Tech Companies Admit to Helping Government Spy on Citizens
After their initial blustery outrage at yesterday’s revelations about PRISM, tech companies, including Facebook and Google, have admitted that they have cooperated with the government, even changing their More...
Tech Company Is Literally Throwing a Tech Bubble Theme Party
Not much to do with this one other than shake your head, wipe away a tear, and look into the distance, face blank. Sparkpr, which manages top tech accounts like Vevo, Rdio, and Dropcam, is having a 90s theme party, More...
Commuters Would Pay More for Better Public Transit Tech, Study Says
Public transit riders have spoken, and they’re expecting technology to make ticketing easier, reduce delays, and improve communication from transit authorities. And most of them are even willing to pay higher More...
Data | Bullish on Wearable Tech: Mary Meeker’s Annual State of the Internet Presentation
Every year (sometimes twice), longtime tech analyst turned venture capitalist Mary Meeker drops her state of the internet presentation. It’s that time of year again, and here it is. Wired Business More...
Big Tech | The PC May Be Dying, But Computing Lives Everywhere
The PC is doomed by the tablet, but classic PC companies may not be. Wired Business More...
Silicon Swagger: Tech Titans Embrace Big Architecture in Staggering New HQs
No longer satisfied with hiding in standard-issue tech-company hives, Apple, Facebook, and Google have embraced Architecture with a capital A. Wired Business More...
Amazon’s Urban Biospheres Give New Meaning to ‘Tech Bubble’
In case you doubted that the 21st century as envisioned by past generations’ pulp futurists had arrived, check out the biospheres Amazon has proposed to anchor its new downtown Seattle headquarters. Wired More...
Big Tech | After Apple’s Tax Grilling, It’s Time for Tech to Shape Up
Apple’s senate testimony on tax avoidance shows that tech companies are being held to a higher standard. They have only themselves to blame. Wired Business More...
Big Tech | Hangouts Feature Emerges as a Big Bright Spot for Google+
In many ways, Google+ is still struggling to define itself. But there’s been one clear success story inside the Google social network: Video “Hangouts,” which have proven popular in group communications, More...
Big Tech | With I/O Speech, Larry Page Reminds Us Why Google Rules Tech
As Google CEO Larry Page spoke Wednesday, his froggy voice not only grew stronger, the impression grew stronger that this is the man, and Google the company, that is leading technology today. Wired Business More...