August 13, 2015 Vertical Video on the Small Screen? Not a Crime by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO There are strong opinions about whether to shoot video vertically or horizontally. Holding your phone the “wrong way” provokes both professional…
August 12, 2015 Tinder Doesn’t Contribute to Hookup Culture (Says Tinder) by AUSTIN RAMZY and KATIE ROGERS By AUSTIN RAMZY and KATIE ROGERS After a series of Twitter posts in response to a Vanity Fair article on dating and technology, Tinder…
August 12, 2015 Verizon: Existing Customers Eligible for Discounted Phones by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Good news for existing Verizon customers: You’ll still be able to get discounted phones for $100 or $200 by renewing…
August 12, 2015 In a Shift, Rite Aid to Accept Apple and Google Mobile Payments by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC The pharmacy chain is the latest retailer to accept the mobile payments, which involve little more than waving a phone to…
August 12, 2015 Daily Report: Google Remakes Itself as Alphabet by JIM KERSTETTER By JIM KERSTETTER Google is adopting the Berkshire Hathaway model. The core Internet services of the company will still be called Google. And Twitter…
August 12, 2015 Game Publisher’s Lawsuit Against Oculus Moves Forward by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD A federal judge has refused to throw out a lawsuit filed by a games publisher accusing Oculus VR of stealing trade…
August 12, 2015 Autonomy Seen as Goal of Restructured Google by CONOR DOUGHERTY By CONOR DOUGHERTY The Internet giant has been short on details about how its reconfiguration as the entity Alphabet will work. But a look…
August 11, 2015 Google Creates Alphabet, but Runs Into BMW by JACK EWING By JACK EWING Alphabet is Google’s new entity that will house its search and other businesses, but BMW already has a unit called Alphabet…
August 11, 2015 Nebia, a Shower Head Start-up, Receives Funding From Timothy Cook of Apple by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Nebia, a start-up that has developed a water-conserving shower head, already has funding from Silicon Valley’s top brass, including Apple…
August 11, 2015 Adobe Is Latest to Extend Parental Leave Benefits by REUTERS By REUTERS Adobe, the maker of Photoshop, is the third American tech company in a week to give new parents more paid time off….