January 29, 2015 Avoiding Botnets With a Mac by J.D. BIERSDORFER By J.D. BIERSDORFER Windows PCs are often the main targets of malicious software that loops infected computers into remote-controlled networks called botnets, but Macs…
January 29, 2015 Facebook Sales Beat Forecasts, but Expenses Increase Even Faster by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL A big increase in stock payouts to employees helped push expenses up, and the stock was down in after-hours trading. Published:…
January 28, 2015 Uber, a Rising Business Model That Could Change How You Work by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO New technologies have the potential to divide a variety of traditional jobs into tasks that can be assigned to people just…
January 28, 2015 New Rules in China Upset Western Tech Companies by PAUL MOZUR By PAUL MOZUR Stringent regulations, including requiring the sharing of secret code, are another form of economic protectionism, Western technology companies say. Published: January…
January 28, 2015 What Happens if Apple Drops Google From Its Browser? by CONOR DOUGHERTY By CONOR DOUGHERTY Yahoo’s chief executive wants to get the company’s search bar into Apple’s Safari browser, as it did with the Firefox browser….
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January 28, 2015 Chinese Government Takes Aim at E-Commerce Giant Alibaba Over Fake Goods by NEIL GOUGH and PAUL MOZUR By NEIL GOUGH and PAUL MOZUR The Chinese government regulator complained about what it said were unlicensed merchants, fake goods and other illegal practices…
January 28, 2015 A Data-Science Lender Takes on Student Debt by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR Earnest, a start-up lender, is moving into the student debt market. Using data-science tools, Earnest says it can offer lower, tailored…
January 28, 2015 Lyft, Now in Talks for More Funding, Pushes Growth Strategy by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC Lyft must persuade its backers that the company has a fighting chance against Uber, which operates in hundreds of cities globally…
January 28, 2015 Twitter Adds Group Messaging and Video Recording by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL In an effort to catch up to rival services like Facebook, Twitter will now allow people to shoot, edit and post…