May 14, 2014 Some Predictions About the Internet of Things and Wearable Tech From Pew Research by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON Get ready for a world where your refrigerator, car and plant pots are all connected to the Internet and able to…
May 14, 2014 Privacy Group Challenges Surveillance Practices in Britain by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT The case follows revelations that Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters, or G.C.H.Q., developed so-called malware that allowed the government to turn on…
May 14, 2014 NetSuite: Enterprise Software Still Follows a Manufacturing Model by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Thanks to cloud computing, some enterprise software makers say, all businesses are service companies now, attuned to every customer twitch. But…
May 14, 2014 To Compete With PlayStation on Price, Microsoft Offers Xbox Without Kinect Motion Sensor by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD In an effort to increase sales of the Xbox One, Microsoft said it would sell an entry-level version without the Kinect…
May 14, 2014 A Trip in a Self-Driving Car Now Seems Routine by JOHN MARKOFF By JOHN MARKOFF A test ride of the latest version of Google’s self-driving car could be best characterized as underwhelming. And that is not…
May 14, 2014 Without a Hit Wallet, Square Tries Another Approach by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Even after scoring a big partnership with Starbucks Coffee and offering a futuristic app that let people pay for things…
May 14, 2014 Eric Schmidt Has an Interest. Is It a Conflict? by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, was appointed last month to a commission advising New York State on how to…
May 14, 2014 A Victory for Airbnb in New York by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD The apartment-sharing service’s victory may be short-lived, as the state attorney general said he would address the court’s concerns in a…
May 13, 2014 For Late Arrivals, Airbnb Broadens Its Approach by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD Airbnb would like to eventually be all things to all travelers, as it introduces two new features that cater to a…
May 13, 2014 IBM’s Virginia Rometty on Leadership and Management by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR To be the chief executive of IBM, Ms. Rometty said, is to be “a steward” of a 102-year-old company, but a…