March 28, 2014 Cupcake Machine Opens in New York to Satisfy 24-Hour Cravings by REUTERS By REUTERS New Yorkers, who live in the city that famously never sleeps, now can satisfy their craving for cupcakes in any of those…
March 28, 2014 Government Data Requests Fall at Yahoo But Rise at Google by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL Government officials in the United States and overseas made fewer requests for the private data of Yahoo users in the second…
March 28, 2014 Google Flu Trends: The Limits of Big Data by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR Two recent research papers, examining Google Flu Trends, offer a critique of big-data analysis. Published: March 28, 2014 at 12:00AM from…
March 28, 2014 Despite Loss BlackBerry Has Some Hope for Future by IAN AUSTEN By IAN AUSTEN BlackBerry has had relentlessly bad financial news, but analysts are no longer raising concerns that the company is rapidly heading toward…
March 28, 2014 Intel Exits a Data Analysis Business and Invests in Another One by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY The world’s biggest chip company is out of another business, a framework for big data analysis called Hadoop, and refocusing on…
March 28, 2014 A New Facebook Lab Is Intent on Delivering Internet Access by Drone by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL Facebook is creating a laboratory to devise a way to provide web access from solar-powered drones or perhaps other “connectivity aircraft.”…
March 28, 2014 Smartphones the Disappointing Miracle by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY People from Earth’s most remote corners have something in common: They all download apps, interacting with the mobile Internet billions of…
March 27, 2014 Judge Tosses Lawsuit Against Facebook Over Use of Minors’ Photos by REUTERS By REUTERS A California federal judge has dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit against Facebook Inc that had accused the company of misappropriating the…
March 27, 2014 Consortium Wants Standards for ‘Internet of Things’ by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Some of the largest multinational corporations have formed a global standards body intended to speed the connection of factories, oil rigs…
March 27, 2014 Dealing With Unwanted Windows Updates by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Plus, finding and adding shortcuts to Mac programs not on the dock. Published: March 28, 2014 at 12:00AM from NYT…