May 23, 2014 Facebook’s New Privacy Mascot: The Zuckasaurus by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON On Thursday, Facebook showed off a blue dinosaur character that will become the privacy ambassador on the social network. But the…
May 23, 2014 Hit by Rivals, Hewlett-Packard Will Cut Jobs by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY The chief executive said she would lay off 11,000 to 16,000 employees, as quarterly results released on Thursday underlined that a…
May 22, 2014 Google Plans to Offer Wi-Fi Access Equipment to Businesses: Report by REUTERS By REUTERS Google Inc plans to offer Wi-Fi network hardware and software at a discount to small and medium-sized businesses, tech blog The Information…
May 22, 2014 Virtual Rift Leads to Legal Rift for Oculus and ZeniMax by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD The accusations by ZeniMax, a games publisher, center on the technical assistance John Carmack, a famed game programmer and former ZeniMax…
May 22, 2014 Facebook Offers Privacy Checkup to All 1.28 Billion Users by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL The move responds to complaints that the service’s privacy settings are too complicated and that people often don’t know who can…
May 22, 2014 A Green Thumb on the Touch Screen by KIT EATON By KIT EATON Apps can help you improve your horticultural skills, identify plants and problems, and plan your landscaping. Published: May 22, 2014 at…
May 22, 2014 One Woman’s Lonely Boycott of Amazon by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD Amazon likes to say it is obsessed with its customers. It ranks high on the Reputation Institute’s annual survey of the…
May 22, 2014 Painless Shipping In a Few Easy Steps by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO To ship through Shyp, you first download the firm’s iPhone app and enter in your payment data. Published: May 22, 2014…
May 22, 2014 Recall by Google’s Nest Reveals 440,000 Fire Alarms Shipped in U.S. by REUTERS By REUTERS Google Inc’s Nest Labs is recalling 440,000 smoke detectors, according to a U.S. government notice on Wednesday that provides the first public…
May 22, 2014 EBay Says Client Information Stolen in Hacking Attack by REUTERS By REUTERS EBay said a database was compromised in a hacking attack between late February and early March, and clients’ non-financial information was stolen….