July 9, 2015 Yahoo Will Enter Daily Fantasy Sports Market by VINDU GOEL and JOE DRAPE By VINDU GOEL and JOE DRAPE The Internet company says it will host daily and one-week fantasy games, joining a market estimated to generate…
July 9, 2015 Scent Received, With a Tap of a Smartphone by ROXIE HAMMILL and MIKE HENDRICKS By ROXIE HAMMILL and MIKE HENDRICKS Developers are getting ready to introduce products that would allow smartphone users to send and receive scents along…
July 9, 2015 IBM Announces Computer Chips More Powerful Than Any in Existence by JOHN MARKOFF By JOHN MARKOFF A consortium of which the company is a part has made working versions of ultradense seven-nanometer chips, capable of holding much…
July 8, 2015 U.S. Women’s Soccer Win Draws Big Sales on Mobile Devices by HIROKO TABUCHI By HIROKO TABUCHI Sales figures released by Fanatics, the online retailer, offer a peek into what sort of shopping consumers like to do on…
July 8, 2015 Microsoft to Cut Up to 7,800 Jobs, Mostly in Its Phones Unit by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD The company will shed more than 6 percent of its workers and take a charge against earnings related to its acquisition…
July 8, 2015 Report on Encrypted Communication by Unknown Author By Unknown Author A group of pre-eminent cryptographers, computer scientists and security specialists determined that the special data access given to law enforcement organizations…
July 8, 2015 Daily Report: Downsides of the Silicon Valley Investing Frenzy by THE NEW YORK TIMES By THE NEW YORK TIMES The rush to invest has spurred so-called angel investors into earlier financing rounds, but there are drawbacks for both…
July 8, 2015 Google to Test Carpooling Service in Israel by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT Raising the stakes in its competition with Uber, the search giant said it would test the service in Tel Aviv through…
July 8, 2015 After Death of Its Chief, SurveyMonkey Names a New Leader by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY William Veghte, a tech veteran who has worked for Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft, will fill the void left by the death of…
July 8, 2015 Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD The layoffs would occur just weeks after Satya Nadellla, the chief executive, warned of “tough choices” ahead. Published: July 8, 2015…