November 18, 2014 Facebook Testing Collaboration Tools for Businesses by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC The company is testing a new product called Facebook@Work, which will allow users to collaborate on projects through group chats and…
November 18, 2014 U.S. Mobile Payments Market to Boom by 2019, Research Firm Says by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC After a survey of a dozen payments industry companies, the research firm Forrester said it expected mobile-based payments in the United…
November 18, 2014 ClassDojo: A Tale of Two Classsrooms by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER Teachers are adapting ClassDojo, a popular behavior tracking app, to their own teaching styles and the temperaments of their students. Published:…
November 18, 2014 Emil Michael of Uber Proposes Digging Into Journalists’ Private Lives by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC The comments, reported by BuzzFeed, came from Uber’s senior vice president for business during a private dinner in New York last…
November 18, 2014 Microsoft Billionaire Reboots Seattle Movie Temple by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD What do you do when you are a billionaire and a movie buff? If you are Paul G. Allen, you turn…
November 17, 2014 Luxe Valet Eliminates the Headache of Finding a Parking Spot by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO While at first blush Luxe Valet, an on-demand parking service, may seem bourgeois and inefficient, it and other similar services could…
November 17, 2014 F.C.C. Chief Aims to Bolster Internet for Schools by EDWARD WYATT By EDWARD WYATT Tom Wheeler, the F.C.C. chairman, is expected to propose raising the annual cap on school Internet spending by $1.5 billion, to…
November 17, 2014 Google to Quadruple Computer Science Prize Winnings to $1 Million by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR The increase in prize money for the A.M. Turing Award is intended to elevate the prominence and recognition of computer science….
November 17, 2014 Amazon Moves to Extend Cloud-Computing Dominance by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Amazon Web Services already has the largest share of the worldwide cloud-computing market, and is looking for ways to expand the…
November 17, 2014 Privacy Concerns for ClassDojo and Other Tracking Apps for Schoolchildren by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER Many teachers say the ClassDojo app helps them automate the task of recording classroom conduct, but some critics say such apps…