October 1, 2015 Testing the Benefits and Drawbacks of Mobile Ad Blocking by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Two tests were carried out with ad blockers: one to measure how much loading times were improved and the second…
October 1, 2015 Unisplendour of China Buys 15% Stake in Western Digital by PAUL MOZUR By PAUL MOZUR Unisplendour, a hardware producer and vendor, has agreed to pay $3.78 billion to the American maker of hard disk drives. Published:…
October 1, 2015 Easing Screen-Based Eyestrain by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Find out how to change the background color of your Word documents. Published: September 30, 2015 at 08:00PM from NYT…
October 1, 2015 A Grab Bag of Software for the Apple Watch Upgrade by KIT EATON By KIT EATON Apps recommended for watchOS 2 include the forecaster Carrot Weather, Citymapper for various modes of travel and the recording program Just…
October 1, 2015 Twitter Makes ‘Buy’ Button Widely Available by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL The social network will now allow millions of merchants to include buy buttons inside their tweets, allowing Twitter users to buy…
October 1, 2015 Daily Report: The Buy Button Heads to YouTube and Twitter by JOSEPH PLAMBECK By JOSEPH PLAMBECK YouTube’s feature, which is set to be available in the coming months, will allow viewers of videos to get to a…
October 1, 2015 50 Companies That May Be the Next Start-Up Unicorns by THE NEW YORK TIMES By THE NEW YORK TIMES Which start-ups may be next to ascend to the $1 billion valuation club? Here’s a list of 50, as…
September 30, 2015 VW Scandal Shows a Need for More Tech, Not Less by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO The world is in an uncomfortable lull between the mechanical automobile age and full-fledged computerized intelligence in our cars. Published: September…
September 30, 2015 Amazon Updates Its Fire TV and Tablet Offerings by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Amazon is hoping to gain dominance in the living room with the same strategy it used to take over the…
September 30, 2015 Tim Cook, Apple’s Chief, Speaks on Civic Duty by KATIE BENNER By KATIE BENNER Timothy D. Cook, Apple’s chief executive, discussed civic duty, environment and selling to businesses at an event on Tuesday. Published: September…