January 27, 2014 Google and Samsung Sign Broad Cross-Licensing Agreement by ERIC PFANNER By ERIC PFANNER The pact bolsters ties between the two main powers behind the global dominance of the Android operating system for smartphones. Published:…
January 27, 2014 Uber and a Child’s Death by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD A lawsuit set to be filed on Monday seeks to unravel the biggest question of the so-called sharing economy: Who is…
January 27, 2014 Rough Patch for Uber Service’s Challenge to Taxis by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD Uber, the hot start-up whose software allows anyone with a smartphone to get a cab ride, is suddenly facing trouble. Published:…
January 26, 2014 A Little Less Tech Luster in Cambridge by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT Cambridge – home to one of the world’s oldest universities and some successful tech companies – remains one of Europe’s largest…
January 26, 2014 Disruptions: The Holodeck Begins to Take Shape by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON Hollywood and computer and video game companies are working to move immersive virtual entertainment closer to reality. Published: January 26, 2014…
January 26, 2014 Dell’s Financial Chief Steps Down by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Brian T. Gladden’s announcement comes about three months after a buyout was completed to take the company private. Published: January…
January 26, 2014 Venture Capitalist: Tech Activists Are Like Nazis by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD Simmering tensions between the tech elite and San Francisco activists are coming to a boil. Now a prominent financier has resorted…
January 26, 2014 Michaels Stores Is Investigating Data Breach by NICOLE PERLROTH By NICOLE PERLROTH The arts and crafts retailer based in Texas said that it was looking into a potential cyberattack involving its customers’ credit…
January 25, 2014 A Sensor Guided by Voice or Gestures by By Microsoft wants the Xbox One to be the center of a home’s entertainment universe, providing Skype video calls and playing television shows, music…
January 25, 2014 Valley of the Blahs: How Justin Bieber’s Troubles Exposed Twitter’s Achilles’ Heel by JENNA WORTHAM By JENNA WORTHAM Twitter seems to have reached a turning point, a phase in which its contributors have stopped trying to make the service…