February 4, 2014 Daily Report: Engineers Race to Improve the Battery by THE NEW YORK TIMES By THE NEW YORK TIMES As tech companies focus on small, wearable devices, they have encountered an obstacle: battery technology is largely stuck in…
February 4, 2014 Tech Companies Offer Update on Government Data Requests by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON Facebook, Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Yahoo and Apple have released information pertaining to the number of government data requests the companies receive…
February 4, 2014 With New App, Facebook Aims to Make Its Users’ Feeds Newsier by VINDU GOEL and RAVI SOMAIYA By VINDU GOEL and RAVI SOMAIYA Editors will supplement Facebook’s computers in recommending articles and blog posts on a dozen topics. Published: February 4,…
February 4, 2014 The Other Super Bowl Contest: Twitter vs. Facebook by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL Advertisers were chattering far more on Twitter than on Facebook during the big game, according to a social media platform that…
February 4, 2014 A City Wired for Growth by EDWARD WYATT By EDWARD WYATT Internet service that is inexpensive and lightning quick has allowed the city to attract high-tech businesses, talent and capital. Published: February…
February 4, 2014 Be Careful With Coin by DAMON DARLIN By DAMON DARLIN Coin, a device that will hold the information from all your credit cards, sounds like just the device you need. But…
February 3, 2014 Makers of Paper App Ask Facebook to Change Its New App Name by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON FiftyThree, the maker of a popular app called Paper, is asking Facebook to change the name of a new app that…
February 3, 2014 Obamacare Computers Not Yet Equipped to Fix Errors: Report by REUTERS By REUTERS The HealthCare.gov website is not yet equipped to handle appeals by thousands of people seeking to correct errors the system made when…
February 3, 2014 Building a Better Battery by BRIAN X. CHEN and NICK BILTON By BRIAN X. CHEN and NICK BILTON As tech companies focus on small, wearable devices, they have encountered an obstacle: battery technology is largely…
February 2, 2014 Disruptions: Paying to Travel in the Internet’s Fast Lanes by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON Has the Internet become so fundamental to our lives that it is, in essence, a utility that should be subject to…