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…
January 2, 2014 Syrian Electronic Army Says Hacked Into Skype’s Social Media Accounts by REUTERS By REUTERS The Syrian Electronic Army, an amorphous hacker collective that supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, claimed credit on Wednesday for hacking into the…
January 2, 2014 Removing Edits in a Document, and Minimizing a Bar of Icons by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Deleting tracked changes and shrinking the Mac OS X Dock. Published: January 2, 2014 at 12:00AM from NYT Technology http://nyti.ms/1cn1OFK…
January 2, 2014 Smooth Out the Rough Edges of Your Action Video by ROY FURCHGOTT By ROY FURCHGOTT ProDrenalin software is an easy-to-use program to fix the distortion and blur caused by shooting video on the go. Published: January…
January 2, 2014 Why Hire a P.R. Firm When There’s TaskRabbit? by NICOLE PERLROTH By NICOLE PERLROTH As smartphone apps like TaskRabbit and Sidebar create a new, freelance labor force, some are starting to use the services in…
January 2, 2014 A Monkey to Hold Your Phone? Go On, Grin by ROY FURCHGOTT By ROY FURCHGOTT MonkeyOh is a phone stand shaped like a monkey that holds your iPhone or iPod while it charges. Published: January 2,…