April 24, 2015 At $17.3 Billion, Google’s Quarterly Revenue Rose 12 Percent by CONOR DOUGHERTY By CONOR DOUGHERTY The search giant’s first-quarter net revenue was $13.9 billion, from $12.2 billion, but analysts had expected $14.04 billion. Published: April 23,…
April 24, 2015 With Amazon Atop the Cloud, Big Tech Rivals Are Giving Chase by DAVID STREITFELD and NICK WINGFIELD By DAVID STREITFELD and NICK WINGFIELD Amazon said in its first-quarter earnings report that its cloud division, Amazon Web Services, had revenue of $1.57…
April 24, 2015 Chipotle Signs Deal With Food Delivery Start-Up Postmates by MIKE ISAAC and STEPHANIE STROM By MIKE ISAAC and STEPHANIE STROM Chipotle’s burritos are a smartphone tap away through an official partnership with the delivery start-up Postmates. Published: April…
April 24, 2015 Kleiner Perkins Seeks Nearly $1 Million From Ellen Pao by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD The firm filed for reimbursement of its expenses in a gender discrimination case, but indicated it would accept her dropping the…
April 23, 2015 At RSA Conference, Computer Security Done Right and Wrong by NICOLE PERLROTH By NICOLE PERLROTH At the annual security conference in San Francisco, hot topics included intelligence agencies making the presence known in Silicon Valley, adding…
April 23, 2015 Working With Old Office Files on a New Mac OS by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Even with an upgrade, there are several ways to work with Microsoft Office files. Also, backing up data on an…
April 23, 2015 PayPal Unit Helps Lift eBay Revenue by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC The first-quarter results, with revenue topping analyst forecasts, are a progress marker for eBay as it divides into two parts this…
April 23, 2015 Backers Say USB-C Is the Cable of the Future by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN A successor to the USB connector, it is smaller to work with thinner devices, and it is designed to handle…
April 23, 2015 Facebook’s Growth Slows Slightly, but Mobile Shift Intensifies by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL The company said that three-quarters of its first-quarter ad revenue and most of its visitors came from mobile devices. Published: April…
April 22, 2015 Google Introduces Wireless Service Called Project Fi by CONOR DOUGHERTY By CONOR DOUGHERTY The service aims to blend several communication tools — cellular calls, online calls like Skype — into a single phone number…