October 31, 2013 Revenue at Sprint Drops on Subscriber Defections by REUTERS By REUTERS Investors shrugged off the results because they do not expect big improvements at the company until the second half of 2014. Published:…
October 31, 2013 Storage in the Cloud, Kept at Home by GREGORY SCHMIDT By GREGORY SCHMIDT Western Digital’s new external hard drive, My Cloud, has a faster processor and a smoother setup than its predecessor. Published: October…
October 31, 2013 Sony Blames Box-Office Trouble for Its Quarterly Loss by ERIC PFANNER By ERIC PFANNER After showing signs of a financial turnaround in the spring, Sony said Thursday that it had swung back to a loss…
October 31, 2013 No U.S. Action, So States Move on Privacy Law by SOMINI SENGUPTA By SOMINI SENGUPTA Lawmakers in 10 states have passed more than two dozen privacy laws this year as support for the bills has grown…
October 31, 2013 Wrangling Data From a Huge Variety of Fitness Gadgets by ERIC A. TAUB By ERIC A. TAUB Measuring and tracking your body’s functions and activities has never been easier — but what to do with all that…
October 31, 2013 Bitcoin Pursues the Mainstream by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Advocates of the digital currency bitcoin say it is ready to emerge from its fringe status and become a common method…
October 31, 2013 N.S.A. Said to Tap Google and Yahoo Abroad by CHARLIE SAVAGE, CLAIRE CAIN MILLER and NICOLE PERLROTH By CHARLIE SAVAGE, CLAIRE CAIN MILLER and NICOLE PERLROTH Unbeknown to Google and Yahoo, the National Security Agency and its British counterpart have tapped…
October 31, 2013 In Singapore, Building Businesses for the Next Billion by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY While Silicon Valley concentrates on wealthy nations, start-ups and venture capitalists in places like Singapore are taking advantage of cheap software…
October 31, 2013 Signs Point to Coming Scarcity of iPad Minis by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Apple’s full-size iPad, recently renamed the iPad Air, will be available in stores on Friday. But the release date for…
October 30, 2013 Rising Mobile Ad Sales Propel Facebook Profit by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL The social network’s third-quarter results topped Wall Street expectations as revenue increased 60 percent from the same period a year ago….