August 7, 2015 Facebook Joins the Live-Streaming Crowd With a Service for Celebrities by KATHRYN VARN By KATHRYN VARN Facebook has joined the live-stream scene with a video service that airs clips as they’re happening — but it’s only for…
August 7, 2015 Teenagers Keep and Make Friends Online, Pew Says by DINO GRANDONI By DINO GRANDONI In a survey released Thursday by the Pew Research Center, 57 percent of American teenagers age 13 to 17 say they…
August 7, 2015 Daily Report: Google and the Spread of the ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ by JOSEPH PLAMBECK By JOSEPH PLAMBECK Unlike so many things that happen on the Internet, it might be outside of Google’s control. Published: August 5, 2015 at…
August 7, 2015 Reddit Sets New Content Policy, Banning Some Racist Communities by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC Steve Huffman, Reddit’s new chief executive, put his stamp on the company, formalizing the news site’s new guidelines. Published: August 4,…
August 7, 2015 IBM Adds Medical Images to Watson, Buying Merge Healthcare for $1 Billion by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR The company is investing not only money but also some of its corporate reputation on the belief that it can be…
August 6, 2015 The International Answers to Uber and Lyft by KIT EATON By KIT EATON A guide to some of the most popular ride-sharing apps available to world travelers. Published: August 5, 2015 at 08:00PM from…
August 6, 2015 Spotify’s Content Chief Moves to Online Video Start-Up Pluto TV by BEN SISARIO and MIKE ISAAC By BEN SISARIO and MIKE ISAAC Ken Parks, Spotify’s chief content officer and one of its longest-serving executives, will become Pluto TV’s executive chairman…
August 6, 2015 Blocking a PC’s Webcam by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Disabling a webcam in case of a virus or attack by hackers, and getting Google Now on a desktop computer….
August 6, 2015 Following Netflix, Microsoft Sweetens Parental Leave Benefits by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Microsoft’s changes to its policy came a day after Netflix, the online video service, said it would allow new mothers and…
August 6, 2015 Hashtag Aims to Break Gender Stereotypes in Engineering by KATHRYN VARN By KATHRYN VARN What started as an employee recruitment campaign has become a social media movement with the goal of diversifying the tech industry….