Anthony Massucci

This month, Facebook made a sneaky change to its privacy settings, and the new policy is generating a fierce backlash. The social network's default privacy setting now allows anyone to see a user's personal information. While users are permitted to change those settings, through an option to limit...

How much does your illness cost you and your insurer? According to a recent study by General Electric (GE) and the U.S. Department of Health's Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, a 50-year old with diabetes will rack up more than $6,600 in medical bills over the course of a year; someone...

Macy's (M) CEO Terry Lundgren says every dollar of online sales influences almost $6 of sales inside the retailer's stores. According to Lundgren, many shoppers first see an item online and want to look at it in person before making a purchase. For example, a customer may see a piece of clothing...

Macy's (M) CEO Terry Lundgren said he's "encouraged" by the level of buying activity at the company's Herald Square store in New York City Friday. The day after Thanksgiving in the U.S. is nicknamed Black Friday because it's the day when many retailers become profitable for the year. Macy's...

Recently I bought an Apple (AAPL) iMac, and after upgrading the hard drive and opting for a bigger display, I wound up spending more than I had planned. Listening to Apple's earnings call this week, I discovered that many of its customers have had similar experiences buying Apple products. Apple...

One of Howard Stern's favorite topics to discuss on the air is Howard Stern. Hardly an hour goes by that he isn't talking about his personal life or his radio career. As a member of the media, it's my favorite part of his show. But it also had me wondering what he'll do once his contract with...

Ryan Jacob was arguably the most popular mutual fund manager a decade ago when, while still in his 20s, he ran one of the few funds focused on internet stocks. Kinetics Asset Management's Internet Fund was the best performing U.S. equity fund in 1998, enjoying a 198 percent return. It rose over 500...

Google (GOOG) is using its stock to buy video-compression company On2 Technologies (ONT) in a transaction valued at $106.5 million. On2's stock will be converted to 60 cents worth of Google's common stock in a stock-for-stock transaction, the companies said in a press release today. That's a 57...

Apple (AAPL) will issue a software patch for its iPhone as early as Saturday. British network operator 02 told BBC News that the software patch would be available Saturday through iTunes. Calls to Apple's press relations team from DailyFinance to confirm the release of the patch were not...

Computer security experts are presenting a new security hole in the Apple (AAPL) iPhone that could be used by malicious hackers to spread a computer virus targeting smartphones. According to website QuickPWN, cybersecurity researcher Charles Miller discovered an SMS hack six weeks ago and...