July 31, 2014 Easier Ways to Make Payments With Smartphones by MOLLY WOOD By MOLLY WOOD Several new products and services have been released that could make mobile payments more convenient and worth trying. Published: July 31,…
July 31, 2014 Kim Kardashian, an Unlikely Mobile Video Game Hit by JENNA WORTHAM By JENNA WORTHAM The game Kim Kardashian: Hollywood generated $1.6 million in revenue during its first five days on the market. Published: July 30,…
July 30, 2014 A Camera That Shifts One’s Whole Perspective by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO The Illum, made by Lytro, allows users to switch the focus between subjects after taking a photo, but it is hampered…
July 30, 2014 Square Plans a New, Chip-Friendly Credit Card Reader by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC The reader will look much the same as the current one, about the size of a box of matches; it’s what’s…
July 30, 2014 Netflix Agrees to Pay AT&T to Ensure Smooth Video Downloads by REUTERS By REUTERS Video streaming service Netflix has agreed to pay U.S. broadband provider AT&T Inc to ensure smooth delivery of Netflix content to Internet…
July 30, 2014 Daily Report: OKCupid Experiments on Seekers of Romance by THE NEW YORK TIMES By THE NEW YORK TIMES The dating website OKCupid has published the results of three experiments it conducted on users in the name of…
July 30, 2014 OkCupid Admits to Facebook-Style Experimenting on Customers by REUTERS By REUTERS OkCupid, a top U.S. matchmaking website, intentionally mismatched users to test its technology, the IAC/InterActive Corp service said on Monday, weeks after…
July 30, 2014 Facebook Tinkers With Users’ Emotions in News Feed Experiment, Stirring Outcry by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL Last week Facebook revealed that it had manipulated the news feeds of over half a million randomly selected users to change…
July 30, 2014 Seattle Takes Oracle’s Cloud by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY The Pacific Northwest city continues its rise as the world’s center of cloud computing, moving from infrastructure to applications. Oracle is…
July 30, 2014 Twitter Stock Jumps on Soaring Revenue, but Growth Remains a Concern by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL Twitter has demonstrated an ability to extract more ad revenue from each user, and it is adding products that let it…