January 4, 2014 Internet Activist, a Creator of RSS, Is Dead at 26, Apparently a Suicide by JOHN SCHWARTZ By JOHN SCHWARTZ Aaron Swartz helped create RSS, a now ubiquitous format, and later became known for his efforts to make many Internet files…
January 4, 2014 AT&T Offers Customers Credit for Leaving T-Mobile by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN AT&T on Friday made an announcement aimed squarely at T-Mobile customers: If they switch to AT&T, they can receive up…
January 4, 2014 Is 2014 the Year of the Connected Home? by CLAIRE CAIN MILLER By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER More people are adopting Internet-connected home devices, according to holiday gift trends and the news expected at the consumer electronics…
January 3, 2014 A Lexicon of the Internet, Updated by Its Users by JENNA WORTHAM By JENNA WORTHAM Urban Dictionary has become a real-time archive for new and slang terms, particularly those that have risen because of social media…
January 3, 2014 Snapchat Says Millions of User Accounts Compromised by REUTERS By REUTERS Snapchat, the red-hot private messaging service, said on Thursday that it knew for months about a security loophole that allowed hackers this…
January 3, 2014 Books, Just Like You Wanted by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD Writers are now able to write books that give their readers exactly what they want. That might, or might not, be…
January 3, 2014 Ride Service Uber, Brash Darling of Silicon Valley, Stalks New Markets by REUTERS By REUTERS Uber Chief Executive Travis Kalanick knows the value of a good controversy. Published: January 2, 2014 at 12:00AM from NYT Technology http://nyti.ms/18ZXAJn…
January 3, 2014 Snapchat Breach Exposes Weak Security by NICOLE PERLROTH and JENNA WORTHAM By NICOLE PERLROTH and JENNA WORTHAM After a breach that exposed 4.6 million Snapchat usernames and phone numbers, Snapchat’s security issues were laid bare….
January 3, 2014 Alicia Keys Leaves Job With BlackBerry by IAN AUSTEN By IAN AUSTEN Alicia Keys has lost her job as BlackBerry’s global creative director. She got the job last year in connection with the…
January 2, 2014 FireEye Computer Security Firm Acquires Mandiant by NICOLE PERLROTH and DAVID E. SANGER By NICOLE PERLROTH and DAVID E. SANGER The deal, melding detection of hacking with sophisticated response to the threat, is worth more than $1…