Shoppers using Amazon to buy their Christmas presents will have until Dec. 19 to make their choices and still be guaranteed free shipping in time for the holiday, USA Today reported. The online retail giant extended its deadline, saying that items ordered before 11:59 p.m. ET that day will be delivered by Christmas Eve. Last year, the cutoff date was Dec. 17.
Families of nine of the victims killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, and an injured teacher, filed a lawsuit in Connecticut state court on Monday against the manufacturer of the rifle used in the 2012 massacre, plus the distributor and the gun store where it was sold.
This week's Tap That App Tuesday features an app that nicely meets the intersection of two crucial end-of-year goals: knocking out your shopping list without breaking the bank, and giving back to charity during the holidays.
Samsung is known to get a jump on the competition in the early half of the year by unveiling its next Galaxy S smartphone before rivals do during the Mobile World Congress. But Samsung usually jumps the gun by one day -- not weeks.
Technology is connecting people like never before, but the language barrier remains one very analogue problem that's not so easily bridged by digital tech. That doesn't mean that big companies aren't trying though, and Microsoft-owned Skype just launched a preview of its Skype Translator program on Monday.
On Thursday, actress Lindsay Lohan unveiled her latest game app creation, “The Price of Fame” starring an animated version of herself that will help online users become a celebrity and experience, the real “price of fame."
A Queens teenager has made millions and has not yet graduated from high school. The teen traded stocks until he amassed an incredible quantity. Now he plans to team up with two friends and start his own hedge fund company. However, the reported sum he acquired may not be accurate.
The cost of a barrel of oil dropped below $57 on Monday as U.S. stocks fell in a roller coaster trading day. OPEC, meanwhile, has no plans to revise production, the energy minister of the United Arab Emirates said.
The second open enrollment period of the federal HealthCare.gov and state-based health insurance exchanges has its first deadline set for Monday for consumers seeking coverage starting Jan. 1, 2015.
The Spain government announced this week a new law requiring Google and other news aggregation sites to pay its content providers each time their content appears.
According to a statement released on Sunday, Spanish police have arrested four people suspected of carrying out a cyberattack that cost a media website $530, 600 and stopped it from working for three weeks in October 2013. The Spanish news website prnoticias asserts the cyberattacks were organized by a former director of a rival news outlet called Intereconomia.
Nielsen conducted its annual holiday sales survey and forecast, and the results say that Latino and multicultural consumers will be standing behind the shopping carts this holiday season, driving holiday sales.
Bright red lipstick with well-dressed eyes and fully-prepped hair is often the uniform of Latinas, who not only take pride in their appearance, but see their makeup brushes as an instrument of power, able to grant them instant gratification, empowerment and confidence via the application and blending of color.
The U.S. Senate is expected to vote to pass the House-approved $1.1. trillion spending bill to keep the government running through to next September and to avoid a government shutdown.
McDonald's announced it will reduce the offerings on its menu in order to speed up service, as well as become more competitive in an increasingly tough fast food market.
New York City is making preparation to offer 8 million New York residents the chance to apply for a municipal identification card, IDNYC. Half of New York City residents, aged 16 and over, do not have a New York State Driver's License.
Gourmet gift baskets are a hot item this holiday season, and they sure make a great gift. Who does not like to indulge on some delicious chocolates, cheeses or wines? That's especially true when given their price tags, the recipients might not typically pamper themselves with such items.
Celebrations are under way at Nintendo after the Japanese giant's Wii U logged a 90 percent uptick in year-on-year software sales. Aficionados, meanwhile, can benefit from some holiday deals.
