November 6, 2013 LG Shows Off the Bend in Its Flex by ERIC PFANNER By ERIC PFANNER LG Electronics of South Korea took the wraps off its new curved smartphone, the G Flex, on Tuesday, highlighting the special…
November 6, 2013 Apple Releases Report on Government Requests by ASHWIN SESHAGIRI By ASHWIN SESHAGIRI Apple said that in the first six months of 2013, government groups in 43 countries demanded information about 40,000 Apple accounts…
November 6, 2013 New F.C.C. Chairman Outlines His Vision by EDWARD WYATT By EDWARD WYATT Tom Wheeler, the newly installed chairman of the F.C.C., told staff members that he expected the agency to be a conduit…
November 5, 2013 Acer’s Chief Resigns Amid Slump in PC Sales by ERIC PFANNER By ERIC PFANNER The Taiwanese computer maker said Tuesday that its chief executive, J.T. Wang, had resigned, citing an inability to come to grips…
November 5, 2013 Brazil’s Local Internet Data Storage Plan Runs Into Opposition by REUTERS By REUTERS A government plan to shield Brazil from alleged U.S. spying by forcing global Internet companies to store data on Brazilian users inside…
November 5, 2013 A Force for Face-to-Face Communication by MATT RICHTEL By MATT RICHTEL Clifford I. Nass, a professor of communication at Stanford University who died over the weekend, did pioneering work on multitasking and…
November 5, 2013 Apple to Open Manufacturing Plant in Arizona by REUTERS By REUTERS Apple Inc will open a manufacturing facility in Arizona in partnership with mineral crystal specialist GT Advanced Technologies Inc to make sapphire…
November 5, 2013 Turning On iTunes Menus by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Windows 8 makes the iTunes menu bar optional, but a user can easily call it up. Plus, using voice commands…
November 5, 2013 Helpouts From Google Connects People With Experts Over Live Video by CLAIRE CAIN MILLER By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER Acknowledging that its search engine cannot answer everybody’s questions, particularly in the age of social networking, Google introduced Helpouts, for…
November 5, 2013 Education Life: The Disrupters by THE NEW YORK TIMES By THE NEW YORK TIMES Pioneering online upstarts are trying to transform higher education with things like programs intended to make college more affordable…