Big Tech Archive
Archives for July 2017


The two companies are in court-mandated settlement talks.


AG Gangadhar ran the engineering unit where the former female engineer — whose blog post on sexism sparked recent investigations — worked.


Internet retailer. Competitor killer.


The new service is now live in seven West Coast cities.


The new service is aimed at educating customers about “the smart home” — and, naturally, about Alexa.


Carter’s rolled out Simple Joys in the spring.
Estimates show that nearly as many U.S. households subscribe to Prime as to pay TV.


The court has ordered that Uber can depose Page for up to four hours.


Alphabet still claims the designs infringe on its patents.


... or if the M&A talks leaked to the press.


It’s really easy — and totally optional.


Recode’s Jason Del Rey talks about Amazon’s planned acquisition of Whole Foods, what Walmart is doing with Jet.com and more on Too Embarrassed to Ask.


Wait, Alphabet was working on geothermal energy?


It’s going to be fascinating to watch this market unfold, as it probably won’t follow any of the established patterns from other recent hot devices.


Apple is going to start sharing more data about podcasts with their creators. Hot Pod’s Nick Quah breaks down what that means on Recode Media.