February 4, 2014 A City Wired for Growth by EDWARD WYATT By EDWARD WYATT Internet service that is inexpensive and lightning quick has allowed the city to attract high-tech businesses, talent and capital. Published: February…
February 4, 2014 Be Careful With Coin by DAMON DARLIN By DAMON DARLIN Coin, a device that will hold the information from all your credit cards, sounds like just the device you need. But…
February 3, 2014 Makers of Paper App Ask Facebook to Change Its New App Name by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON FiftyThree, the maker of a popular app called Paper, is asking Facebook to change the name of a new app that…
February 3, 2014 Obamacare Computers Not Yet Equipped to Fix Errors: Report by REUTERS By REUTERS The HealthCare.gov website is not yet equipped to handle appeals by thousands of people seeking to correct errors the system made when…
February 3, 2014 Building a Better Battery by BRIAN X. CHEN and NICK BILTON By BRIAN X. CHEN and NICK BILTON As tech companies focus on small, wearable devices, they have encountered an obstacle: battery technology is largely…
February 2, 2014 Disruptions: Paying to Travel in the Internet’s Fast Lanes by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON Has the Internet become so fundamental to our lives that it is, in essence, a utility that should be subject to…
February 2, 2014 Tech’s Diversity Problem Is Apparent as Early as High School by CLAIRE CAIN MILLER By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER In several states, no girls, black or Hispanic students took the Advanced Placement exam in computer science last year, illustrating…
February 2, 2014 When Your App Is in the Cloud by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Cloud-based communication services like Twilio are likely to promote even more connections between us and our devices, as developers add features…
February 2, 2014 Jelly vs. Need, Comparing Two New Social Q & A Apps by NICOLE PERLROTH By NICOLE PERLROTH A reporter tore a ligament in her knee and began the hunt for an orthopedist with Jelly and Need, two new…
February 1, 2014 AT&T Sweetens Offer for Family Plans by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Responding to intense competition, AT&T, the second largest American phone carrier, on Saturday said it would offer a cheaper phone…