ABC to Live-Stream Its Shows via App
This week ABC will quietly revolutionize its app for iPhones and iPads with a button called “live.” Users around New York and Philadelphia will be able to live-stream all the programming from ... Read more
Category Archives: TECHNOLOGY
New York Asks Smartphone Makers to Help Prevent Thefts
Concerned about an increase in smartphone thefts, the New York State attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, is trying to get the nation’s largest cellphone makers to do more to discourage the thefts. ... Read more
Raw Data: Deutsche Telekom, Data Use and ‘Net Neutrality’
BERLIN — The debate over “network neutrality,” the principle that all bits of digital information are created equal, has come home in a real way for millions of Germans. Deutsche ... Read more
The Haggler: A Voucher Deal That Wasn’t So Sweet
LET’S start with a final Whirlpool update. Last we heard from Shira London — the woman who was told by a third-party warranty company that her refrigerator had a “pre-existing condition” ... Read more
China’s Social Media Fuel Citizen Quake Response
LUSHAN, China — Wang Xiaochang sprang into action minutes after a deadly earthquake jolted this lush region of Sichuan Province last month. Logging on to China’s most popular social media sites, he ... Read more
Tesla’s Elon Musk Leaves Zuckerberg’s Fwd.us
Elon Musk, a founder of the electric carmaker Tesla and one of the technology industry’s most outspoken exponents of clean energy, has stepped down from a prominent Silicon Valley advocacy group that is ... Read more
YouTube’s Pay Channels Include ‘Sesame Street’ and Mixed Martial Arts
YouTube on Thursday detailed its plan to let producers sell paid subscriptions to their videos, creating a prominent new marketplace for programming on the Internet. The sprawling video Web site, a ... Read more
Hearst Hires Troy Young as Digital Media Chief
Hearst Magazines, the publisher of such venerable titles as Esquire and Cosmopolitan, said on Wednesday that it was creating a new position, president of digital media. The job will go to Troy ... Read more
Sony Reports First Annual Profit Since 2008
TOKYO — Sony said Thursday that it had eked out an annual profit for the first time in five years, thanks to belt-tightening and a wave of good fortune for exporters brought about by the weakening yen, but ... Read more
U.S. Accuses China’s Military in Cyberattacks
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Monday explicitly accused China’s military of mounting attacks on American government computer systems and defense contractors, saying one motive could be to ... Read more