December 20, 2014 Statement of Attorney General Jim Hood Regarding Google Lawsuit by Unknown Author By Unknown Author Mr. Hood, the attorney general of Mississippi, released this statement in response to a suit filed by Google that accuses him…
December 20, 2014 Intel Betting on (Customized) Commodity Chips for Cloud Computing by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Next year, half of the chips Intel sells to cloud businesses will be custom. The company is used to selling tens…
December 20, 2014 Uber Suspends Portland Operations in Deal With City Regulators by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC Uber agreed to a three-month hiatus while lawmakers create a regulatory framework under which the company can operate. Published: December 17,…
December 20, 2014 BBC Documentary Shows Harsh Conditions for Workers in iPhone Factories by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN A video documentary about some Chinese factories that assemble Apple products has refueled public attention on labor issues, like excessive…
December 20, 2014 Rent the Runway, a Designer Fashion Start-Up, Raises $60 Million by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC Investors are bullish on the company’s prospects, particularly its new subscription-based, Netflix-like business model. Published: December 18, 2014 at 07:00PM from…
December 19, 2014 Google Files Suit Against Mississippi Attorney General by CONOR DOUGHERTY and ERIC LIPTON By CONOR DOUGHERTY and ERIC LIPTON The search giant accused the official, Jim Hood, of violating federal law in his efforts to get it…
December 19, 2014 Iowa Pursues a Virtual Driver’s License App by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER Iowa’s plan to introduce a smartphone app for electronic driver’s licenses comes with a host of data security and privacy challenges….
December 19, 2014 Millions of Fake Instagram Users Disappear in Purge by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL The photo and video sharing service is deleting fake and spam accounts, resulting in sharp drops in the number of followers…
December 18, 2014 Uber Driver in Boston Area Is Charged With Rape by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC The man is accused of picking up a young woman in Boston on Dec. 6 while presenting himself as the driver…
December 18, 2014 The Lesson of the Sony Hack: We Should All Jump to the Erasable Internet by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO The hack at Sony underscores the need for more secure online communication systems. That is, if people are willing to use…