December 17, 2013 Instagram Direct and the Fracturing of Privacy by JENNA WORTHAM By JENNA WORTHAM There are fewer and fewer places we can really be ourselves online. And maybe Instagram Direct is a response to that….
December 17, 2013 Saving Kindle Notes Online, and Cleaning an LCD Screen by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Tips on how to save notes and highlights from Kindle ebooks on Amazon.com’s website; and how to safely clean a…
December 17, 2013 Tech Tips: Using a Phone Abroad Without Huge Fees by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS If you have a trip outside the United States coming up, one thing you’ll likely want to bring is your…
December 17, 2013 An Homage to Douglas Engelbart and a Critique of the State of Tech by JOHN MARKOFF By JOHN MARKOFF Theodor Holm Nelson, a thorn in the side of the computing establishment, he took his critique to Shakespearean levels in a…
December 17, 2013 Customers Out in the Cold Balk at Uber Surge Pricing by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON Uber upset customers over the weekend when the taxi-like start-up raised its prices during a New York City snowstorm to as…
December 16, 2013 Amazon Strikers Take Their Fight to Seattle by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD As Amazon builds more warehouses around the world, it is increasingly relying on human labor. Employees in Germany are trying to…
December 16, 2013 Tech Companies Press for a Better Retail Experience by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD The investments in electronics retailing reflect a belief that companies should obsess over the environment in which products are presented to…
December 16, 2013 A Microsoft Star Goes to Google by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Blaise Agüera y Arcas, a respected engineer and software designer at Microsoft, has left the company to join its rival Google….
December 16, 2013 China Denies Spying on European Diplomats by CLAIRE CAIN MILLER By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER A Chinese government spokesman denied accusations by a United States computer security firm that Chinese hackers were behind computer breaches…
December 15, 2013 Disruptions: Internet’s Sad Legacy: No More Secrets by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON Applications like Snapchat and Whisper are gaining popularity because they claim the rarest of digital commodities, privacy, but can they really…