April 2, 2014 Amazon Announces $99 Fire TV Set-Top Box by JONAH BROMWICH and DAVID STREITFELD By JONAH BROMWICH and DAVID STREITFELD The move is an effort for the company to branch into a technology begging for reinvention, and compete…
April 2, 2014 Favorite tweets Amazon's Fire TV costs $99 and it's available today. Hey, that's not too shabby! http://t.co/f8QigQqXIq http://ift.tt/1lne2Wn — Engadget (@engadget) April 2, 2014 from http://ift.tt/epP5n0…
April 2, 2014 Virtual Reality Perfect for an Immersive Society by FARHAD MANJOO By FARHAD MANJOO Jeremy Bailenson, who directs Stanford’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab, says virtual reality is the natural extension of every major technology being…
April 2, 2014 Tech Spending Recovers but It’s Different by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Technology spending is set to grow significantly in 2014, a major research firm said Wednesday. More interesting, however, is how it…
April 2, 2014 ‘Eagle-Caught Salmon’ and Other Stunts Mark April Fools’ Day by REUTERS By REUTERS From Washington, D.C., to Silicon Valley, U.S. politicians and major companies turned prankster on Tuesday, April Fools’ Day, with gags ranging from…
April 2, 2014 Pluto.tv Offers Online Videos as Curated TV Channels by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON Pluto.tv is offering nearly 100 video channels that are made up of online video and organized into popular categories like Music,…
April 2, 2014 Apple and Samsung Reprise Patent Fight (With Google a Shadow Presence) by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN The lawsuit is Apple’s second big patent action against Samsung Electronics, and the proceedings took on an air of something…
April 2, 2014 A Skype Founder and a Famous Smoothie Maker Swap Tales in London by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT As London’s technology scene rises, buoyed in part by the recent public offering by the maker of Candy Crush Saga, many…
April 1, 2014 Marvell Patent Verdict Grows to $1.54 Billion by REUTERS By REUTERS A federal judge ordered Marvell Technology Group Ltd to pay nearly $1.54 billion for infringing two hard disk drive patents held by…
April 1, 2014 At Mozilla a Chief’s Support of Gay Marriage Ban Causes Conflict by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON Brendan Eich was recently appointed to run the organization behind the Firefox browser, but his donation in support of California’s Proposition…