March 9, 2015 Kleiner Perkins, Disrupted by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD In an era of self-promotion and runaway hype, where every supporting player wants to be a star, it is nearly impossible…
March 9, 2015 Apple Watch Event: What to Look For by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN At an event at 1 p.m. Eastern time, Apple is expected to reveal features and prices for its entry into…
March 9, 2015 The Payment Start-Up Square Expands Its Reach Into Small Businesses by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC Square has gone beyond its credit card reader and introduced new products in the last year. On Monday, it will introduce…
March 9, 2015 Study of TV Viewers Backs Twitter’s Claims to Be Barometer of Public Mood by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL A Nielsen study showed that the volume of tweets about a television show corresponded strongly to viewers’ real-time reactions as measured…
March 9, 2015 Surge in Smartphones Sets Off New Wave of Corporate Self-Reinvention by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT Companies like Ford, Procter & Gamble, Under Armour and the Spanish bank BBVA are working to outmaneuver start-ups for dominance on…
March 8, 2015 Popular Yik Yak App Confers Anonymity and Delivers Abuse by JONATHAN MAHLER By JONATHAN MAHLER Yik Yak, a social media app that serves as a local bulletin board, has proved popular especially on college campuses, but…
March 8, 2015 Troubleshooting Android in Safe Mode by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Third-party apps and recent operating system updates are often the cause; starting the phone in Safe Mode can help narrow…
March 7, 2015 On the Case at Mount Sinai, It’s Dr. Data by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR Jeffrey Hammerbacher, who started Facebook’s data science team, now uses his skills to improve medical treatments, a switch inspired by his…
March 7, 2015 Reaction to Regulation: 1934 vs. Today by REBECCA R. RUIZ By REBECCA R. RUIZ Many of the arguments against the F.C.C.’s net neutrality plan echo those made when the Communications Act of 1934, which…
March 6, 2015 Digital Learning Companies Falling Short of Student Privacy Pledge by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER A number of ed tech companies said they would improve the security and privacy of their services. But a new report…