July 1, 2014 The Incredible Shrinking Tech Spending Projections by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY It’s something of a ritual: On Monday, an analyst firm lowered its projection for information technology spending. Gartner’s projection change isn’t…
July 1, 2014 Samsung SDI Says to End Plasma Panel Display Production by REUTERS By REUTERS Samsung SDI Co Ltd said on Tuesday that it will shut down its plasma panel production business, citing the decline in overall…
July 1, 2014 Twitter Buys TapCommerce, a Mobile Advertising Start-Up by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC Twitter makes another acquisition of a mobile ad technology company. This one is meant to improve ad targeting. Published: June 30,…
July 1, 2014 Apple Expands iTunes U Education App for iPads by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Apple will soon take another step toward persuading schools to ditch textbooks in favor of iPads by giving instructors a…
July 1, 2014 Energy Sector Faces Attacks From Hackers in Russia by NICOLE PERLROTH By NICOLE PERLROTH The intrusions give the hackers the opportunity to seize control of industrial control systems from afar, much as the United States…
July 1, 2014 Supreme Court Rejects Google’s Street View Appeal by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD A long-running privacy lawsuit may damage the company’s efforts to expand its technology to the home, the body and vehicles. Published:…
June 30, 2014 Facebook Says It’s Sorry. We’ve Heard That Before. by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC Facebook apologized for its study of how people’s emotions are affected by social media posts. And it’s not the first mea…
June 30, 2014 Apple, Facebook, Google Cheer on San Francisco Gay Pride Parade by REUTERS By REUTERS Apple Inc, Facebook Inc and other prominent Silicon Valley technology companies flew the flag for gay rights at the San Francisco Pride…
June 30, 2014 Facebook Tinkers With Users’ Emotions in News Feed Experiment, Stirring Outcry by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL Last week Facebook revealed that it had manipulated the news feeds of over half a million randomly selected users to change…
June 29, 2014 After a Fast Start, a Fading Path Looks to Reinvent Itself, Again by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON Dave Morin’s start-up firm, Path, which first offered a photo-sharing app, now hopes ephemeral messaging will help it rise again. Published:…