July 17, 2014 Large Round of Layoffs Expected at Microsoft by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Microsoft is planning to announce layoffs that will substantially exceed the largest layoffs in the company’s history, according to several people…
July 16, 2014 With DC59 Motorhead, Dyson Looks to Create the iPad of Vacuums by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO In a software-obsessed world, the company has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in high-tech motors as it tries to build…
July 16, 2014 A Robot With a Little Humanity by JOHN MARKOFF By JOHN MARKOFF Cynthia Breazeal, an M.I.T. scientist, is working on a robotic companion intended to make human interactions with computers more like the…
July 16, 2014 Apple, IBM Team Up in Mobile Devices, Applications by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Apple is teaming up with former nemesis IBM in an attempt to sell more iPhones and iPads to corporate customers…
July 16, 2014 Daily Report: Yahoo Promotes Its YouTube Competitor With a Year of Free Concerts by THE NEW YORK TIMES By THE NEW YORK TIMES The company has a plan to stream 365 live concerts, free, but industry executives are skeptical that consumers will…
July 16, 2014 Data Breaches in New York Hit Record High in 2013, State Attorney General Says by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC A report released by the attorney general said computer hackers were by far the leading cause of data breaches over the…
July 16, 2014 F.C.C. Is Deluged With Comments on Net Neutrality Rules by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR The Federal Communications Commission has received hundreds of thousands of comments on a plan that would govern how data is passed…
July 16, 2014 Intel Exceeds Estimates on Improving Demand for PCs by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Net income rose 40 percent in the most recent quarter for Intel as it adapts its business to a new generation…
July 16, 2014 Controlling the Home, Google Style by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Google’s Nest thermostat company is at the forefront of an effort to make home devices talk with each other as well…
July 16, 2014 Slump in Advertising Sales Dragged Quarterly Revenue Down at Yahoo by NICOLE PERLROTH By NICOLE PERLROTH Shares of the tech company fell on disappointing earnings, even though it closed a deal to hang onto more of its…