May 6, 2014 White House Tech Advisers: Online Privacy Is a ‘Market Failure’ by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR A science and technology advisory group to President Obama described online privacy practices as a “market failure” in a report issued…
May 6, 2014 Daily Report: Independence but Little Revenue Growth for Tumblr After Acquisition by Yahoo by THE NEW YORK TIMES By THE NEW YORK TIMES While conceding he was “terrified” going into the deal, David Karp says he is happy with the autonomy the…
May 6, 2014 George H. Heilmeier an Inventor of LCDs Dies at 77 by WILLIAM YARDLEY By WILLIAM YARDLEY Mr. Heilmeier in the 1960s helped invent a kind of screen display that used liquid crystals to project images — technology…
May 6, 2014 High-Tech Push Has Board Games Rolling Again by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD With eye-popping graphics, visceral action and an online community, video games should have killed tabletop games, but in fact the opposite…
May 6, 2014 Apple’s New Retail Chief Granted $68 Million in Restricted Stock by REUTERS By REUTERS Apple Inc granted its new retail chief 113,334 restricted stock units, the company said in a regulatory filing on Monday, valued at…
May 6, 2014 Apple-Samsung Jury Sticks With Original Total for Damages by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN The federal jury in the latest patent trial involving Apple and Samsung returned to court on Monday to recalculate some…
May 6, 2014 A Red-Hot Rumor About Apple Falls Apart by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON A post about a new Apple product on the anonymous app Secret quickly became a national news item among the tech…
May 5, 2014 Devices That Know How We Really Feel by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON Researchers are working toward equipping computers with sensors that can let them interpret users’ emotions and respond accordingly. Published: May 4,…
May 5, 2014 No Regrets for the Founder of Tumblr After Yahoo Sale by JENNA WORTHAM By JENNA WORTHAM While conceding he was “terrified” going into the deal, David Karp says he is happy with the autonomy the microblogging service…
May 4, 2014 Valuable Humans in Our Digital Future by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY A recent article noted that lots of consumer technology is available to the poor. The things that get people out of…