January 6, 2014 Urban Dictionary’s Next Phase: Global and Mobile by JENNA WORTHAM By JENNA WORTHAM Urban Dictionary, which has a large following online, is working to position itself as a mobile service too. Published: January 5,…
January 6, 2014 At C.E.S. 2014, a Battle for the Next Generation of Computing by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN The International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, one of the largest technology trade shows in the world, is a…
January 6, 2014 Corvette Will Let Owners Record, Share Drives by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The 2015 Chevrolet Corvette will have a new system that lets owners record their drives and share the video with…
January 6, 2014 ‘Smart TVs’ Are Next Bet for Makers as Sales Languish by BRIAN X. CHEN and NICK WINGFIELD By BRIAN X. CHEN and NICK WINGFIELD TV makers at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas will be showing off a range of…
January 5, 2014 TabTale Cranks Up Its Game-Making Machine by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL The Israeli company isn’t worried about sophisticated games. It’s making games kids want to play and lots of them. Published: January…
January 5, 2014 Ecuadorean Navy Delivers for Amazon Chief by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD Jeff Bezos, vacationing in the Galapagos Islands this week, felt some serious pain. And it wasn’t just because UPS had failed…
January 5, 2014 Be Careful With Coin by DAMON DARLIN By DAMON DARLIN Coin, a device that will hold the information from all your credit cards, sounds like just the device you need. But…
January 4, 2014 Listen to Pandora, and It Listens Back by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER The Internet radio service has started to mine user data for the best ways to target advertising. It can deconstruct your…
January 4, 2014 Adventures in the Sub-Luxury Category by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY A California company has introduced a “sea flying” submersible craft that it says can dive to 120 meters, travel as fast…
January 4, 2014 Internet Activist, a Creator of RSS, Is Dead at 26, Apparently a Suicide by JOHN SCHWARTZ By JOHN SCHWARTZ Aaron Swartz helped create RSS, a now ubiquitous format, and later became known for his efforts to make many Internet files…