February 22, 2014 Start-Up Disguises Wearable Tech as Jewelry by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Cuff, a new wearables start-up, unveiled a line of accessories this week that look more like the jewelry featured in an…
February 22, 2014 F.C.C. Wants Better 911 Location Tracking for Cellphones by EDWARD WYATT By EDWARD WYATT The agency proposes requiring wireless phone companies to specify location for 911 calls to the correct floor in a multistory building…
February 22, 2014 WhatsApp Deal Bets on a Few Fewer ‘Friends’ by JENNA WORTHAM By JENNA WORTHAM Weary of social networks filled with mundane updates from the most remote acquaintances, millions of people have turned to their smartphone…
February 22, 2014 Fitbit Recalls Force Device After Complaints of Rashes by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON The company said it would also stop selling the wrist-worn fitness tracker immediately because some customers had reported red, itchy rashes….
February 21, 2014 Founders of an Anti-Facebook Are Won Over by BRIAN X. CHEN and VINDU GOEL By BRIAN X. CHEN and VINDU GOEL The co-founders of WhatsApp are not brash young Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. They are just two guys who…
February 21, 2014 Whitman’s Vision for H.P. in 2017 by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Hewlett-Packard turned in a respectable quarter, raising the credibility of Meg Whitman’s multiyear plan to stabilize and renew the troubled tech…
February 21, 2014 War of Words Signals a Changed BlackBerry by IAN AUSTEN By IAN AUSTEN John S. Chen, BlackBerry’s relatively new chief executive and executive chairman, engaged in some exceptional online sniping this week with his…
February 20, 2014 Facebook Looks to Become Big Fish in Another Big Pond by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT Facebook is already the world’s biggest social network. Now it wants to be the biggest player in a new global field…
February 20, 2014 The Other Big Winner in the WhatsApp Deal: Your Wallet by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO By helping people bypass exorbitant texting fees charged by mobile carriers, WhatsApp saved heavy users of texting a lot of money….
February 20, 2014 Scrutiny in California for Software in Schools by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER Proposed legislation would prohibit websites, online services and mobile apps for kindergartners through 12th graders from compiling, using or sharing the…