January 25, 2014 A Sensor Guided by Voice or Gestures by By Microsoft wants the Xbox One to be the center of a home’s entertainment universe, providing Skype video calls and playing television shows, music…
January 25, 2014 Valley of the Blahs: How Justin Bieber’s Troubles Exposed Twitter’s Achilles’ Heel by JENNA WORTHAM By JENNA WORTHAM Twitter seems to have reached a turning point, a phase in which its contributors have stopped trying to make the service…
January 25, 2014 Sharing an Android Tablet by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Separating apps and settings on an Android device, and adding photos to email on an iPhone. Published: January 24, 2014…
January 25, 2014 Daily Report: Microsoft’s Earnings Indicate a Shift to Devices and Services by THE NEW YORK TIMES By THE NEW YORK TIMES The company said its second-quarter profit rose 3 percent, ahead of analysts’ forecasts, with strong sales of its Xbox…
January 25, 2014 Google Pushes Back Against Data Localization by CLAIRE CAIN MILLER By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER Though Microsoft allows customers to choose to store their data outside the United States, Google has warned against data localization…
January 25, 2014 U.S. Court System Targeted in Cyber Attack: Report by REUTERS By REUTERS Unidentified hackers temporarily blocked access to the federal court system’s public website on Friday, preventing lawyers from filing legal documents, Politico reported….
January 24, 2014 The 30-Year-Old Macintosh and a Lost Conversation With Steve Jobs by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON To celebrate the 30 year anniversary or the Mac, Steven Levy, the author of a book on the computer, is releasing…
January 24, 2014 Chip Figures Take Sting Out of Declining Sales at Samsung by ERIC PFANNER By ERIC PFANNER A slide in smartphones was partly offset by the company’s hold on vital handset components. Published: January 25, 2014 at 12:00AM…
January 24, 2014 Nokia Struggles to Project a Bright Future Without Phones by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT The firm, which is selling its handset business to Microsoft, announced a fourth-quarter loss of $34 million, adjusted to exclude its…
January 24, 2014 Asia Is No. 1 Market for Mobile Apps, Study Says by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN The smartphone and tablet phenomenons got started in the United States, after Apple introduced the iPhone and the iPad. But…