April 28, 2015 Repurposing an Old iPhone by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER How to give an old iPhone to a friend for use with Wi-Fi, to surf and use apps. Published: April…
April 28, 2015 Facebook Adds Free Video Calls to Messenger App by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL The social networking company has allowed free voice calls on its Messenger app for about two years, but now it is…
April 28, 2015 Apple Pay Will Hit Best Buy Stores in 2015 by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC Best Buy announced on Monday that it now accepts Apple Pay payments for purchases made inside its smartphone app, and by…
April 27, 2015 Apple’s Profit and Revenue Surge, as iPhone Sales Jump and China Business Rises by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN More than one-quarter of the company’s revenue last quarter came from China, which is becoming an increasingly vital part of…
April 27, 2015 Packed Field Stokes Competition for Digital Ad Dollars by SYDNEY EMBER By SYDNEY EMBER Heavyweights like AOL, Google and Yahoo will vie with upstarts like Refinery29 and Vice in an increasingly crowded two-week frenzy to…
April 27, 2015 Turning a Children’s Rating System Into an Advocacy Army by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER James Steyer’s nonprofit organization, Common Sense Media, is known for offering parents guidance on games and videos, but he has a…
April 27, 2015 The Sensor-Rich, Data-Scooping Future by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY G.E. is adding more sensor technology to products like street lights, heralding a sensor explosion that many believe will fuse the…
April 27, 2015 The Latest Fashion, Trending on Google by HIROKO TABUCHI By HIROKO TABUCHI The search giant is scanning its wealth of user-generated data for signs of fashion trends as it works to enhance its…
April 27, 2015 Favorite tweets An image of Android's mascot urinating on the Apple logo spotted in Google Maps » http://t.co/8iStpJEGZ1 http://ift.tt/1Gqc9Tt — CNBC (@CNBC) April 27, 2015 from…
April 25, 2015 ‘Google Adventurer’ Dies on Mt. Everest by CONOR DOUGHERTY By CONOR DOUGHERTY Dan Fredinburg helped Google’s Street View project document many of the world’s most majestic peaks before his death in Nepal in…