Information Technology
-
Netflix streaming service back online after outageDec 25, 2012 7:00 am - Those hoping to spend the holiday watching streaming video from Netflix can now get back in front of their TVs, tablets and PCs after a Christmas Eve outage. A Netflix I...
-
Twitter lets users download archive of tweetsDec 25, 2012 5:02 am - Twitter Inc., the social-networking company that features 140-character status updates, is letting users download an archive of posts to make its site more alluring as c...
-
Tablets as teachers: Poor African kids learn ABCsDec 24, 2012 5:57 am - WENCHI, Ethiopia — The kids in this village wear filthy, ragged clothes. They sleep beside cows and sheep in huts made of sticks and mud. They have no school. Yet they a...
-
Yahoo upgrades e-mail to lure back customersDec 23, 2012 10:00 pm - Yahoo! Inc. upgraded its e-mail service to woo mobile users, the first major product unveiling since Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer took over with a mandate to im...
-
Google head of philanthropy Brown leaves to advise startupsDec 22, 2012 6:49 am - Google Inc.’s head of philanthropy, Shona Brown, is leaving after almost a decade at the company to advise nonprofits and startups. Brown will continue to serve as an in...
-
Twitter joins with Nielsen to measure TV discussions onlineDec 22, 2012 6:29 am - Twitter Inc. and television-ratings provider Nielsen Holdings NV are forming a partnership to measure the amount of online discussion being generated by TV programs, the...
-
We have the technology to make safer gunsDec 22, 2012 6:22 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — In the summer of 1970, the Ford Motor Company unveiled a small, stylish, coupe that it hoped would prove a worthy rival to the cheap European and Jap...
-
Shooting renews argument over video-game violenceDec 22, 2012 6:19 am - WASHINGTON — In the days since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., a shellshocked nation has looked for reasons. The list of culprits cited i...
-
NY Times jumps into mini digital book marketDec 22, 2012 6:09 am - LOS ANGELES — The New York Times is getting into the business of selling bite-sized digital books based on its reporters’ work, giving it entree into a growing market fo...
-
Review: High-resolution music player ups the audio anteDec 22, 2012 6:00 am - ATLANTA — It's hard to make headlines with a portable music player these days. It's old hat by now to carry around thousands of songs in your hip pocket, whether on an i...