Big Tech Archive
Archives for December 2014
Just in time for the holiday shopping rush.
Our talking heads chat about the week’s big tech news.
Mark Zuckerberg says Apple CEO Tim Cook’s claim that ads turn people into products is silly.
“Oh, I hate the word, I hate it, but ... there’s synergy between restaurant culture and startup culture.”
In this first half of the review, Windows Phone’s digital Tiles inhabit a rectangular wristband that works on its own or syncs to a phone.
The move ends a two-year partnership that started off promisingly but didn’t deliver.
Secrecy-conscious Apple is constructing a $161 million theater on its new campus for future product unveilings.
Travis Kalanick said Uber is now in 250 cities in 50 countries, six times bigger than a year ago.
A shot across the bow at Huggies and Pampers, which sell their products on Amazon.
Samsung wants most or all of a $930 million judgment thrown out, while Apple argues that Samsung is a copycat who should pay up.
Based on analysis of anonymized customer receipts, Lyft got a bump and Uber saw a drop.
Steve Ballmer, the famously loud former CEO, chatted warmly with Jackson before and after the meeting but did not ask any questions during.