August 6, 2014 Apple and Samsung Drop Patent Fights Outside the United States by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Apple and Samsung Electronics on Tuesday said they had agreed to drop patent litigation against each other in a number…
August 5, 2014 How to Keep Data Out of Hackers’ Hands by MOLLY WOOD By MOLLY WOOD For people worried about identity theft and privacy, the discovery by Hold Security of a giant database of stolen data is…
August 5, 2014 Russian Gang Amasses Over a Billion Internet Passwords by NICOLE PERLROTH and DAVID GELLES By NICOLE PERLROTH and DAVID GELLES The hacked records, discovered by a Milwaukee-based security firm, include username and password combinations and more than 500…
August 5, 2014 Daily Report: Turning Users Into Customers at Facebook by THE NEW YORK TIMES By THE NEW YORK TIMES To grab some of television’s ad dollars, Facebook is trying to help advertisers reach potential buyers with exacting precision….
August 5, 2014 A Closer Look: Secure Your Phone Without Passcodes by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Passcodes are outdated. Published: August 4, 2014 at 12:00AM from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/1snot0A via IFTTT
August 5, 2014 Google Gives Child Pornography Email Evidence to Police by CONOR DOUGHERTY By CONOR DOUGHERTY Google’s automated eyes tipped law enforcement about a Houston-area man whom the police say was using the company’s Gmail service to…
August 5, 2014 Xiaomi Tops Chinese Smartphone Market by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Xiaomi, the Chinese smartphone vendor, transformed from a niche player into the biggest smartphone maker in China, seemingly overnight. How…
August 5, 2014 Alibaba Has a Computing Cloud, and It’s Growing, Too by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Alibaba is adding to its cloud computing business, buying American tech companies and about to get a lot of cash in…
August 4, 2014 Wealth Managers Enlist Spy Tools to Map Portfolios by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Companies like Addepar are using data-filtering techniques honed at spy agencies to help track and value clients’ diverse holdings. Published: August…
August 3, 2014 Cloud Revenue Jumps, Led by Microsoft and IBM by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR Titans from earlier heydays of computing have both seen recent increases that outstripped the cloud-computing industry generally, according to industry reports….