Big Tech Archive
Archives for July 2014
The case has drawn concern from privacy groups and major technology companies.
Plus Amazon’s BS e-book math, Robbie Bach’s new gig, that stupid Tim Draper song and grilling with lava.
A new top exec for the increasingly powerful Chinese Internet giant will interface with Wall Street.
Government requests for info on users almost doubled compared to last year.
The move affects more than 25 percent of Beats’ workforce.
The number of Internet users and smartphone owners is booming in the world’s second-most populous country.
The increased focus on the mobile operating system comes as an investigation of Google’s search practices wraps up.
The Russian government wants a look at source code.
Plus Google Glass-wearing opera singers, “Idiocracy” as documentary and a bad BlackBerry Passport Joke.
More video chatting at the office.
Pricing and support for European expansion remain a mystery.
Until the Sega Genesis came along, “you didn’t play videogames, you played Nintendo.”
The basic premise is to provide an immersive experience “where the tourists don’t go.”