February 18, 2015 Tencent to Develop Chat App for Fords in China by REUTERS By REUTERS Ford said it was in talks with Tencent, maker of the popular WeChat messaging app, to develop messaging functions for the manufacturer’s…
February 18, 2015 Valuation for Snapchat Could Rise to $19 Billion by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC Snapchat, the start-up with disappearing photo messages, may be popular with teenagers. But in investors’ eyes, it is commanding a very…
February 18, 2015 IBM, G.E. and Others Create Big Data Alliance by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY A number of big tech companies with an interest in building out the big data market have announced a standard for…
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February 17, 2015 Astro Teller, Google’s ‘Captain of Moonshots,’ on Making Profits at Google X by CONOR DOUGHERTY By CONOR DOUGHERTY Astro Teller, the head of the Google X research group, talks about the company’s efforts to commercialize projects like the self-driving…
February 16, 2015 Spyware Embedded by U.S. in Foreign Networks, Security Firm Says by NICOLE PERLROTH and DAVID E. SANGER By NICOLE PERLROTH and DAVID E. SANGER A Russian firm says the United States has found a way to permanently embed surveillance and sabotage…
February 16, 2015 Slice and Carve: The Next Wave in Computer-Aided Creativity by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Laser cutters and computer-controlled milling machines are coming out of industrial workshops and planting themselves on desktops. Published: February 14, 2015…
February 16, 2015 Hoping Google’s Lab Is a Rainmaker by CONOR DOUGHERTY By CONOR DOUGHERTY After patiently abiding a steep increase in research and development spending, Wall Street is starting to wonder when — and if…
February 16, 2015 Connecting With Wi-Fi, Then Making the Call by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Two start-ups are trying to lower cellphone costs by relying on Wi-Fi routers, and now some of the bigger companies…
February 15, 2015 The Invention Mob, Brought to You by Quirky by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR Quirky, a company that uses crowdsourcing to create and refine products, could be a model for bringing ideas to market in…