Big Tech Archive
Archives for July 2014
The music video site loses money, but the music labels that own it make money. Are they willing to change that to find a buyer?
Plus, Feathersaurus Rex, Stephen Colbert on wireless charging and HP’s Chubby Checker suit resolved.
Lyft will launch in New York City, after reaching an agreement with the state and the taxi commission.
AWS price cuts, blockbuster video spending and more.
The tools of the past and the technology of the future will never fully safeguard everything.
The amount to be paid to consumers hinges on the outcome of Apple’s appeal of an antitrust ruling.
Big loss in the second quarter. But why?
Sure, Facebook makes a ton of money from app install ads. But the company doesn’t want to focus on that.
The golden days of immediate search engine domination are over.
A step toward turning the social network’s communications app into a more robust offering.
Plus, honest to God toe cheese and Twitter’s lousy diversity numbers.
The fact that Africa skipped landlines -- and will skip PCs in favor of smartphones -- is a fascinating statement about technological evolution.
The computing giant will sell Hortonworks’ Hadoop to its customers alongside its own software and hardware.
What happened to one of the sharing economy’s flagship companies?
The joint venture will take a majority stake in the YouTube network, valuing it at more than $200 million.