March 19, 2016 Microsoft Says Hiring Go-Go Dancers at Xbox Party Was Wrong by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Microsoft says it was “unequivocally wrong” for hosting a party with scantily dressed female dancers during a video game developers’…
March 19, 2016 Cracking the Mystery of the Missing iTunes Files by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Apple’s iTunes software cannot play song files that have been moved or deleted, but the program tells you where to…
March 19, 2016 Apple’s Engineers, if Defiant, Would be in Sync With Ethics Code by JOHN MARKOFF By JOHN MARKOFF If Apple’s employees refused to help the F.B.I. access the contents of an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino…
March 18, 2016 Twitter Rules Out Long Tweets, Sticking to 140-Character Limit by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC Jack Dorsey, chief executive of Twitter, said in an interview with the “Today” show on Friday that the service liked brevity….
March 18, 2016 ZTE Document Raises Questions About Huawei and Sanctions by PAUL MOZUR By PAUL MOZUR An internal document from ZTE, a Chinese technology company, describes efforts by a company it calls F7 to bypass United States…
March 18, 2016 Logging Into Windows 10 With a Favorite Photo by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER You can log into Windows 10 by making a few gestures over a picture instead of typing a password. Published:…
March 18, 2016 Apple Encryption Engineers, if Ordered to Unlock iPhone, Might Resist by JOHN MARKOFF, KATIE BENNER and BRIAN X. CHEN By JOHN MARKOFF, KATIE BENNER and BRIAN X. CHEN The potential resistance adds a wrinkle to a very public fight over access to an…
March 17, 2016 Checklists and Tips to Help Streamline Spring Cleaning by KIT EATON By KIT EATON It’s time for spring cleaning again, and some apps can help users stay organized while getting their homes in order. Published:…
March 17, 2016 Speaking Your Mind to Google Docs by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER An external microphone can help you be better understood by Google’s online word-processing program when you type by talking. Published:…
March 16, 2016 Make a Samsung Smartphone Great by Switching Out Its Apps by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Unlike its rival iPhone, Samsung burdens its devices with carrier bloatware and inferior apps. But this is easily remedied. Published:…