March 21, 2014 Apple After Jobs: Pretty Much the Same as Ever by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO A new book on Apple’s state after Steve Jobs paints a dire picture of a company losing its way. Farhad Manjoo…
March 21, 2014 Microsoft Software Leak Inquiry Raises Privacy Issues by NICK WINGFIELD and NICK BILTON By NICK WINGFIELD and NICK BILTON The company conducted an inquiry by reading through email and instant messages, which may violate its promise of…
March 21, 2014 Symantec Fires Chief Seen as Too Slow on Innovation by NICOLE PERLROTH By NICOLE PERLROTH The board of Symantec, the troubled antivirus company, voted to fire Steve Bennett, its chief executive, in a special meeting on…
March 20, 2014 Phone Meet Tablet. Thats Phabulous. by MOLLY WOOD By MOLLY WOOD Big phones that blur the line with tablets — known by a somewhat mocking moniker, the “phablet” — can be useful…
March 20, 2014 Why San Francisco Is Not New York by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON As people debate if San Francisco is the new New York, it seems that San Francisco is just repeating a cycle…
March 20, 2014 Comic Books Zap to Life by KIT EATON By KIT EATON The expanding universe of comics can be found in several apps that animate the process of reading story panels. Published: March…
March 20, 2014 Narrowing the Choices for Your Child on Your Electronic Devices by MOLLY WOOD By MOLLY WOOD Methods to protect your pocketbook — and your tech-minded children — from excessive in-app purchases and inappropriate content. Published: March 20,…
March 20, 2014 Turning a Tablet Into a Childs Interactive TV by MOLLY WOOD By MOLLY WOOD The Winston Show, which is an iPad-only program, is an example of the new content types that are possible when a…
March 20, 2014 IBM’s Big Hope for Fraud by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Big Blue is extending its analytics business with a fraud detection and mapping group, involving 500 experts, big data analysis and…
March 20, 2014 Can You Trust ‘Secure’ Messaging Apps? by MOLLY WOOD By MOLLY WOOD Messaging apps and security are two of the hottest topics in tech. But can you trust the wave of supposedly secure…