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Facebook’s Mobility Challenge
Monday, February 6, 2012 8:47:19 AM CST
Although more than half of its 845 million members log into Facebook on a mobile device, the company has not yet found a way to make real money from that use.
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Cancer Center, in Suit, Claims Ex-Official Took Research
Monday, February 6, 2012 9:03:03 AM CST
The president of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Dr. Craig B. Thompson, is in a billion-dollar dispute with his former workplace over accusations that he walked away with research.
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A New Question of Internet Freedom
Monday, February 6, 2012 10:54:15 AM CST
European activists are hoping to stop the international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which they say will erode Internet freedom and stifle innovation.
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Bits Blog: Start-Up Nicira Plans to Disrupt Networking Giants
Monday, February 6, 2012 10:33:38 AM CST
A small company called Nicira and a few other scrappy players are pursuing what is called software-defined networking. Software-defined networking is similar to server virtualization, and it is quite likely to be bad news for networking giants like Cisco and Juniper. If proprietary systems can be blended, and cheap chips used in place of custom ships, prices for the gear will probably drop.
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Raw Data: Austrian Law Student Faces Down Facebook
Monday, February 6, 2012 11:00:32 AM CST
Max Schrems's crusade against the information collected by the social network has become a cause célèbre in parts of Europe, looming over the company as it prepares to go public.
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Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook, Staying on Message
Saturday, February 4, 2012 11:44:20 PM CST
Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s No. 2 executive, considers herself a role model for women. But her call isn’t simply about mentoring and empowering; it’s also a business strategy.
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Slipstream: Employers and Brands Use Gaming to Gauge Engagement
Saturday, February 4, 2012 7:20:02 PM CST
More companies are turning to gamification — offering games that let their customers win points for certain activities — as a way to build both loyalty and a trove of data.
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In Silicon Valley, Socks Make the Tech Entrepreneur
Monday, February 6, 2012 10:40:05 AM CST
In Silicon Valley, wearing flashy socks is more than an expression of your personality. It signals that you are part of the in crowd.
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Digital Domain: On HealthTap, Advice for You and Points for Doctors
Saturday, February 4, 2012 7:20:02 PM CST
On HealthTap, an interactive Web site, users can ask for medical advice, and doctors can gain whimsical “awards” for their answers.
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Video Games: Curt Schilling, Former Red Sox Pitcher, Makes Video Games
Friday, February 3, 2012 12:31:28 PM CST
Curt Schilling, the former Boston Red Sox pitcher, left baseball to start 38 Studios, a video game company, maker of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.
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E.U. Presses Google to Delay Privacy Policy Changes
Saturday, February 4, 2012 2:11:02 AM CST
Viviane Reding, the European Union justice commissioner, is pressing Google to halt changes to its privacy policies while the implications for personal data protection are being explored.
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F.B.I. Admits Hacker Group’s Eavesdropping
Saturday, February 4, 2012 12:43:46 AM CST
The group known as Anonymous listened in on a call between the bureau, Scotland Yard and other foreign police agencies about their joint investigation of the group and its allies.
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Steve Appleton, Micron Technology C.E.O., Dies in Plane Crash
Saturday, February 4, 2012 12:20:02 AM CST
Steve Appleton, whose death was considered a major loss for the struggling company, was piloting the small craft in Boise, Idaho.
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Zuckerberg’s Big Tax Bill May Benefit Facebook
Saturday, February 4, 2012 12:00:43 AM CST
Mark Zuckerberg plans to exercise stock options with an estimated value of $5 billion ahead of Facebook’s initial public offering, which will translate into a big tax benefit for the company.
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Disruptions: Disruptions: Facebook Users Ask, 'Where's Our Cut?'
Sunday, February 5, 2012 1:07:15 PM CST
Without the free content created by its 850 million users, Facebook would surely not be on the verge of a multibillion-dollar initial public offering.
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The Media Equation: At BuzzFeed, the Significant and the Silly
Monday, February 6, 2012 8:40:02 AM CST
The Web site is trying for pollination: providing the kind of content that will have visitors passing along links from one person to the next, that will in turn bring them around to BuzzFeed.
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Opinion: The Death of the Cyberflâneur
Sunday, February 5, 2012 10:16:04 AM CST
Today’s Internet is a place for getting things done, pushing aside the cyberflâneur — the heir to the flâneur culture of 19th-century France.
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Gray Matter: Is GPS All in Our Heads?
Saturday, February 4, 2012 8:27:01 PM CST
Relying on GPS devices can erode our ability to develop mental maps.
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Strategies: I.P.O. Euphoria, Without Much Memory — Strategies
Saturday, February 4, 2012 7:23:02 PM CST
Amid the Wall Street excitement over Facebook’s planned initial public offering, it may be a good time to take a look at I.P.O. history.
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With Filters, Photos Take On Multiple Identities
Thursday, February 2, 2012 2:20:02 PM CST
Photo filtering software is becoming more sophisticated, and some photographers share filters they have created themselves.
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App Smart: Scanner Apps Make Digital Versions of Paper Documents
Thursday, February 2, 2012 2:20:02 PM CST
Apps for Apple and Android phones let a user take a photo of a document and turn it into a PDF that can be exported or printed.
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Gadgetwise Blog: App Smart Extra: Super Bowl Apps
Friday, February 3, 2012 5:12:17 PM CST
Most football fans will be forced to spend at least part of the weekend away from televised Super Bowl coverage. For those not willing to endure that sort of pain, the N.F.L. this week released three apps to help.
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Gadgetwise Blog: Q&A: Managing Folders in the Safari Bookmarks Bar
Friday, February 3, 2012 5:14:18 AM CST
If you use Safari, working within the browser's bookmark manager is usually the easiest way to organize, rearrange and delete bookmarks from folders in the Bookmarks Bar or from the Bookmarks menu itself.
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Gadgetwise Blog: Photo Apps Move to the Desktop
Thursday, February 2, 2012 6:06:06 PM CST
Photo software makers are releasing simple but powerful desktop versions of phone and tablet photo apps.