March 8, 2014 BlackBerry Boss Says Company Must Be About More Than Phones by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY The chief executive of BlackBerry, John S. Chen, says his company must stay in phones, but needs to focus on addressing…
March 8, 2014 Cartoon Network Aims at Devices With Its ‘Micro-Network’ Launch by MOLLY WOOD By MOLLY WOOD In the age of the mobile device, a television network may need to rethink the size of its content. Clips may…
March 8, 2014 With New Antipoverty Initiative Salesforce C.E.O. Puts Silicon Valley on Spot by NICOLE PERLROTH By NICOLE PERLROTH Many have heard of the backlash against the tech industry in San Francisco. Now one executive is trying to convince his…
March 8, 2014 The Technology of Voting by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT A Spanish start-up is behind the technology that allows New Yorkers to cast votes from overseas. Published: March 7, 2014 at…
March 8, 2014 Streaming Home Movies Online by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Plus, making Google Now, the virtual personal assistant, a little less personal. Published: March 7, 2014 at 12:00AM from NYT…
March 7, 2014 Bitcoin Is a Protocol. Bitcoin Is a Brand. by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY The existence of Internet-based currencies following in the wake of Bitcoin says a lot about what makes the new kind of…
March 7, 2014 Making Cloud-Computing Systems More Efficient by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY People aren’t the only things that are predictable — so are the computer programs they write. A team of researchers at…
March 7, 2014 Facebook’s Gun Sale Changes Could Be Hard to Enforce Around the World by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT The social media company’s new rules have riled both gun enthusiasts and gun-control advocates in the U.S. In other countries, a…
March 7, 2014 Foreign Influx Gives Annual Tech Event an International Flavor by JENNA WORTHAM By JENNA WORTHAM Many Silicon Valley companies aren’t making the trip to Austin, Tex., for the South by Southwest festival this year, but there…
March 6, 2014 A Smartwatch Gains Some Style but Few New Tricks by MOLLY WOOD By MOLLY WOOD The Pebble Steel is a more elegant upgrade of the Pebble smartwatch, with many of the original’s drawbacks. Published: March 6,…