September 11, 2014 Apple’s Smart Smartwatch Play: Let Developers Find the Killer App by MOLLY WOOD By MOLLY WOOD Apple isn’t trying to answer the question of why you need its new watch. It built one that a lot of…
September 11, 2014 Intel Shares More of Its Extreme Makeover by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Apple wasn’t the only big tech outfit with something to talk about on Tuesday. Intel met with developers to discuss how…
September 11, 2014 Netflix and Other Big Websites Protest Proposed Net Neutrality Rules by EDWARD WYATT By EDWARD WYATT The sites used a pinwheel icon, which means something is loading slowly, to show users what it would be like if…
September 11, 2014 An Eye in the Sky, Accessible to the Hobbyist by By A drone model from DJI comes with a camera, GPS positioning and other features meant for producing high-quality still images and video. Published:…
September 11, 2014 In Games Like Minecraft, Tech Giants See More Than Fun by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Microsoft’s acquisition of Minecraft would be an acknowledgment that gaming is central to many people’s lives, serving as an engaging mode…
September 11, 2014 Using Your Phone to See Paris in a Whole New Light by KIT EATON By KIT EATON Transit apps and virtual tour guides can get you around the city and through its popular landmarks, like the Louvre. Published:…
September 11, 2014 With New Apple Products, a Privacy Challenge by BRIAN X. CHEN and STEVE LOHR By BRIAN X. CHEN and STEVE LOHR Apple faces two threats: one from hackers looking for ways to steal financial information, and another from…
September 11, 2014 Google Buys Lift Labs in Further Biotech Push by CONOR DOUGHERTY By CONOR DOUGHERTY Google has acquired Lift Labs, a Bay Area company that makes a high-tech spoon designed to make it easier for people…
September 11, 2014 Why Doesn’t the Apple Watch Have Wireless Charging? Because It Probably Wouldn’t Work Very Well. by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO Early reports said the Apple Watch might charge wirelessly. But wireless charging wouldn’t have worked well for the device. Published: September…
September 10, 2014 Discussing Online ‘Right to Be Forgotten,’ Google Takes European Privacy Tour to Spain by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT Google began in Madrid its seven-city tour of public meetings, hearing views from activists and members of the public about the…