January 17, 2014 Facebook Rolls Out Its Version of Trending Topics by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL The social network is adding a module to its news feed that will suggest popular topics of conversation on the service,…
January 17, 2014 Latest Perk on Google Buses: Security Guards by REUTERS By REUTERS Security guards have begun monitoring company shuttle stops in San Francisco a few weeks after Google buses were targeted by protesters who…
January 17, 2014 Bumps on a Road to Revival for Yahoo by VINDU GOEL and CLAIRE CAIN MILLER By VINDU GOEL and CLAIRE CAIN MILLER Marissa Mayer’s firing of her top lieutenant, Henrique de Castro, was her first public signal that turning…
January 17, 2014 Intel Says Fourth-Quarter Earnings Were Off Mark by REUTERS By REUTERS The chip maker says the earnings last quarter slightly missed expectations, and it offered a tepid forecast for the first quarter of…
January 17, 2014 Milestones in Mayer’s Tenure as Yahoo’s Chief by By As Yahoo’s chief executive, Marissa Mayer has acquired more than 20 companies and removed the chief operating officer in an attempt to rejuvenate…
January 16, 2014 Apple and Samsung Widen Lead in U.S. Phone Market by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Apple and Samsung Electronics, the two technology companies that make almost all the profit in the smartphone market, have grown…
January 16, 2014 Daily Report: No. 2 Out at Yahoo by THE NEW YORK TIMES By THE NEW YORK TIMES Yahoo’s chief operating officer, Henrique de Castro, has been fired by his boss, Marissa Mayer, a little more than…
January 16, 2014 Carpet Bombing: How One Business Is Trying to Get Rid of Bad Reviews by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD Anonymous reviews are protected by the First Amendment. But if they are anonymous, how can they be determined to be fake?…
January 16, 2014 Norwegian Students Blow U.S. Algebra Record Away With 5 Million Equations by REUTERS By REUTERS Norwegian students solved nearly 5 million algebra equations in a week long challenge, using an app aimed at popularizing mathematics among children…
January 16, 2014 Three Microphones to Filter Out Ambient Noise by ROY FURCHGOTT By ROY FURCHGOTT Sennheiser is offering three headsets the company says better pick out voice from background sounds. Published: January 16, 2014 at 12:00AM…