March 18, 2015 Sharing Files via Dropbox With People Who Don’t Have an Account by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER When sending files using Dropbox, a service that stores documents in the cloud, it’s not necessary for the recipient to…
March 18, 2015 Daily Report: Apple Pay and Banks Tussle Over Fraud by THE NEW YORK TIMES By THE NEW YORK TIMES One obstacle has been the banks’ own reluctance to press Apple for fear of upsetting their relationships with the…
March 18, 2015 EBay Set to Open New Section on Its Site for Sotheby’s Auctions by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC First announced last July, the initiative will bring scores of Sotheby’s less expensive items — which range from about $1,000 to…
March 18, 2015 Congress Scrutinizes F.C.C. Following Release of New Internet Rules by REBECCA R. RUIZ By REBECCA R. RUIZ Facing a tough tone from Republican lawmakers about his handling of the rules, Tom Wheeler, chairman of the F.C.C., pushed…
March 18, 2015 Digital Media Darlings Unfazed by the Fall of the News Site Gigaom by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO When the news site ceased publishing, it seemed like a cautionary tale for a new gilded age. But, insiders say, Gigaom…
March 18, 2015 Nintendo Forms Partnership to Develop Mobile Games by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Nintendo, the video game maker that has long resisted a move to devices like smartphones, said it and DeNA would team…
March 18, 2015 Pearson Under Fire for Monitoring Students’ Twitter Posts by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER Pearson, the education publishing giant, describes its practice of monitoring social media posts as a test-security measure, but some parents say…
March 17, 2015 Facebook Announces a Payments Feature for Its Messenger App by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL The feature will at first be limited to people who are Facebook friends, but Wall Street expects that such transactions will…
March 17, 2015 IBM Introduces Twitter-fueled Data Services for Business by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR IBM and Twitter rolled out their data services for business. They are the first products of a venture that is strategically…
March 17, 2015 Layoffs at Food Start-Up Hampton Creek by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD While layoffs at start-ups are not uncommon, it’s unusual for them to occur so soon after their coffers have been replenished…