January 27, 2015 Pluralsight, a Training Service for Tech Professionals, Buys Code School by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER Pluralsight, an online training platform for technology professionals, acquires Code School, a skills site for beginning coders. Published: January 25, 2015…
January 27, 2015 At Universities, a Push for Data-Driven Career Services by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER LinkedIn data on college graduates is a goldmine for schools seeking to identify alumni willing to mentor students or recruit them…
January 27, 2015 Amazon and Its Friends by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD Amazon has busted up the traditional publishing system and done more to widen access to books than anything since the invention…
January 27, 2015 Price Cuts for Crucial Microsoft Products Eroded Holiday-Season Profit by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD The company said the weak personal computer market hurt its Windows business, as second-quarter net income dropped to $5.86 billion from…
January 26, 2015 Why Apps for Messaging Are Trending by MIKE ISAAC and MICHAEL J. de la MERCED By MIKE ISAAC and MICHAEL J. de la MERCED People are spending more time on messaging apps, which many say allow for multimedia exchanges…
January 26, 2015 Tech Giants Invest in New Dreams of Grandeur by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY A series of investments by some of the tech industry’s biggest companies may sound odd, but they point to larger ambitions…
January 26, 2015 Verizon’s Mobile ‘Supercookies’ Seen as Threat to Privacy by NATASHA SINGER and BRIAN X. CHEN By NATASHA SINGER and BRIAN X. CHEN Advertisers, and possibly other third parties, are finding ways to exploit a hidden tracking mechanism that Verizon…
January 25, 2015 Your College May Be Banking on Your Facebook Likes by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER College fund-raising offices are turning to a handful of start-ups to help identify prospective alumni donors through their social media activity….
January 24, 2015 G.E. Profit Rises as It Puts a Stronger Focus on Its Industrial Business by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR As the company returns to its roots as a maker of industrial products like jet engines and medical equipment, it has…
January 24, 2015 Sharing iTunes With the Whole Family by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER How to keep a passing interest from following you around on Google Now. Published: January 22, 2015 at 07:00PM from…