November 16, 2013 F.C.C. Smartphone App Gauges Speed of User’s Network by EDWARD WYATT By EDWARD WYATT The app, available free for phones on the Android operating system, will allow the Federal Communications Commission to map data transmission…
November 16, 2013 Snapchat, How Quickly You Have Grown by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON In May 2012, Evan Spiegel, a co-founder of SnapChat, couldn’t comment because he was wrapping up school projects at Stanford. Just…
November 16, 2013 Hacker Receives 10-Year Sentence for ‘Causing Mayhem’ by MARK MAZZETTI By MARK MAZZETTI Jeremy Hammond, a member of the hacking group Anonymous, was sentenced in Federal District Court in New York to 10 years…
November 15, 2013 Amazon Bares Its Computers by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY In an unusually detailed presentation, one of the brains behind Amazon Web Services described how it was remaking computers for a…
November 15, 2013 Facebook Amends Privacy Policies by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL The company says it made more clear that postings and other personal data can be used in advertising on the site…
November 15, 2013 Finns Pitch Frightful Weather as a Competitive Advantage by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT London has its connections with global finance. Berlin has a thriving local arts and music community. And Helsinki has its wintry…
November 15, 2013 Amazon Web Services Gets Personal and Pretty by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY The Web services part of Amazon announced two businesses aimed at increasing the number of people it touches — one to…
November 15, 2013 Google Employees Speak Out About Government Spying by CLAIRE CAIN MILLER By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER The Google lawyer who oversees national security requests testified before Congress Wednesday, while in an unofficial capacity, Google security engineers…
November 14, 2013 Getting Up to Speed With an Apple TV, and Ditching Android Widgets by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER For its latest set-top box, Apple recommends an Internet connection of at least 2.5 megabits per second. Plus, how to…
November 14, 2013 How Silicon Valley turned on President Obama In the months leading up to the 2012 presidential election, Silicon Valley was squarely in President Obama’s corner. via Pocket http://theweek.com/article/index/252729/how-silicon-valley-turned-on-president-obama