October 2, 2015 Microsoft and Google Call an End to Patent Battles by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Peace has broken out between Google and Microsoft, which agreed to dismiss all of their pending patent lawsuits against each other….
October 2, 2015 Ad Blockers and the Nuisance at the Heart of the Modern Web by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO The adoption of ad-blocking technology is rising steeply. Some see an existential threat to online content as we know it, but…
October 1, 2015 Favorite tweets Hurricane Joaquin intensifies to Category 4, with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph. https://t.co/v4cGiAaR2f — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) October 1, 2015 from http://twitter.com/cnnbrk…
October 1, 2015 Testing the Benefits and Drawbacks of Mobile Ad Blocking by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Two tests were carried out with ad blockers: one to measure how much loading times were improved and the second…
October 1, 2015 Unisplendour of China Buys 15% Stake in Western Digital by PAUL MOZUR By PAUL MOZUR Unisplendour, a hardware producer and vendor, has agreed to pay $3.78 billion to the American maker of hard disk drives. Published:…
October 1, 2015 Easing Screen-Based Eyestrain by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Find out how to change the background color of your Word documents. Published: September 30, 2015 at 08:00PM from NYT…
October 1, 2015 A Grab Bag of Software for the Apple Watch Upgrade by KIT EATON By KIT EATON Apps recommended for watchOS 2 include the forecaster Carrot Weather, Citymapper for various modes of travel and the recording program Just…
October 1, 2015 Twitter Makes ‘Buy’ Button Widely Available by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL The social network will now allow millions of merchants to include buy buttons inside their tweets, allowing Twitter users to buy…
October 1, 2015 Daily Report: The Buy Button Heads to YouTube and Twitter by JOSEPH PLAMBECK By JOSEPH PLAMBECK YouTube’s feature, which is set to be available in the coming months, will allow viewers of videos to get to a…
October 1, 2015 50 Companies That May Be the Next Start-Up Unicorns by THE NEW YORK TIMES By THE NEW YORK TIMES Which start-ups may be next to ascend to the $1 billion valuation club? Here’s a list of 50, as…