November 10, 2015 Law Firm Loathed by Tech Expands to Industry’s Home Turf by CONOR DOUGHERTY By CONOR DOUGHERTY A class action firm that routinely targets tech companies is opening an office in San Francisco, not far from many of…
November 10, 2015 Daily Report: Using the Web to Transform Public Radio by PUI-WING TAM By PUI-WING TAM The digital shift was supposed to destroy public radio, with so much streaming music available through the web. But some stations…
November 10, 2015 With a Mobile Website Like an App, Flipkart Takes a Swipe at Apple by KATIE BENNER By KATIE BENNER Flipkart worked with Google to create a new mobile website that was unveiled on Monday in a move to improve the…
November 10, 2015 Google Offers Free Software in Bid to Gain an Edge in Machine Learning by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR Google is making much of its machine-learning technology freely available as open-source software. The move is intended to accelerate innovation in…
November 9, 2015 Video Game Awards Go Independent and Online by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD The video game industry’s version of the Oscars has gone independent and online in a reinvention of the awards show model….
November 9, 2015 In the Stream of Internet Radio, Music Stations Hold Their Own by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Successful stations are venturing into online streaming, but also playing to traditional strengths like thoughtfully curating playlists and championing new artists….
November 8, 2015 Farhad and Mike’s Week in Tech: Airbnb Takes San Francisco by FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC By FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC Voters’ defeat of a measure that would have imposed restrictions on Airbnb rentals spurs a discussion on the…
November 7, 2015 Giving Old Phones to Charity by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER At least two groups let cellphone owners donate them to members of the military, but first the phones’ data should…
November 7, 2015 Europe Seeks to Reach Data Transfer Pact by Early 2016 by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT A new data-sharing agreement would allow companies to move online information like social media posts and online search queries to the…
November 7, 2015 Daily Report: A $1 Billion Bet on Artificial Intelligence in Silicon Valley by PUI-WING TAM By PUI-WING TAM Interest and investment in artificial intelligence is back with a vengeance in Silicon Valley, attracting companies such as Toyota to make…