November 13, 2013 Motorola to Offer Smartphone Aimed at Emerging Markets by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN The company, now owned by Google, will begin selling a $180 smartphone called the Moto G in markets like Brazil,…
November 13, 2013 Microsoft Abolishes Employee Evaluation System by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD Microsoft is ending a longstanding practice for evaluating employee performance called “stack ranking.” In its place, Microsoft says it will use…
November 13, 2013 Sequoia Capital Invests in Berlin Start-Up by MARK SCOTT By MARK SCOTT For 6Wunderkinder and other start-ups in Europe, the backing of American venture capitalists is an important indicator that their companies are…
November 13, 2013 Headphones Turn Up the Bass, Their Way by ROY FURCHGOTT By ROY FURCHGOTT Sennheiser and Audiovox offer alternatives to the Beats imitators, at lower prices than many. Published: November 14, 2013 at 12:00AM from…
November 13, 2013 Fall Fashion for the iPhone by ROY FURCHGOTT By ROY FURCHGOTT The latest accessory for the iPhone 5 and 5s: a choice between two styles of Harris tweed covers. Published: November 14,…
November 13, 2013 Program Seeks to Nurture ‘Data Science Culture’ at Universities by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR A new partnership is intended to foster the sharing of data analysis ideas and methods across different academic disciplines. Published: November…
November 13, 2013 Pivotal Steps Up to the Cloud by QUENTIN HARDY By QUENTIN HARDY Pivotal announced it would offer a product that can serve as a means to write applications to work on a number…
November 13, 2013 Daily Report: New Consoles Enter a Changed Gaming Market by THE NEW YORK TIMES By THE NEW YORK TIMES Sony’s PlayStation 4 and Microsoft’s Xbox One are almost certain to be hot holiday gifts this year, but whether…
November 13, 2013 Twitter Introduces Tool to Make Collecting and Sharing Tweets Easier by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL Twitter introduced a tool, called custom timelines, that allows users to easily collect and share tweets on any subject they want….
November 13, 2013 In Europe, Thousands of Requests for Facebook Data by JAMES KANTER By JAMES KANTER Richard Allan, the director for public policy for Facebook in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, said the company received 8,500…