June 11, 2014 The Old Is New Again at E3 for Sony and Microsoft by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD The games business is increasingly experimenting with how to get its customers to pay for a game, and then to pay…
June 11, 2014 Oracle’s Database of Youth by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Lawrence J. Ellison, a master salesman, has positioned the new version of his flagship database as a product that continually changes…
June 11, 2014 At E3, Nintendo Unveils a Mario World Designed by You by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON About 30 years after the Super Mario franchise began, Nintendo will allow people to create and play unique courses on the…
June 11, 2014 Amazon Stops Taking Advance Orders for ‘Lego’ and Other Warner Videos by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD Amazon, embroiled in a standoff with a book publisher, is using the same hardball techniques with new movies from Warner Home…
June 10, 2014 Using iPhoto’s Contact Sheet Feature to Save Paper by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Plus, making movies with Microsoft. Published: June 12, 2014 at 12:00AM from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/1liFG8j via IFTTT
June 10, 2014 A Closer Connection for Smartphone Games and Soundtracks by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON Smartphone games have reached — and in some instances surpassed — console games in game play and design, now a new…
June 10, 2014 Wal-Mart.com CEO Joel Anderson to Step Down by REUTERS By REUTERS Wal-Mart Stores Inc said Joel Anderson, chief executive of its United States website, Walmart.com, would step down, at a time the company…
June 10, 2014 The Shift to Safer Chip-and-PIN Credit Cards by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Plus, how to update Mac OS X to sync an iPod music library. Published: June 6, 2014 at 12:00AM from…
June 10, 2014 Microsoft Shifts Emphasis of Xbox One Console to Games by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD The company is selling a less expensive console and creating new games to increase sales, which trail those of Sony’s PlayStation…
June 10, 2014 Facebook Hires From PayPal to Focus on Messaging by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL Facebook announced that it had hired David Marcus, the president of PayPal, to lead the expansion of its messaging products. Published:…