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…
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Daily Report: Rival Payments Coalition MCX Moves to Curb Apple Pay
By The New York TimesRite 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…
Xiaomi’s Hugo Barra Says He Is an Apple Fan, but Not a Copycat
By Brian X. ChenAn 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 Weighing New Subscription Service
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Report Analyzes Extent of Data Breaches in California
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Travel Search Site Hipmunk Cuts Yahoo Deal
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Daily Report: Twitter Shares Fall as Usage Stalls
By The New York TimesRevenue increased and surpassed Wall Street expectations, but Twitter is still losing money.Read more…
Apple Pay Already a Huge Hit, Cook Says
By Brian X. ChenAt 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…
Digital Lessons From the Museum and Art World
By Steve LohrLeading museums have proven surprisingly adept at adapting digital technology, and their experience holds lessons for business.Read more…
Daily Report: CVS and Rite Aid Disable Apple Pay
By The New York TimesA 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…
Taxes on Information Technologies Threatening Economic Growth, Report Says
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With Promotion, Sundar Pichai Becomes Google’s Product Chief
By Conor DoughertyThe move makes Mr. Pichai the second-most powerful person at the company. Read more…
The Robot in the Cloud: A Conversation With Ken Goldberg
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Nest Buys Revolv, Maker of Smart Appliance Manager
By Conor DoughertyRecently, Nest has been delving deeper into integrating its products with other smart devices.Read more…
Malicious Ebola-Themed Emails Are on the Rise
By Nicole PerlrothCriminals are attempting to install malicious programs on computers using false Ebola advisories as bait. Read more…
Daily Report: Amazon’s Losses Increase, as Investments Grow
By The New York TimesThe online retailer was also cautious in its outlook for the fourth quarter, saying it might lose money then.Read more…
Apple’s Tim Cook Talks of Retail Expansion in China
By Brian X. ChenFor 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…
Facebook’s Rooms App Is a Flashback to Internet Bulletin Boards
By Vindu GoelThe 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 Web Services to Open German Center
By Quentin HardyAmazon 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…
Daily Report: Apple’s Device Integration May Seduce You for Keeps
By The New York TimesApple has succeeded in ensuring that its phones, tablets and computers work seamlessly together. You might never leave. Read more…
Mark Zuckerberg, Speaking Mandarin, Tries to Win Over China for Facebook
By Vindu Goel, Austin Ramzy and Paul MozurAt 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…
Twitter Offers Tool, Digits, to Sign In to Apps With Just a Phone Number
By Vindu GoelThe social network unveiled a tool that software developers can use to let people more easily log on to smartphone apps.Read more…
Google Wants Inbox to Be Your Email System for the Next Decade
By Farhad ManjooGoogle has created a new app for people to manage their overflowing inboxes.Read more…
Survey Exposes Prevalence of Online Harassment
By Nick WingfieldA 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 Nature of the IBM ‘Crisis’
By Steve LohrThe 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…
Daily Report: Yahoo Growing Again, but Strategy Remains Hazy
By The New York TimesStrong third-quarter results at Yahoo ended a long pattern of declines.Read more…
Coming of Age in Cloud Computing
By Quentin HardyCloud 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…
F.T.C. Names Ashkan Soltani as Chief Technologist
By Edward WyattThe 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…
Staples Is Latest Retailer Hit by Hackers
By Nicole PerlrothThe 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…