February 1, 2014 Critic of Online Ad Firm Blinkx Is Part of the Controversy by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT Benjamin Edelman, a Harvard Business School professor whose blog post set off a plunge in a company’s share price, has declined…
February 1, 2014 When No One Is Just a Face in the Crowd by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER Facial recognition technology may soon help stores track their best customers — and that has privacy advocates concerned. Published: February 2,…
February 1, 2014 Trying to See Apple From a Different Angle by JEFF SOMMER By JEFF SOMMER Wall Street can’t decide whether a giant company can still grow by leaps and bounds — or whether it even needs…
February 1, 2014 Verizon Wireless Prepares Network for TV Broadcasting by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Verizon expects to upgrade its network with the new broadcasting technology by the third quarter this year. Published: January 31,…
February 1, 2014 As Facebook Turns 10, How Has It Transformed Your Life? by THE NEW YORK TIMES By THE NEW YORK TIMES Did you meet your mate through the site? Start a business? Reconnect with an old friend? Tell us how…
February 1, 2014 New Smartphone and Software From Finland Aims at Android by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT Former employees of Nokia, the Finnish phone giant, have built a new smartphone using open-source software, with financing from companies like…
February 1, 2014 Tech Rides Are Focus of Hostility in Bay Area by DAVID STREITFELD and MALIA WOLLAN By DAVID STREITFELD and MALIA WOLLAN Rising resentment against elite technology firms manifests itself in demonstrations at public bus stops in San Francisco, where…
February 1, 2014 Latest Sites of Breaches in Security Are Hotels by NICOLE PERLROTH By NICOLE PERLROTH The latest security breaches of customer information include the hotel chains of Marriott, Hilton and Starwood. Published: February 1, 2014 at…
February 1, 2014 Struggling Zynga to Buy Mobile Game Maker by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The maker of FarmVille and Mafia Wars simultaneously announced a narrowing in its quarterly loss and a reduction of 15…
February 1, 2014 Apple Executives Met With F.D.A. to Discuss Mobile Medical Applications by NICK BILTON and BRIAN X. CHEN By NICK BILTON and BRIAN X. CHEN A group of senior Apple executives met with directors from the Food and Drug Administration last month…