October 27, 2015 Apple Profit Rose 31% for Its 4th Quarter, Beating Forecasts by KATIE BENNER By KATIE BENNER Despite strong sales of the new iPhone models, Apple’s forecast for the holiday season — traditionally its strongest quarter — was…
October 27, 2015 Teenager in Northern Ireland Is Arrested in TalkTalk Hacking Case by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT The British police arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection with a cyberattack on the fixed-line and broadband provider, which has four…
October 27, 2015 SXSW Cancels Gamer Panels After Threats by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Both panels appear to have been dedicated to exploring issues that have polarized the gaming community since last year, when an…
October 26, 2015 Facebook Strives to Bring Cheap Wi-Fi to Rural India by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL Facebook is providing inexpensive wireless Internet access in about 40 villages in the foothills of the Himalayas and will expand the…
October 26, 2015 Facebook’s Internet for All Is a Tough Sell in India by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL Facebook’s rocky experience since it brought stripped-down Internet access to India shows that good intentions and technological savvy are not enough….
October 24, 2015 Mike and Nick’s Week in Tech: Microsoft in the Cloud by MIKE ISAAC and NICK WINGFIELD By MIKE ISAAC and NICK WINGFIELD Farhad Manjoo is off this week, so tech reporter Nick Wingfield joins Mike Isaac to discuss Microsoft, whose…
October 24, 2015 Hackers Demand Ransom From TalkTalk, British Telecom Firm by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT Hackers may have gained access to the personal data of some of the British telecommunications company’s four million customers, but it…
October 24, 2015 New Jersey Town First in U.S. to Use Uber to Curb Drunken Driving by REUTERS By REUTERS A New Jersey town on track for a record-breaking number of drunken driving cases has become the first U.S. municipality to partner…
October 24, 2015 The Cloud Is Here, Separating Disrupters From Disrupted by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY After Amazon, Microsoft and Google reported earnings on Thursday, their market capitalizations soared, partly on the growth of cloud computing. Published:…
October 23, 2015 Video Feature: Using Apps to Let Your Fingers Do the Globe-Trotting by KIT EATON By KIT EATON A collection of apps like Geography Quiz Game 3D and Guess the Place can help you brush up on your world…