March 5, 2015 A Review of Digital Tools for Artists, Photographers and Writers by GREGORY SCHMIDT By GREGORY SCHMIDT Affordable technology for creativity ranges from digital sketchbooks to a keyboard that connects multiple devices at one time. Published: March 4,…
March 5, 2015 Flipkart of India, to Bolster Its Tech Credentials, Hires Former Google Executive by MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED By MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED Punit Soni, who led product management at Motorola Mobility when it was owned by Google, will oversee current…
March 5, 2015 Outdated Encryption Keys Leave Phones Vulnerable to Hackers by NICOLE PERLROTH and BRIAN X. CHEN By NICOLE PERLROTH and BRIAN X. CHEN Apple and Google said they were releasing patches to fix the problem, which results in part from…
March 5, 2015 Solution to Nausea Puts Virtual Reality Closer to Market by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Oculus VR, Sony, HTC and other makers of virtual reality headsets have incorporated technology to combat motion sickness, allowing them to…
March 4, 2015 In Chase of Apple, Smartphone Makers Shift Strategies by MOLLY WOOD By MOLLY WOOD At the Mobile World Congress, companies like Samsung promoted their products as tools for businesses. Microsoft may be making inroads in…
March 4, 2015 Nextdoor Social Network Digs Deep Into Neighborhoods by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC The start-up and its investors see opportunities in the company’s more than 53,000 microcommunities. Published: March 3, 2015 at 07:00PM from…
March 3, 2015 BlackBerry Announces Leap Phone, Moving Back Toward Touch Screens by MOLLY WOOD By MOLLY WOOD The company also teased, in the briefest of fashions, that a curved phone with a slider keyboard might be “coming later…
March 3, 2015 After Net Neutrality Vote, Wheeler Turns to Salesmanship by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT Tom Wheeler, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, is making the case in Barcelona, Spain, that the agency’s open Internet rules…
March 3, 2015 Qualcomm and Intel to Introduce New Biometric Security Technology by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Qualcomm has a new fingerprint reading technology that it hopes can eventually replace passwords both for devices and apps. Published: March…
March 3, 2015 Blackphone Announces New Privacy-Oriented Phone and Tablet by MOLLY WOOD By MOLLY WOOD Blackphone 2, a smartphone scheduled to be released in July, would, among other features, give users the ability to cluster apps…