Big Tech Archive
Archives for August 2014


Another day, another denial of service.


Zync’s cloud-based tools have been used to render hundreds of commercials and over a dozen feature films.


Tablets -- and especially the iPad -- are extremely versatile and productive tools for consumers, schools and businesses, and are better for many tasks than the PC or the smartphone.


Plus, Ballmer’s binge-watching and how to annoy Steve Jobs.


How to get on Apple’s bad side: Show off Apple’s stuff before Apple is ready.


Twitch’s viewers are numerous, addicted and spend millions each month on subscriptions that do very little.


China may be looking at the issue of bundling, the subject of past antitrust complaints in the West.


Visitors to any .HIV domain are automatically donors, too.


The deal for the videogame streaming site will be one of Amazon’s largest.


The iWatch has been built up to mythical proportions. Will it do what other smartwatches haven’t done?


Amazon’s new checkout system for physical retailers gives it a foothold in the brick-and-mortar world.


It isn’t about getting off the grid -- it’s always been about making a new grid.


Kara Swisher talks with Alexis Ohanian, Nellie Bowles chats with Jessica Livingston.




Some smart marketing for Samsung, highlighting the fact that the S5 -- unlike many rivals -- is water-resistant.