September 17, 2015 BlaBlaCar, a French Ride-Sharing Start-Up, Is Valued at $1.6 Billion by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT The Paris-based start-up allows people to share the cost of long-distance journey, and has become the latest global sharing-economy company to…
September 17, 2015 Sleep Aids to Get You Through the Night by GREGORY SCHMIDT By GREGORY SCHMIDT A range of devices offer help beyond simply tracking your slumber. Published: September 16, 2015 at 08:00PM from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/1iPFDDn…
September 17, 2015 China Tries to Extract Pledge of Compliance From U.S. Tech Firms by PAUL MOZUR By PAUL MOZUR Some have received letters asking for a promise to make their products “secure and controllable,” a catchphrase that might mean backdoor…
September 16, 2015 Udacity Says It Can Teach Tech Skills to Millions by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO The online teaching start-up’s “nanodegree” program lets students take their time, offers personalized grading and rewards those who finish. Published: September…
September 16, 2015 Daily Report: Google’s Antitrust Woes Reach Another Country by JOSEPH PLAMBECK By JOSEPH PLAMBECK Google denies wrongdoing in all the cases. Even so, they are generating a regular drip of unflattering — and certainly for…
September 16, 2015 Salesforce Plans to Give Customers Amazon-Type Analytics by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY A well-known programmer says he’s building advanced data analysis that thousands of companies could use on the cloud-computing platform provided by…
September 16, 2015 Burberry Creates a Channel for Apple Music by KATIE BENNER By KATIE BENNER Burberry is launching a channel on Apple Music. The two companies share a history, with Apple recruiting Burberry’s then chief executive,…
September 16, 2015 Chinese-American Cleared of Spying Charges Now Faces Firing by NICOLE PERLROTH By NICOLE PERLROTH Government officials say they will dismiss Sherry Chen, a hydrologist at the National Weather Service. The Justice Department last year dropped…
September 16, 2015 Hewlett-Packard to Cut About 10 Percent of Work Force by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY The company is splitting into two, and refocusing from costly, low-margin business services to higher-value consulting and cross selling. Published: September…
September 15, 2015 Coming Soon to Facebook: A ‘Dislike’ Button by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL The social network’s thumbs-up button will soon be accompanied by a way to express more negative emotions. Published: September 14, 2015…