April 8, 2015 HP Comes to Terms With the Cloud by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Hewlett-Packard has decided it cannot compete with the likes of Amazon and Google for one of the hottest new businesses. Instead,…
April 8, 2015 Consumer Groups to Ask F.T.C. to Investigate YouTube Kids App by CONOR DOUGHERTY By CONOR DOUGHERTY Close to a dozen consumer groups are asking the commission to investigate an application recently released by Google, arguing that its…
April 6, 2015 Online Test-Takers Feel Anti-Cheating Software’s Uneasy Glare by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER School administrators say for online learning to be legitimate, testing has to be monitored. Proctortrack is a new anti-cheating program being…
April 6, 2015 Publication of New Internet Rules to Prompt Cheers and Challenges by REBECCA R. RUIZ By REBECCA R. RUIZ The F.C.C. regulations are expected to appear in the Federal Register as early as this week, starting two 60-day countdowns:…
April 5, 2015 Daily Report: Regulators in Europe Take Aim at American Tech Giants by THE NEW YORK TIMES By THE NEW YORK TIMES New developments offer the latest and perhaps clearest sign yet that American tech giants face intensifying scrutiny in Europe…
April 4, 2015 Jay Edelson’s Class-Action Privacy Suits Could Make Him Tech’s Least Friended Man by CONOR DOUGHERTY By CONOR DOUGHERTY The class-action lawyer, who specializes in filing privacy lawsuits against technology companies, has raised the ire of Silicon Valley executives. Published:…
April 4, 2015 Converting Audio From a Cassette to MP3 Requires an Adapter by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER The inexpensive device links a standard audio cable from the music player to a computer’s USB jack. Published: April 2,…
April 4, 2015 Daily Report: Post-PayPal, and Still Making Waves by THE NEW YORK TIMES By THE NEW YORK TIMES Alumni from the payments company have established a reputation as the best in Silicon Valley at finding and funding…
April 3, 2015 Favorite tweets Just because kids don’t ask about #gunsafety doesn’t mean they don’t have questions. Watch our new video: http://t.co/ZgxfqHfRiO — Project ChildSafe (@ProjChildSafe) April 3,…
April 3, 2015 Favorite tweets I see SquareTrade needs a boost to start the quarter so they are manufacturing a fake bendgate for the Galaxy S6 Edge. — Droid…