Artists In Residence Give High-Tech Projects A Human Touch
You may want your kid to major in something practical at college, like engineering, so they can land one of those great jobs at a big tech company. But, you might also urge them to spend time studying...
View ArticleOnce The Cream Of The Crop, Zynga Zigzags To Adapt To Mobile
Remember those days of tending rows of virtual soybeans and strawberries on your Facebook page with a game called Farmville? It was a moment, and Zynga, the company that makes the game, cashed in when...
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European Union Charges Google With Antitrust Violations
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Europe is taking aim at Google. The European Union accuses the tech giant of abusing its power to stifle...
View ArticleAt 50 Years Old, The Challenge To Keep Up With Moore's Law
Fifty years ago this week, a chemist in what is now Silicon Valley published a paper that set the groundwork for the digital revolution.You may never have heard of Moore's law, but it has a lot do with...
View ArticleAt The Heart Of A Watch, Tested By Time
When my mother passed away, I was by her side in a peaceful, sunny room at a hospice in South Florida. The sliding glass doors looked out to a flourishing garden filled with bougainvillea, rosebushes...
View ArticleLive Video Apps Like Periscope Make Life Even Less Private
Cameras are ubiquitous — from the ones in our cellphones to the security cams in parking lots and shops. And just when you thought it couldn't get harder to hide, live-streaming video is raising new...
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Tech Giants Compete ... For Your Vacation Albums
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript SCOTT SIMON, HOST: With summer arriving, there'll be family cookouts, days at the pool, and most likely lots and lots of photos. We...
View ArticleApple's Cook Takes Rivals To Task Over Data Privacy
Apple CEO Tim Cook made headlines this week when he lashed out at rival tech companies for selling people's personal data. He didn't mention Google, Facebook or Twitter by name, but it's pretty clear...
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Apple Jumps Into Music Streaming Business
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: People have been streaming music and talking about it for more than a decade, but the idea of paying a monthly...
View ArticleApple's New Music Streaming Service Under Antitrust Scrutiny
The same day that Apple did a splashy, star-studded introduction to its new Apple Music subscription streaming service, New York's attorney general posted a letter from attorneys for Universal Music...
View ArticleGaming Industry Pushes Virtual Reality, But Content Lags
Video game makers are in Los Angeles this week showing off their latest releases. Along with updates of big franchises like Tomb Raider, game developers are showcasing immersive virtual reality games....
View ArticleThe Legendary Mr. Miyamoto, Father Of Mario And Donkey Kong
Nintendo's Mario games, in their various forms and genres have been played around the world by hundreds of millions of people. In the original, Mario is a plumber who must speed through the Mushroom...
View ArticleApple Bets Big That You'll Start Paying To Stream Music
Spotify, Google Play, Amazon Prime, Rdio, Rhapsody, Pandora — the list of streaming music service goes on and on. On Tuesday, Apple joins that lineup with the launch of its streaming service, Apple...
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What's Next For Reddit?
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ARUN RATH, HOST: It has been a rough couple of weeks for the popular website, Reddit. After the company dismissed one of its most...
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Nintendo CEO Iwata: 'In My Heart I Am A Gamer'
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The chief executive officer of Nintendo has died.
View ArticleTwitter Takes Down Unoriginal Jokes, But All Of Yours Are Probably Safe
Twitter has started taking down jokes for copyright infringement. The removals were first spotted by @PlagiarismBad, which traced the takedown notices to Olga Lexell, a freelance writer in Los...
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Twitter Faces Challenges As It tries To Balance Profitability, Popularity
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Twitter surprised Wall Street by announcing better-than-expected earnings yesterday. Earnings were not...
View ArticlePolitics Overshadows U.S. Tech Firms' Hopes For Entering Iran
Iran has the potential to be a boom market for American tech companies. The majority of the population is under 30 and well educated, and over half the country has access to the Internet.Many...
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After Wireless Outage, Some Wonder If Old Phone Networks At Fault
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: For about five hours yesterday, tens of thousands of people in the southeast were without cell phone service....
View ArticleCellphone Service Down For Thousands, But Regulators May Never Know Why
Tens of thousands of people in the southeastern U.S. went without cellphone service Tuesday for about five hours. For some, that even meant they couldn't call 911.The outage hit parts of Kentucky,...
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