August 10, 2015 Jack Dorsey and Other Twitter Insiders Make Show of Support by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC The interim chief executive is among a group of executives making stock purchases during one of the company’s most difficult times….
August 10, 2015 Vainglory Breaks Through in E-Sports on a Tablet by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD While most e-sports game are played on PCs, the device favored by most e-sports athletes because of the precision of keyboards…
August 10, 2015 Investors Find Ways to Indirectly Profit From Valuable Start-Ups by KATIE BENNER By KATIE BENNER Companies without deep pockets and connections are coming up with roundabout ways to get a piece of the action. Published: August…
August 10, 2015 Study of Ad-Blocking Software Suggests Wide Use by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT Almost 200 million people worldwide now regularly use ad-blocking software. About 45 million of them are in the United States and…
August 10, 2015 After Nokia Layoffs, Tech Workers in Finland Regroup and Refocus by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT Thousands of laid-off workers have started their own businesses or have been recruited by other tech companies lured to Finland by…
August 9, 2015 Twisting Words to Make ‘Sharing’ Apps Seem Selfless by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER The “sharing economy” and similar terms suggest that technology-enabled transactions are altruistic endeavors and not commercial interactions. Published: August 8, 2015…
August 9, 2015 Farhad and Mike’s Week in Review: Netflix’s Not So ‘Unlimited’ Benefits by FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC By FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC Two technology journalists from The New York Times discuss the week’s developments, including parental-leave policies in Silicon Valley….
August 8, 2015 Digging for Trashed Pictures in Mac’s Photos App by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Recovering discarded photos before they are gone for good, and shutting down misbehaving applications. Published: August 7, 2015 at 08:00PM…
August 8, 2015 Daily Report: A Peek at the Future of Artificial Intelligence and Human Relationships by JOSEPH PLAMBECK By JOSEPH PLAMBECK This may not be the world of “Her,” and computers aren’t now doing the work of doctors. The trend lines, though,…
August 7, 2015 Favorite tweets #knownews #techcrunch Yuck It Up, Humanity, Because VR Is Going To Make Things Really Weird http://t.co/F5haGfwarc http://pic.twitter.com/W0OI37WH5x — Derek T McKinney (@DerekTMcKinney) August 7,…