January 28, 2014 Google Glass to Be Covered by Vision Care Insurer VSP by CLAIRE CAIN MILLER By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER In a sign of how wearable devices are entering the mainstream, a major optical insurance provider will subsidize frames and…
January 28, 2014 Did Big Internet Companies Handicap Start-Ups in FISA Rule Changes? by NICOLE PERLROTH By NICOLE PERLROTH A small but significant caveat, in a new agreement brokered between the Obama administration and Google, Facebook, Yahoo and Microsoft could…
January 28, 2014 Ride Service Uber Faces New Lawsuit After Fatal San Francisco Crash by REUTERS By REUTERS The family of a young girl killed by a driver affiliated with fast-growing private transportation service Uber sued the company on Monday,…
January 27, 2014 Apple Reports Record iPhone Sales by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN The company said it sold 51 million iPhones in the last quarter, the most it has sold in any quarter,…
January 27, 2014 Why I Use Snapchat: It’s Fast, Ugly and Ephemeral by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON Adults often wonder why children use Snapchat. The answer is partly because the service is intended to be incredibly quick and…
January 27, 2014 Bitcoin and the Fictions of Money by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Past the basics, all money is make-believe. We turn paper dollars into grilled steaks when both trust the United States government….
January 27, 2014 Google and Samsung Sign Broad Cross-Licensing Agreement by ERIC PFANNER By ERIC PFANNER The pact bolsters ties between the two main powers behind the global dominance of the Android operating system for smartphones. Published:…
January 27, 2014 Uber and a Child’s Death by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD A lawsuit set to be filed on Monday seeks to unravel the biggest question of the so-called sharing economy: Who is…
January 27, 2014 Rough Patch for Uber Service’s Challenge to Taxis by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD Uber, the hot start-up whose software allows anyone with a smartphone to get a cab ride, is suddenly facing trouble. Published:…
January 26, 2014 A Little Less Tech Luster in Cambridge by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT Cambridge – home to one of the world’s oldest universities and some successful tech companies – remains one of Europe’s largest…