December 4, 2013 A Traditional Audio Company Enters the Wireless Realm by GREGORY SCHMIDT By GREGORY SCHMIDT The Gig, a wireless speaker from Klipsch, shows that high-end audio companies know how to fit a lot of sound into…
December 4, 2013 Google Puts Money on Robots, Using the Man Behind Android by JOHN MARKOFF By JOHN MARKOFF The company has acquired seven companies in hopes of automating electronics assembly and maybe even taking on Amazon in retail delivery….
December 3, 2013 Salesforce Picks Second Winner for Criticized Hackathon by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Salesforce.com said its $1 million prize for a recent contest for outside developers was a record, but following an outcry about…
December 3, 2013 New F.C.C. Chief Promises He Will Protect Competition by EDWARD WYATT By EDWARD WYATT Tom Wheeler, the new chairman of the F.C.C., also reiterated the agency’s commitment to net neutrality, which forbids Internet service providers…
December 3, 2013 Justice Department Approves Microsoft Deal by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Microsoft said it was pleased to receive the approval and it looked “forward to the date when our partners at Nokia…
December 3, 2013 Daily Report: The Book-Reading Experience Resists a Digital Overhaul by THE NEW YORK TIMES By THE NEW YORK TIMES Even as e-readers gain popularity, the paper book remains the model for how we prefer to take on a…
December 3, 2013 Canadian Commissioner Wants Officials to Switch From BlackBerry Messenger by IAN AUSTEN By IAN AUSTEN In a lengthy report, the information commissioner concluded that B.B.M. was being used in a way that keeps messages from and…
December 3, 2013 Amazon Delivers Some Pie in the Sky by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD The plan announced by the company’s chief to use drone aircraft to deliver packages is visionary, far-fetched and loopy, as well…
December 3, 2013 Google Joins a Heavyweight Competition in Cloud Computing by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY The search giant, which for years has been evasive about its plans for the cloud, will announce rates and features for…
December 3, 2013 Apple Buys Topsy, a Social Media Analytics Firm by BRIAN X. CHEN and VINDU GOEL By BRIAN X. CHEN and VINDU GOEL The hardware maker acquired Topsy Labs, which focuses on analyzing the half a billion messages sent over…