February 20, 2014 Scrutiny in California for Software in Schools by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER Proposed legislation would prohibit websites, online services and mobile apps for kindergartners through 12th graders from compiling, using or sharing the…
February 20, 2014 China Investigating Qualcomm’s Pricing by REUTERS By REUTERS The American chip maker is suspected of overcharging and abusing its market position, the Chinese anti-monopoly regulator said. Published: February 20, 2014…
February 20, 2014 Yahoo Introduces Service for Buying Mobile Ads by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD The new service, Yahoo Gemini, is an online marketplace for buying mobile search and so-called native advertisements. Published: February 19, 2014…
February 20, 2014 This Phone Is Great, Till It’s Time to Add Apps by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO The new Nokia Icon, a Windows Phone, matches Android and iPhone is many critical areas except one: Its app store is…
February 20, 2014 Privacy Please: Tools to Shield Your Smartphone by MOLLY WOOD By MOLLY WOOD Our smartphones are the most personal communication devices we own, and they are compromised to the hilt. It’s time to lock…
February 20, 2014 Nerd Factor Aside, Bluetooth Headsets Are Useful on the Go by MICHAEL D. SHEAR By MICHAEL D. SHEAR The technology has changed for the better, and new features abound. But a stubby plastic device attached to the side…
February 20, 2014 Google Fiber, Ultrahigh-Speed Internet, May Expand to 34 New Cities by CLAIRE CAIN MILLER By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER Google is asking 34 cities to pave the way for Fiber without guaranteeing it will install it, a change in…
February 20, 2014 University of Maryland Computer Breach Exposes Records of Students and Staff by NICOLE PERLROTH By NICOLE PERLROTH The university is the latest victim of a sophisticated cyberattack that compromised Social Security numbers, birth dates and names for 300,000…
February 20, 2014 Meet Lord Huron, a Musical Project That Is Also an Alternate Reality Game by NICOLE PERLROTH By NICOLE PERLROTH With Lord Huron, Ben Schneider has created a band that is as much an alternate reality game as it is a…
February 19, 2014 Google Offers a Guide to Not Being a ‘Creepy’ Google Glass Owner by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON Google released a set of do’s and don’ts for people who wear Google Glass, noting that in some situations, Glass wearers…