May 31, 2014 What the Beats Deal Says About Apple: It Loves Tastemakers by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO If Silicon Valley is bent on replacing human judgment with algorithmic efficiency, the Beats deal shows that Apple wants to hold…
May 31, 2014 Malcolm Gladwell on Amazon: ‘It’s Sort of Heartbreaking When Your Partner Turns on You’ by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD One of Hachette’s biggest authors is wondering if authors need to get together against the retailer and make a forceful protest….
May 30, 2014 Google Takes Steps to Comply With ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Ruling by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT The search giant is offering a way for European residents to submit links to web pages they want removed — though…
May 30, 2014 Why Is Amazon Squeezing Hachette? Maybe It Really Needs the Money by DAVID STREITFELD and MELISSA EDDY By DAVID STREITFELD and MELISSA EDDY Amazon used to take margin from its suppliers so it could sell things more cheaply. Now, it needs…
May 30, 2014 Samsung Stakes Claim on Wearable Tech That Monitors Health by MOLLY WOOD By MOLLY WOOD Samsung’s innovation and strategy team announced plans for an “open” platform so that developers, medical professionals and hardware makers can push…
May 30, 2014 Twitter’s Head of Engineering Steps Down by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL Christopher Fry, Twitter’s senior vice president for engineering and one of its highest paid executives, stepped down Thursday after little more…
May 30, 2014 U.S. Navy Secretary Defends New Warship Program by REUTERS By REUTERS U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus defended the embattled $34 billion Littoral Combat Ship program on Wednesday and said the ability to reconfigure…
May 29, 2014 Samsung Unveils Wristband That Can Measure Health, Fitness by REUTERS By REUTERS Samsung Electronics Co Ltd moved deeper into the wearable technology market on Wednesday as it unveiled a wristband that it claims can…
May 29, 2014 The Flaws of Apple’s iMessage by MOLLY WOOD By MOLLY WOOD Because the service comes installed on iPhones, and in my experience is turned on by default, it is hugely popular. But…
May 29, 2014 Mobile Companions to Summer Music Fests by KIT EATON By KIT EATON Festivalgoers can download a variety of apps to help them with packing, parking, eating and not tripping in the dark. Published:…