November 11, 2015 Marijuana Start-Ups See an Industry on the Cusp of a Breakthrough by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO As marijuana laws are being loosened across the country, start-ups are using technology to transform what has traditionally been a face-to-face…
November 11, 2015 Airbnb Pledges to Work With Cities and Pay ‘Fair Share’ of Taxes by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC After helping defeat Proposition F in San Francisco, which would have limited the home-sharing service, the company has pledged to cooperate…
November 11, 2015 Facebook to Appeal a Belgian Court’s Ruling on Data Privacy by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT The social media giant was told by a court in Brussels that it must stop collecting online data about people in…
November 11, 2015 Coalition of Start-Ups and Labor Call for Rethinking of Worker Policies by CECILIA KANG By CECILIA KANG The coalition brings together an unexpected alliance of interests. But in the end, they share similar pragmatic interests. Published: November 8,…
November 10, 2015 Apple Class Action Lawsuit Is Dismissed by REUTERS By REUTERS Apple retail-store workers complained that the policy of checking employees’ bags as a security precaution was embarrassing and demeaning. Published: November 8,…
November 10, 2015 Law Firm Loathed by Tech Expands to Industry’s Home Turf by CONOR DOUGHERTY By CONOR DOUGHERTY A class action firm that routinely targets tech companies is opening an office in San Francisco, not far from many of…
November 10, 2015 Daily Report: Using the Web to Transform Public Radio by PUI-WING TAM By PUI-WING TAM The digital shift was supposed to destroy public radio, with so much streaming music available through the web. But some stations…
November 10, 2015 With a Mobile Website Like an App, Flipkart Takes a Swipe at Apple by KATIE BENNER By KATIE BENNER Flipkart worked with Google to create a new mobile website that was unveiled on Monday in a move to improve the…
November 10, 2015 Google Offers Free Software in Bid to Gain an Edge in Machine Learning by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR Google is making much of its machine-learning technology freely available as open-source software. The move is intended to accelerate innovation in…
November 9, 2015 Video Game Awards Go Independent and Online by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD The video game industry’s version of the Oscars has gone independent and online in a reinvention of the awards show model….