Big Tech Archive
Archives for October 2014


It’s nice to finally be able to say hello to the entire man.


Redmond said it made a conscious choice to focus on mobile and cloud versions of Office.


A worrisome theory from Wall Street: The TV networks have helped lower their own ratings by selling their shows to Reed Hastings’ streaming service.


The mechanics of how Comcast throttles Internet speed, using Photoshop to solve a murder and more.


Kevin Weil has been appointed Twitter’s new VP of product.




The software pioneer and former Microsoft chief software architect says that voice-based messaging has a role to play given how much time workers are on the go.




In a first-person piece for Bloomberg Businessweek, Cook discusses his sexuality for the first time.


Plus, Uber’s running PR battles and T-Pain’s real voice.


The Chinese phone maker leapfrogged LG and Lenovo and now trails only Apple and Samsung in market share.


This thing doesn’t end.


The fitness band will go on sale Thursday and works with iOS, Android devices and Windows Phone.


Coming soon: Business applications that take advantage of Twitter’s massive trove of data.