Tech

After a 2011 New York Times expose on its paid-link scheme, Google manually penalized JCPenney -- proof no advertiser was above its search rules.

February 13, 2011 · 1 min read

Stephen Elop's leaked 'burning platform' memo of February 2011: the most brutally honest corporate memo ever, and the prelude to Nokia's Microsoft deal.

February 9, 2011 · 1 min read

In February 2011, Mark Zuckerberg won a restraining order against Pradeep Manukonda, 31, who stalked him across Facebook, his offices, and his front steps.

February 8, 2011 · 1 min read

Purdue researchers found students who quizzed themselves after reading retained 50 percent more a week later than those who re-read or made concept maps.

January 24, 2011 · 1 min read

How Apple's iTunes Store beat piracy not with lawsuits but with convenience: 99-cent songs that were simply easier to buy than to steal.

January 24, 2011 · 1 min read

In late 2010, Sega installed urine-controlled video games in Tokyo urinals. Graffiti Eraser and a stream-strength contest followed. Ads ran after.

January 19, 2011 · 1 min read

By the end of 2010, Facebook had crossed 500 million users and left MySpace behind. The network effect made leaving a genuine social cost.

January 13, 2011 · 1 min read

On January 11, 2011, Verizon announced the CDMA iPhone 4 at New York's Lincoln Center — ending AT&T's exclusive hold on the iPhone.

January 11, 2011 · 1 min read

Google Goggles 1.3 added instant barcode scanning, print-ad recognition, and a party trick: solving a Sudoku grid faster than a champion.

January 11, 2011 · 1 min read

In December 2010, Roslyn High School handed 47 iPads to students in two classes — an early test of whether tablets could replace textbooks.

January 5, 2011 · 1 min read

Thinner, lighter, cameras at last, a faster chip: the late-2010 iPad 2 rumor mill turned out to be mostly right when Apple delivered in March 2011.

December 23, 2010 · 1 min read

Placements are back, and IIT students are refusing employer bonds — asking recruiters to earn their commitment with better incentives instead.

December 10, 2010 · 1 min read

Google is giving away its unbranded Cr-48 Chrome OS notebook to pilot testers. On the free laptop, the browser-only bet, and how to apply.

December 8, 2010 · 1 min read

Reports of suicides broadcast live over webcams are surfacing — and audiences watch. On the bystander effect, platform responsibility, and getting help.

December 6, 2010 · 1 min read

Amazon pulled hosting, the DNS registrar pulled the domain, PayPal froze donations — and WikiLeaks stayed up. On the week the internet proved unkillable.

December 3, 2010 · 1 min read

NASA announced bacteria that may substitute arsenic for phosphorus — even in DNA. On the extraordinary claim, the instant skepticism, and what came after.

December 3, 2010 · 1 min read

With the holidays approaching and iPad adoption outpacing every technology before it, the tablet is becoming something new: the computer the whole family

November 29, 2010 · 2 min read

3G has arrived in India — Tata Docomo launched on Diwali, with Airtel, Reliance and Vodafone to follow. What faster networks change, and what your handset

November 23, 2010 · 1 min read

The Social Network fixed a cinematic version of Mark Zuckerberg in the public mind. On film, biography, and the founder who could not control his own story.

November 21, 2010 · 1 min read

Google's Boutiques.com (2010) admitted algorithms can't generate taste — so it asked stylists and bloggers to curate. On humans vs. algorithms in fashion.

November 19, 2010 · 1 min read