March 8, 2015 Popular Yik Yak App Confers Anonymity and Delivers Abuse by JONATHAN MAHLER By JONATHAN MAHLER Yik Yak, a social media app that serves as a local bulletin board, has proved popular especially on college campuses, but…
March 8, 2015 Troubleshooting Android in Safe Mode by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Third-party apps and recent operating system updates are often the cause; starting the phone in Safe Mode can help narrow…
March 7, 2015 On the Case at Mount Sinai, It’s Dr. Data by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR Jeffrey Hammerbacher, who started Facebook’s data science team, now uses his skills to improve medical treatments, a switch inspired by his…
March 7, 2015 Reaction to Regulation: 1934 vs. Today by REBECCA R. RUIZ By REBECCA R. RUIZ Many of the arguments against the F.C.C.’s net neutrality plan echo those made when the Communications Act of 1934, which…
March 6, 2015 Digital Learning Companies Falling Short of Student Privacy Pledge by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER A number of ed tech companies said they would improve the security and privacy of their services. But a new report…
March 5, 2015 In Ellen Pao’s Suit vs. Kleiner Perkins, World of Venture Capital Is Under Microscope by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD What is really under examination in this trial is the question of why there are so few women in leadership positions…
March 5, 2015 Google Introduces Long-Anticipated Insurance Shopping Site by CONOR DOUGHERTY By CONOR DOUGHERTY The Google Compare auto insurance shopping site could rattle the insurance industry and change how individual brokers do business. Published: March…
March 5, 2015 Aids for the Indecisive, When Options Abound by KIT EATON By KIT EATON A number of apps can help in decision making, whether you’re wavering over vacation destinations, a baby’s name or what to…
March 5, 2015 The Tax Con Cometh by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER The Internal Revenue Service is not emailing you to request personal information. Not now. Not ever. Published: March 4, 2015…
March 5, 2015 Alibaba Expands in Silicon Valley With Its First U.S. Data Center by PAUL MOZUR By PAUL MOZUR China’s largest Internet company, Alibaba, is adding to its modest presence in Silicon Valley, but not in the way many have…