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Charles “Chuck” Geschke — the co-founder of the major software company Adobe Inc. who helped develop Portable Document Format technology, or PDFs — died at age 81

You don’t have to be awake at work as a Mattress Firm intern. The mattress store is hiring a “snoozetern” to help the company’s social media team tease product launches and assist customers in selecting the ideal bed, it announced in a news release Tuesday. The intern, who will be based at Mattress Firm’s headquarters in Houston, will be responsible...

CAL Fire officials determined that electric power lines and failure of power poles caused part of the massive North Bay wildfires in California that eventually killed dozens of people and ravaged thousands of homes in October. Officials completed a total of 12 investigations of more than 170 fires that burned at least 245,000 acres in Northern California. Nearly half of...

Some 60 companies including such leading brands as Subway, Sprint and the NFL are joining forces to help each other follow you around online. Adobe, a company better known for Photoshop and PDF files, says the new Device Co-op initiative it is organizing will help companies offer more personalized experiences and make ads less annoying by filtering out products and...

Shoppers who were feeling good about the economy and spending more than expected on items like kitchen gadgets, toys and coats may have made this the best holiday season in several years. That’s good news for retailers, some of which have had few reasons of late to be merry. But there’s no question that stores need to keep adapting to...

As shoppers have bought TVs and toys so far this holiday season, they’ve shown a desire for deals but also an inclination for some impulse spending, retail experts say. Shoppers were on track to spend more compared to last year. The National Retail Federation trade group called spending so far “robust,” and reiterated its forecast that holiday sales will rise...

The numbers are out and Cyber Monday was a good day for businesses across the country turning it into the largest online shopping day in history.

Weeks of deals didn’t stop people from heading online to shop on the Monday after Thanksgiving. Cyber Monday is likely to be the biggest U.S. online shopping day ever, according to Adobe Analytics, the research arm of software maker Adobe. Nearly $6.6 billion in sales were forecast by the end of the day, up about 17 percent from a year...

Parking lots were full and shopping bags were plentiful in some places Saturday as holiday gift-seekers were out looking for bargains, even as the competition among retailers to offer earlier deals and snag customers first has pulled sales forward. At the Woodbury Common outlets north of New York City, retail expert Craig R. Johnson was impressed by how many people...

It’s barely Thanksgiving and online shoppers have already spent $28.6 billion shopping online, 18 percent more than they did last year, according to Adobe Analytics. Cyber Monday, the Monday after Thanksgiving, is expected by Adobe to be largest online shopping day in history, with an expected $6.6 billion in sales, CNBC reported. In all, online holiday spending is expected to...

Chinese consumers have spent billions of dollars shopping online for anything from diapers to diamonds on “Singles Day,” a day of promotions that has grown into the world’s biggest e-commerce event. China’s largest e-commerce giant, Alibaba Group, said Sunday sales by the thousands of retailers on its platforms for the 24-hour period on Saturday amounted to 168.3 billion yuan ($25.3...

The death toll from Northern California’s destructive wildfires is at 42 after Sonoma County found the remains of another person.

Equifax, the credit reporting company at the heart of a major hacking scandal, has taken a customer help page offline as it looks into into a report that it has been breached again, CNBC reported. An independent security analyst found part of the company’s website was under the control of attackers trying to install fraudulent, malware-infected Adobe Flash updates, the...

Donations and volunteers are needed in Northern California as local fire crews continue to battle multiple blazes that have wiped out entire neighborhoods and left scores of people unaccounted for in wine country.

It still hasn’t sunk in for one video editor who beat out over 9,000 submissions to be crowned the winner of the Adobe-Imagine Dragons music video editing contest.

More packages are being delivered to homes this holiday season, which means there is a greater chance for your goods to be stolen right from your doorstep.

More packages are being delivered to homes this holiday season, which means there is a greater chance for your goods to be stolen right from your doorstep.

With 80 percent of consumers shopping online on Cyber Monday, hackers will have plenty of potential victims.

NBC 5’s Deanna Dewberry looks at the best Black Friday deals in North Texas.

Knowing what to buy and when could save you time and money this holiday shopping season.