced by authoritarian governments,

By Hartley Charlton, MacRumors The Steve Jobs Archive on Tuesday released a free e-book containing a curated selection of the former Apple CEO’s quotes, emails, transcripts, interviews, and more. The book, titled Make Something Wonderful, chronicles Steve Jobs’ life in his own words. It is structured as a timeline of significant moments in the former Apple