October 3, 2015 Scheduling Automatic Backups in Windows 10 by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER How to automate regular backups of your PC, and getting Android TV on your set. Published: October 2, 2015 at…
October 3, 2015 Daily Report: Amazon and the Clash of the Titans by PUI-WING TAM By PUI-WING TAM Amazon opens the latest battle against Google and Apple by banning the sale of its rivals’ streaming media players. Published: October…
October 2, 2015 Amazon to Stop Selling Apple TV and Chromecast by DAVID STREITFELD and KATIE BENNER By DAVID STREITFELD and KATIE BENNER The unusual move for Amazon is not about retail sales, but rather about shoring up its Fire TV…
October 2, 2015 Mike Lynch, Founder of Autonomy, Sues Hewlett-Packard for $150 Million by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT Mr. Lynch is asking for $150 million in damages in British courts after accusing the American tech company of making false…
October 2, 2015 Daily Report: The Choice of Blocking Ads on Mobile Devices by PUI-WING TAM By PUI-WING TAM Discussions about ad blocking are in full swing this week amid Advertising Week, an industry gathering for Madison Avenue and digital…
October 2, 2015 A Seattle Start-Up Studio, Pioneer Square Labs, Starts With Prominent Backers by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Typically, tech entrepreneurs come up with startup ideas and bring them to investors to get funded. Pioneer Square Labs, a new…
October 2, 2015 Microsoft and Google Call an End to Patent Battles by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Peace has broken out between Google and Microsoft, which agreed to dismiss all of their pending patent lawsuits against each other….
October 2, 2015 Ad Blockers and the Nuisance at the Heart of the Modern Web by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO The adoption of ad-blocking technology is rising steeply. Some see an existential threat to online content as we know it, but…
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:…