August 6, 2014 Thousands Join Austrian Student’s Class Action Against Facebook by REUTERS By REUTERS More than 17,000 people have signed up to join an Austrian law student’s class action against Facebook over the social media group’s…
August 6, 2014 Amazon, a Friendly Giant as Long as It’s Fed by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD Is resistance to Amazon futile in the book publishing world? Its battle with Hachette has many on edge. Published: July 13,…
August 6, 2014 Apple and Samsung Drop Patent Fights Outside the United States by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Apple and Samsung Electronics on Tuesday said they had agreed to drop patent litigation against each other in a number…
August 5, 2014 How to Keep Data Out of Hackers’ Hands by MOLLY WOOD By MOLLY WOOD For people worried about identity theft and privacy, the discovery by Hold Security of a giant database of stolen data is…
August 5, 2014 Russian Gang Amasses Over a Billion Internet Passwords by NICOLE PERLROTH and DAVID GELLES By NICOLE PERLROTH and DAVID GELLES The hacked records, discovered by a Milwaukee-based security firm, include username and password combinations and more than 500…
August 5, 2014 Daily Report: Turning Users Into Customers at Facebook by THE NEW YORK TIMES By THE NEW YORK TIMES To grab some of television’s ad dollars, Facebook is trying to help advertisers reach potential buyers with exacting precision….
August 5, 2014 A Closer Look: Secure Your Phone Without Passcodes by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Passcodes are outdated. Published: August 4, 2014 at 12:00AM from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/1snot0A via IFTTT
August 5, 2014 Google Gives Child Pornography Email Evidence to Police by CONOR DOUGHERTY By CONOR DOUGHERTY Google’s automated eyes tipped law enforcement about a Houston-area man whom the police say was using the company’s Gmail service to…
August 5, 2014 Xiaomi Tops Chinese Smartphone Market by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN Xiaomi, the Chinese smartphone vendor, transformed from a niche player into the biggest smartphone maker in China, seemingly overnight. How…
August 5, 2014 Alibaba Has a Computing Cloud, and It’s Growing, Too by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Alibaba is adding to its cloud computing business, buying American tech companies and about to get a lot of cash in…