July 14, 2015 Uber Out of the Running for Here, Nokia’s Digital Mapping Service by MARK SCOTT and MIKE ISAAC By MARK SCOTT and MIKE ISAAC Uber’s global plans will not include the multibillion-dollar purchase of Here, the main competitor to Google Maps. Published:…
July 13, 2015 Details Emerge About Victoria Taylor’s Dismissal at Reddit by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC In a post on Reddit late Sunday, Yishan Wong, Reddit’s former chief executive and Ellen Pao’s predecessor, accused Alexis Ohanian, a…
July 13, 2015 Accusing Amazon of Antitrust Violations, Authors and Booksellers Demand U.S. Inquiry by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD Groups representing thousands of authors, agents and independent booksellers are calling for the Department of Justice to examine Amazon. Published: July…
July 13, 2015 Microsoft Strikes New Tone for Windows 10 Release by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD It’s clear the introduction of Windows 10 is going to be more low key than it was for Windows 95. Published:…
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July 13, 2015 Asian Tech Start-Ups Quietly Earn Backing by PAUL MOZUR By PAUL MOZUR So far this year, Asia has created 11 tech companies with valuations of $1 billion or more, compared with 19 in…
July 13, 2015 Satoru Iwata, Nintendo Chief Executive, Dies at 55 by LIAM STACK By LIAM STACK Under Mr. Iwata’s watch, Nintendo surged ahead of rival game companies with the release of the Nintendo DS, a hand-held system,…
July 13, 2015 Sundar Pichai of Google Talks About Phone Intrusion by CONOR DOUGHERTY By CONOR DOUGHERTY Google’s senior vice president of products speaks at length about how Google products and apps try to balance giving you information…
July 12, 2015 The New Reddit CEO’s Many Challenges by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC Steve Huffman, the new chief executive of Reddit, faces numerous challenges at the online message board. That includes not repeating the…
July 12, 2015 The Real Threat Posed by Powerful Computers by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY If the human race is at peril from killer robots, the problem is probably not artificial intelligence. It is more likely…