April 2, 2016 Slack, a Leading Unicorn, Raises $200 Million in New Financing by MIKE ISAAC By MIKE ISAAC The round, which brings Slack’s venture financing to $540 million, was led by the new investors Thrive Capital with participation from…
April 1, 2016 Managed by Q, an On-Demand Start-Up, Raises $25 Million by KATIE BENNER By KATIE BENNER The investors GV, formerly Google Ventures, and Kapor Capital provided the financing for the office cleaning and management company. Published: April…
April 1, 2016 April Fools’ Undo: Gmail Removes Its ‘Mic Drop’ Feature by KATIE ROGERS By KATIE ROGERS Gmail users kept accidentally sending photos of Minions, the yellow creatures from “Despicable Me,” to important business contacts. They were not…
April 1, 2016 U.S. Textile Industry Turns to Tech as Gateway to Revival by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR An M.I.T.-led research and product development project is trying to bring clothes into the digital age and make textiles a high-tech…
April 1, 2016 John Doerr to Step Aside and Become Chairman at Kleiner Perkins by KATIE BENNER By KATIE BENNER The move reflects a shift in prioritization of Mr. Doerr’s time from managing the firm to grooming its next generation of…
April 1, 2016 F.C.C. Approves Broadband Subsidy for Low-Income Households by CECILIA KANG By CECILIA KANG The move is aimed at bridging the digital divide at a time when one in five people don’t have broadband Internet…
March 31, 2016 Amazon Widens Its Push-Button E-Commerce Horizons by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD The Internet giant is adding dozens of products to its Dash Button program, making it possible to order a specific product…
March 31, 2016 Microsoft Trumpets Windows 10, and Pushes Into Sci-Fi Tech by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD The new operating system has had the fastest adoption rate of any Windows version, and the company revealed plans for artificial…
March 31, 2016 Taking Control of the Windows 10 Control Panel by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER The familiar old Control Panel screen still lives within Windows 10, but you do not have to dig around the…
March 31, 2016 Sizing Up Apple’s New Downsized Devices by KIT EATON By KIT EATON Game apps show off the graphics ability of Apple’s new, smaller iPhone and iPad Pro, and some productivity apps are well…