February 4, 2014 Foursquare Checks In With Microsoft and Gets $15 Million to Revitalize Itself by JENNA WORTHAM By JENNA WORTHAM The money will be used to incorporate Foursquare recommendations into Microsoft’s local and search products over the next four years. Published:…
February 4, 2014 How A Startup Accidentally “Hacked” Shark Tank With A QR Code If you’re not familiar with Shark Tank, it’s a show on ABC that has a set of entrepreneurs presenting their products or companies before…
February 4, 2014 Lenovo Shares Dive on Sony PC Buy Report, Downgrades by REUTERS By REUTERS Shares in Lenovo Group Ltd fell by as much as 15 percent on Tuesday after a weekend media report said the Chinese…
February 4, 2014 Microsoft Names New Chief; Gates to Be Adviser by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Satya Nadella, 46, will be the next chief executive, replacing Steven Ballmer. Bill Gates will step down from his role as…
February 4, 2014 For a Select Few, the Transformative Power of Facebook — for Better or Worse by HANNA INGBER By HANNA INGBER New York Times readers reflected on how the social network, as it turns 10, has altered their lives. Published: February 4,…
February 4, 2014 Productivity Hacks: Read More by Reading Less This post is part of a series in which LinkedIn Influencers share their secrets to being more productive. See all their #productivityhacks here. This…
February 4, 2014 This Guy Stopped Charging Clients And Now He’s Making More Money That guy there, with the incredibly cute baby, is a Philadelphia web designer named Adrian Hoppel. A couple of years ago, he decided that…
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,…