July 1, 2015 Bigger, Cheaper, Faster Data in the Cloud by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY The same people who brought advanced data analysis to President Obama’s campaign is announcing a set of big data tools available…
July 1, 2015 Zuckerberg Takes Questions in Facebook Session Marred by Tech Troubles by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL Facebook’s chief responded to ordinary users and celebrities like Arnold Schwarzenegger about the nature of happiness and the future of social…
July 1, 2015 Ruling That Apple Led E-Book Pricing Conspiracy Is Upheld by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN A federal appeals court said it agreed with a 2013 decision that Apple conspired with publishers to raise prices for…
June 30, 2015 Uber to Acquire Mapping Technology and Know-How From Microsoft by MIKE ISAAC and MARK SCOTT By MIKE ISAAC and MARK SCOTT The ride-hailing company further bolsters its mapping technology and engineering bench. Published: June 28, 2015 at 08:00PM from…
June 30, 2015 Daily Report: Apple Can Afford Some Mistakes, Just Not on Products by THE NEW YORK TIMES By THE NEW YORK TIMES The tech giant has managed to keep government regulators at bay and to appease a pop star angry over…
June 30, 2015 Online Data Policies … in Plain English by Unknown Author By Unknown Author Details from the privacy policies of five companies offer a sampling of how they may handle personal data in the event…
June 30, 2015 Study Suggests That Google Has Its Thumb on Scale in Search by DINO GRANDONI By DINO GRANDONI Researchers presented 2,690 web users with two different versions of Google and found that the users preferred results that linked to…
June 30, 2015 AOL in Deal With Microsoft to Take Over Display Ad Business by DINO GRANDONI By DINO GRANDONI AOL will take over management and sales of display, mobile and video advertising that appears on Xbox, Skype and other Microsoft…
June 30, 2015 Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeal in Google-Oracle Copyright Fight by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY A years-long copyright fight between Google and Oracle will continue. At issue are the bits of code that help pieces of…
June 29, 2015 Behind Silicon Valley’s Self-Critical Tone on Diversity, a Lack of Progress by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC Tech giants like eBay, Facebook and Google acknowledge that they have work to do to increase diversity, but the repetition of…