February 22, 2016 Caution Rebuffed, Unicorns and Other Start-Ups Fixate on Rainbows by KATIE BENNER By KATIE BENNER As stocks gyrate and venture capital pulls back, many Silicon Valley start-ups of every size remain upbeat, at least about their…
February 22, 2016 5G Is a New Frontier for Mobile Carriers and Tech Companies by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT Fed by users’ appetite for watching videos, the world’s largest carriers are rushing to offer ultrafast wireless technology first. Some of…
February 21, 2016 Apple Still Holds the Keys to Its Cloud Service, but Reluctantly by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC By encrypting its devices, the tech giant tried to remove itself from the equation when law enforcement requested access. But it…
February 21, 2016 Farhad and Mike Have a Big Story (Apple), and Some Scraps by FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC By FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC Besides meditations on Apple, Tidal and Zenefits, Farhad renders his considered opinion of Kanye’s Twitter feed, as Mike…
February 20, 2016 Got an A in Algebra? That’s Worth $120 by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER Raise.me, a three-year-old start-up, allows students to accrue incremental scholarship credits by entering their high school achievements on a website. Published:…
February 20, 2016 Apple Sees Value in Privacy Vow by KATIE BENNER and PAUL MOZUR By KATIE BENNER and PAUL MOZUR Apple’s refusal to help the F.B.I. break into its secure mobile operating system may benefit its brand in…
February 20, 2016 Positions Become Sharper in Apple Showdown by PUI-WING TAM By PUI-WING TAM On one side is privacy as a defense of freedom from government monitoring, both in the U.S. and abroad. On the…
February 20, 2016 Marissa Mayer Meets Yahoo Developers at a Confrontation-Free Gathering by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL Anyone hoping for dramatic confrontations or big plot twists at Yahoo’s mobile developer conference was sorely disappointed. Published: February 18, 2016…
February 19, 2016 Justice Department Calls Apple’s Refusal to Unlock iPhone a ‘Marketing Strategy’ by ERIC LICHTBLAU By ERIC LICHTBLAU Prosecutors offered a sharp rejoinder to this week’s public statement by Timothy Cook, Apple’s chief executive, who said refusing to help…
February 19, 2016 Times Readers Weigh In on the Apple Debate by MARIE TAE McDERMOTT By MARIE TAE McDERMOTT An abundance of opinions in nearly 5,000 comments on Apple’s opposition to a court order to unlock an iPhone used…