December 31, 2015 Apple Settles Tax Dispute With Italian Authorities by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT The American technology company reached a deal after an inquiry into whether it had moved revenue from its Italian operations through…
December 31, 2015 Filling the Country With Drones by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY The commercial drone business is taking off across rural states to aid in firefighting, data collection, agriculture and other tasks. Published:…
December 31, 2015 It’s Amazon and Also-Rans in Retailers’ Race for Online Sales by HIROKO TABUCHI By HIROKO TABUCHI Amazon capped its blockbuster year by reporting what it said was a record-breaking holiday season, shipping 200 million items through its…
December 30, 2015 Is It Time for an Apple Watch? by MICHAEL D. SHEAR By MICHAEL D. SHEAR After nearly eight months with an Apple Watch, one user says that despite the device’s current limitations, it feels like…
December 30, 2015 Twitter Names Jeffrey Siminoff as New Diversity Chief by KATIE BENNER By KATIE BENNER Mr. Siminoff replaces Janet Van Huysse, ending a year in which the company was criticized about its minority hiring. Published: December…
December 30, 2015 Breaking Up With Apple Music by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER If you have reached the end of the free three-month trial of the streaming service and find it is not…
December 30, 2015 The Most Popular Online Course Teaches You to Learn by JOHN MARKOFF By JOHN MARKOFF Critics say Massively Open Online Courses, or MOOCs, are over-hyped. But defenders say they are reaching people in unexpected ways. Published:…
December 30, 2015 Former Xbox Chief Robbie Bach on Console Battles by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD The former Microsoft executive explains why Microsoft appears to have fallen behind Sony in the game console market. Published: December 28,…
December 30, 2015 Daily Report: When Academia Nurtures Entrepreneurs by JIM KERSTETTER By JIM KERSTETTER In the view of a growing number of universities, what’s needed to satisfy ambitious students are programs that teach them how…
December 29, 2015 Quashing Clones on Facebook by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER If someone has duplicated your Facebook account, the company has a series of steps to take to report it, including…