February 16, 2015 Slice and Carve: The Next Wave in Computer-Aided Creativity by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Laser cutters and computer-controlled milling machines are coming out of industrial workshops and planting themselves on desktops. Published: February 14, 2015…
February 16, 2015 Hoping Google’s Lab Is a Rainmaker by CONOR DOUGHERTY By CONOR DOUGHERTY After patiently abiding a steep increase in research and development spending, Wall Street is starting to wonder when — and if…
February 16, 2015 Connecting With Wi-Fi, Then Making the Call by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Two start-ups are trying to lower cellphone costs by relying on Wi-Fi routers, and now some of the bigger companies…
February 15, 2015 The Invention Mob, Brought to You by Quirky by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR Quirky, a company that uses crowdsourcing to create and refine products, could be a model for bringing ideas to market in…
February 14, 2015 Deleting Files From Microsoft’s OneDrive by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Tips on how to remove a file or folder from Microsoft’s cloud-storage service, and advice on how to confirm that…
February 14, 2015 China’s Internet Restrictions Are Hampering Business, Foreign Companies Say by EDWARD WONG By EDWARD WONG Businesses are growing increasingly frustrated by obstacles to Internet access, according to a survey by the European Union Chamber of Commerce…
February 14, 2015 Love in the Time of Twitter by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER Computer scientists study Twitter to try to understand how people change their use of social media as they make major life…
February 14, 2015 Now Someone Can Manage Your Facebook Account After You Die by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Facebook is making it easier to plan for your online afterlife. Published: February 11, 2015 at 07:00PM from NYT Technology…
February 14, 2015 For Tech Start-Ups in Europe, an Oceanic Divide in Funding by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT European companies, with less access to investors, are adapting by taking advantage of niches, rather than taking U.S. rivals head-on. Published:…
February 14, 2015 Obama Calls for New Cooperation to Wrangle the ‘Wild West’ Internet by NICOLE PERLROTH and DAVID E. SANGER By NICOLE PERLROTH and DAVID E. SANGER The president signed an executive order urging companies to exchange data on cyberthreats and receive classified information…