May 22, 2014 One Woman’s Lonely Boycott of Amazon by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD Amazon likes to say it is obsessed with its customers. It ranks high on the Reputation Institute’s annual survey of the…
May 22, 2014 Painless Shipping In a Few Easy Steps by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO To ship through Shyp, you first download the firm’s iPhone app and enter in your payment data. Published: May 22, 2014…
May 22, 2014 Recall by Google’s Nest Reveals 440,000 Fire Alarms Shipped in U.S. by REUTERS By REUTERS Google Inc’s Nest Labs is recalling 440,000 smoke detectors, according to a U.S. government notice on Wednesday that provides the first public…
May 22, 2014 EBay Says Client Information Stolen in Hacking Attack by REUTERS By REUTERS EBay said a database was compromised in a hacking attack between late February and early March, and clients’ non-financial information was stolen….
May 22, 2014 Chromebooks Win Buyers Ready to Live in the Cloud by MOLLY WOOD By MOLLY WOOD Lightweight, inexpensive computers based on Google’s Chrome operating system are gaining acceptance as users learn to live in the cloud. Published:…
May 22, 2014 Airbnb Will Hand Over Host Data to New York by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD The New York state attorney general will get the information he is seeking about Airbnb hosts in New York City, but…
May 22, 2014 In Cybersecurity, Sometimes the Weakest Link Is a Family Member by NICOLE PERLROTH By NICOLE PERLROTH Paranoid about protecting your personal data? Make sure your family is also paranoid about protecting your personal data. Published: May 21,…
May 21, 2014 Google Plans to Show Ads Through Your Thermostat and Car by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Google wants to put advertisements on your thermostat, in your car…
May 21, 2014 Online Grocery Start-Up Takes Page From Sharing Services by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO Instacart matches independent contractors who are good at grocery shopping with customers too busy to shop for themselves. Published: May 22,…
May 21, 2014 EBay Reports Attack on Its Computer Network by NICOLE PERLROTH By NICOLE PERLROTH The company said the breach, which allowed hackers to enter a database containing customer information, was discovered in late February. Published:…