June 12, 2014 Controlling Your Smart Home With One Hub by MOLLY WOOD By MOLLY WOOD Smart-home automation is a tricky and chaotic corner of tech right now, but two devices offer flexibility at a relatively low…
June 12, 2014 The Great Digital-Friendly Outdoors by ROXIE HAMMILL and MIKE HENDRICKS By ROXIE HAMMILL and MIKE HENDRICKS A campstove that can charge a phone, a bottle that can purify water, a portable solar array —…
June 12, 2014 Seattle, the New Center of a Tech Boom by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY With a convergence of tech companies large and small, Seattle is attracting money and talent, eager to grow in the cloud…
June 12, 2014 The Era of Cloud Computing by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Analysts estimate that over the next six years 90 percent of new spending on Internet and communications technologies will be on…
June 11, 2014 With Uber’s Cars, Maybe We Don’t Need Our Own by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO Ride-sharing services have the potential to change the way people get around cities — and could help lower emissions and free…
June 11, 2014 Your Personality Type, Defined by the Internet by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY We know that we are watched online, our feelings scanned by Google and Facebook to figure out what next to sell…
June 11, 2014 Oracle’s Ellison Debuts Technology for Faster Databases by REUTERS By REUTERS Oracle Corp Chief Executive Larry Ellison on Tuesday launched “in-memory” technology for speeding up data analysis in a bid to beef up…
June 11, 2014 P.F. Chang’s Investigating Possible Data Breach by NICOLE PERLROTH By NICOLE PERLROTH The restaurant chain said Tuesday that it was investigating a possible data breach. If confirmed, it will the fifth major retail…
June 11, 2014 Taxi Protests Against Uber in Europe to Snarl Traffic by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT The start-up that digitally links passengers and freelance drivers has expanded beyond the United States to cities including London, Paris and…
June 11, 2014 Microsoft Protests Order for Email Stored Abroad by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR The objection is believed to be the first time a corporation has challenged a domestic search warrant seeking digital information overseas…