January 22, 2016 Airbnb Takes Its Case to U.S. Mayors Conference by CECILIA KANG By CECILIA KANG Having tried to mobilize the public in its favor, Airbnb offers to collect $200 million in hotel taxes for cities. Published:…
January 21, 2016 Video Feature: ‘Quantified Self’ Apps to Help Track Habits and Identify Patterns by KIT EATON By KIT EATON As using technology to monitor sleep and other activities rises in popularity, these mobile applications can help you gather and assess…
January 21, 2016 Posting Animated GIFs on Facebook by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER GIFs cannot just be uploaded directly to Facebook. Instead, they need to be linked to from their location on the…
January 21, 2016 Dutch Arrest 10 Men Suspected of Using Bitcoin to Launder Money by REUTERS By REUTERS Ten men suspected of using the digital currency Bitcoin to launder up to 20 million euros made from online drug deals have…
January 21, 2016 Deezer Raises $109 Million After Postponing I.P.O. by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT The company’s latest fundraising comes amid growing cutthroat competition from rivals like Spotify and Apple Music, which also are eagerly signing…
January 21, 2016 Daily Report: IBM Caught Between the Old and the New by JIM KERSTETTER By JIM KERSTETTER The transition from older, shrinking markets to new areas is proving difficult for tech’s most venerable companies. But that does not…
January 21, 2016 Apps to Manage Passwords So They Are Harder to Crack Than ‘Password’ by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Evaluating the merits of Dashlane, 1Password, LastPass and other methods of keeping long lists of increasingly complex passwords safe and…
January 21, 2016 Jack Dorsey Juggles Twitter and Square, Both Caught in Downdraft by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC The volatility of the companies’ shares have hit Jack Dorsey in the wallet. Twitter will report its earnings on Feb. 10,…
January 20, 2016 Tech’s ‘Frightful 5’ Will Dominate Digital Life for Foreseeable Future by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO By just about every metric, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft are getting larger, more entrenched in their own sectors, more…
January 20, 2016 IBM Reports Declines in Fourth-Quarter Profit and Revenue Despite Gains in New Fields by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR The computing giant’s new areas, such as data analytics, its Watson software and cloud computing, have yet to grow fast enough…