February 3, 2014 Building a Better Battery by BRIAN X. CHEN and NICK BILTON By BRIAN X. CHEN and NICK BILTON As tech companies focus on small, wearable devices, they have encountered an obstacle: battery technology is largely…
February 2, 2014 Disruptions: Paying to Travel in the Internet’s Fast Lanes by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON Has the Internet become so fundamental to our lives that it is, in essence, a utility that should be subject to…
February 2, 2014 Tech’s Diversity Problem Is Apparent as Early as High School by CLAIRE CAIN MILLER By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER In several states, no girls, black or Hispanic students took the Advanced Placement exam in computer science last year, illustrating…
February 2, 2014 When Your App Is in the Cloud by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Cloud-based communication services like Twilio are likely to promote even more connections between us and our devices, as developers add features…
February 2, 2014 Jelly vs. Need, Comparing Two New Social Q & A Apps by NICOLE PERLROTH By NICOLE PERLROTH A reporter tore a ligament in her knee and began the hunt for an orthopedist with Jelly and Need, two new…
February 1, 2014 AT&T Sweetens Offer for Family Plans by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Responding to intense competition, AT&T, the second largest American phone carrier, on Saturday said it would offer a cheaper phone…
February 1, 2014 Critic of Online Ad Firm Blinkx Is Part of the Controversy by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT Benjamin Edelman, a Harvard Business School professor whose blog post set off a plunge in a company’s share price, has declined…
February 1, 2014 When No One Is Just a Face in the Crowd by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER Facial recognition technology may soon help stores track their best customers — and that has privacy advocates concerned. Published: February 2,…
February 1, 2014 Trying to See Apple From a Different Angle by JEFF SOMMER By JEFF SOMMER Wall Street can’t decide whether a giant company can still grow by leaps and bounds — or whether it even needs…
February 1, 2014 Verizon Wireless Prepares Network for TV Broadcasting by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Verizon expects to upgrade its network with the new broadcasting technology by the third quarter this year. Published: January 31,…