November 2, 2015 San Francisco Ballots Turn Up Anger Over the Technical Divide by CONOR DOUGHERTY By CONOR DOUGHERTY On Tuesday, voters will weigh in on propositions linked to the technology industry and rising housing costs, including one to restrict…
November 1, 2015 Mike and Jim’s Week in Tech: Google’s New Version of Android by MIKE ISAAC and JIM KERSTETTER By MIKE ISAAC and JIM KERSTETTER Farhad Manjoo is off this week, so Mike Isaac joins deputy tech editor Jim Kerstetter to discuss Google’s…
October 31, 2015 Amazon Shutting Down Its ‘Register’ Credit Card Processor by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC Amazon stopped offering the plastic card-reader device to new merchants as of Friday evening, and it will stop supporting Amazon Register…
October 31, 2015 U.S. Tech Companies and Their Chinese Partners With Military Ties by Unknown Author By Unknown Author A closer look at recent partnerships that United States technology companies have formed with Chinese firms that have ties to the…
October 31, 2015 SXSW Convenes Online Harassment Event Following Uproar by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD SXSW Interactive faced controversy earlier this week for canceling two panels related to the issue of online harassment. Now the confab…
October 31, 2015 Daily Report: LinkedIn Has a Pleasant Surprise for Wall Street by JIM KERSTETTER By JIM KERSTETTER LinkedIn, the social media company best known to job seekers, exceeded forecasts for its most recent quarter and upped its guidance…
October 31, 2015 U.S. Tech Giants May Blur National Security Boundaries in China Deals by PAUL MOZUR and JANE PERLEZ By PAUL MOZUR and JANE PERLEZ A growing number of companies like IBM, Cisco Systems and Microsoft have partnerships with Chinese companies with ties…
October 31, 2015 More Than One Way to Fix Firefox by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER If Firefox is not set to automatically upgrade itself to the latest edition, update the browser to the most recent…
October 30, 2015 Meg Whitman Seeks Reinvention for HP as It Prepares for Split by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY When HP splits in two after a year of planning, what is left will bear little resemblance to the engineering-driven company…
October 30, 2015 Halloween Phone Fun, With Haunted Games and Zombie Selfies by KIT EATON By KIT EATON Explore games for your smartphone where skulls and skeletons drive the action, and scream, or smile, as apps apply gory special…