February 23, 2014 Disruptions: The Holodeck Begins to Take Shape by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON Hollywood and computer and video game companies are working to move immersive virtual entertainment closer to reality. Published: January 26, 2014…
February 23, 2014 Mediation Fails for Samsung and Apple by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The smartphone makers told a federal judge in California that their latest patent dispute remained unresolved, pointing them toward a…
February 22, 2014 Making an Android Tablet Easier to Read by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Also, how to change the name of a Wi-Fi network using a Mac. Published: February 21, 2014 at 12:00AM from…
February 22, 2014 Start-Up Disguises Wearable Tech as Jewelry by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Cuff, a new wearables start-up, unveiled a line of accessories this week that look more like the jewelry featured in an…
February 22, 2014 F.C.C. Wants Better 911 Location Tracking for Cellphones by EDWARD WYATT By EDWARD WYATT The agency proposes requiring wireless phone companies to specify location for 911 calls to the correct floor in a multistory building…
February 22, 2014 WhatsApp Deal Bets on a Few Fewer ‘Friends’ by JENNA WORTHAM By JENNA WORTHAM Weary of social networks filled with mundane updates from the most remote acquaintances, millions of people have turned to their smartphone…
February 22, 2014 Fitbit Recalls Force Device After Complaints of Rashes by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON The company said it would also stop selling the wrist-worn fitness tracker immediately because some customers had reported red, itchy rashes….
February 21, 2014 Founders of an Anti-Facebook Are Won Over by BRIAN X. CHEN and VINDU GOEL By BRIAN X. CHEN and VINDU GOEL The co-founders of WhatsApp are not brash young Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. They are just two guys who…
February 21, 2014 Whitman’s Vision for H.P. in 2017 by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Hewlett-Packard turned in a respectable quarter, raising the credibility of Meg Whitman’s multiyear plan to stabilize and renew the troubled tech…
February 21, 2014 War of Words Signals a Changed BlackBerry by IAN AUSTEN By IAN AUSTEN John S. Chen, BlackBerry’s relatively new chief executive and executive chairman, engaged in some exceptional online sniping this week with his…