By JAMES KANTER
Despite a provisional accord in a four-year-old antitrust case, the technology giant faces scrutiny on a number of other issues, a letter written by the E.U. competition regulator indicates.
Published: June 23, 2014 at 12:00AM
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By NICK BILTON
New products and social media services have arisen to help people take better pictures of themselves with the aid of flying robits.
Published: June 22, 2014 at 12:00AM
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By STEVE LOHR
Quirky, a start-up, is setting up a separate company, Wink, whose main technology is software intended to help seamlessly connect all kinds of automated home devices.
Published: June 23, 2014 at 12:00AM
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Staring At A Computer All Day (Or Night) Totally Does Affect Your Eyes
Do you spend more than seven hours a day parked in front of a computer monitor? Results from a newly published study suggest you could be stripping your “tear film” of a component that helps keep your eyes clean, lubricated and healthy.
June 22, 2014 at 4:17PM
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Why We Need to Tame Our Algorithms Like Dogs
There is a theory among evolutionary anthropologists that dogs evolved from beasts to pets because the canines that continued to survive were those that gained social intelligence.
June 22, 2014 at 10:07AM
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YouTube is coming to cable TV set-top boxes, with a little help from the cloud
Cable subscribers are starting to get access to YouTube and other online video services, thanks to cloud-based technology that brings modern apps to legacy set-top boxes.
June 22, 2014 at 9:12AM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Stock closed below $1 a share on Friday for the first time in its history, reflecting investors’ concern over what lay in store for the long-struggling consumer electronics chain.
Published: June 21, 2014 at 12:00AM
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By DAVID STREITFELD and MELISSA EDDY
Seeking ever-higher payments from publishers to bolster its anemic bottom line, Amazon is holding books and authors hostage on two continents by delaying shipments and raising prices.
Published: May 23, 2014 at 12:00AM
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GM Wants You to Creepily Text Drivers by Scanning Their Plates
General Motors wants to make it easier for Chinese customers to curse out the moron who cut them off or get the digits of the attractive driver one car over at the stop light. So it’s developed an app called DiDi Plate that lets Android users text the owner of a car by simply scanning its license plate.
June 22, 2014 at 4:57AM
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