The proposal by Tom Wheeler, the F.C.C. chairman, would allow some so-called over-the-top online video providers to carry cable and local broadcast stations, provided they could agree on financial terms.Read more…
Hewlett Packard, which made a fortune dominating the personal computer printing business, has long been expected to go into 3-D printing. A printer and a design creation system announced Wednesday show a real commitment. Read more…
Rite Aid and CVS are not accepting Apple’s mobile payment system because they are part of a group of retailers that plans its own system next year.Read more…
An Apple executive recently called the design of Xiaomi’s phones “theft.” In return, Mr. Barra pointed out that parts of Apple’s new phones are a bit like handsets from HTC.Read more…
YouTube is considering a new subscription service, the video site’s chief executive said at a conference. Read more…
The majority of breaches in California — 53 percent — were because of malware and hacking, while a smaller number, 26 percent, was attributed to the physical loss of a computer or device, according to Kamala D. Harris, California’s attorney general.Read more…
Hipmunk is a tiny company but it’s finding creative new ways to market itself that don’t require spending a fortune. On Tuesday, it plans to announce a deal with Yahoo.Read more…
Revenue increased and surpassed Wall Street expectations, but Twitter is still losing money.Read more…
At a tech conference in California, Timothy D. Cook, Apple’s chief executive, said that one million credit cards had been activated on Apple Pay in the first three days that the mobile payment system was live.Read more…
Leading museums have proven surprisingly adept at adapting digital technology, and their experience holds lessons for business.Read more…
A consortium of merchants, including the two drugstore chains, plans to introduce a rival payment system next year that will supplant the use of credit and debit cards.Read more…
Especially in developing countries, high taxes on information and communication technologies are slowing corporate productivity and e-commerce, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation said.Read more…
The move makes Mr. Pichai the second-most powerful person at the company. Read more…
Robots are going to get smarter and more capable, fast, according to a leading researcher in the field. The reason: Whatever one robot encounters and learns about the world can be sent to the cloud and mixed with what all the other robots find.Read more…
Recently, Nest has been delving deeper into integrating its products with other smart devices.Read more…
Criminals are attempting to install malicious programs on computers using false Ebola advisories as bait. Read more…
The online retailer was also cautious in its outlook for the fourth quarter, saying it might lose money then.Read more…
For Apple, greater China has been one of its fastest growing markets for iPhone sales, so the company wants to more than double its presence there.Read more…
The mobile-only app is separate from Facebook’s social network and allows users to create discussion rooms in which anyone can participate using a pseudonym.Read more…
Amazon says it is opening the center to answer customer demand, but part of that demand is compliance with German laws around privacy. It’s evidence that even tech companies have to learn to live with the rules. Read more…
Apple has succeeded in ensuring that its phones, tablets and computers work seamlessly together. You might never leave. Read more…
At a forum at Tsinghua University in Beijing, Facebook’s chief executive discussed his thoughts on the company’s future in the country and why he is studying Chinese.Read more…
The social network unveiled a tool that software developers can use to let people more easily log on to smartphone apps.Read more…
Google has created a new app for people to manage their overflowing inboxes.Read more…
A new study reveals that 40 percent of adult Internet users have personally experienced some form of online intimidation, and three-quarters have witnessed someone else being harassed online.Read more…
The challenge for IBM today is very different from the crisis it faced in the 1990s. It is financially strong and more nimble, but there are echoes of the past. Read more…
Strong third-quarter results at Yahoo ended a long pattern of declines.Read more…
Cloud computing, particularly in the big rental businesses of Microsoft and Amazon, has been criticized as undependable and tough to manage. A number of recent announcements suggest that some companies are trying to address the issue.Read more…
The appointee, Ashkan Soltani, has worked as an investigative reporter for The Washington Post, co-writing some of the articles in that paper’s Pulitzer Prize-winning series stemming from the Edward Snowden revelations. Read more…
The company said it was working with law enforcement agencies to determine the extent of the problem. It is one of many retailers and restaurant chains to be hit by hackers over the last year.Read more…