Bits Blog: Why Is Everyone Focused on Zuckerberg’s Hoodie?
Over the last two days, there has been a great deal of mud-slinging and hand-wringing about the significance of what Mark Zuckerberg, 27, the chief of executive of Facebook, wore when he went courting would-be investors in New York. Why the fascination and why did some take offense?
Bits Blog: A Facebook Founder Renounces His U.S. Citizenship
Unfriending the I.R.S.? A Facebook co-founder decamps to tax-friendlier shores, but Eduardo Saverin’s spokesman says it isn’t about the money. When you are investing in lots of countries, apparently, it’s better in Singapore.
Bits Blog: Pebble Smartwatch Tops Out at $10 Million on Kickstarter
The Pebble smartwatch, a project on Kickstarter to build wristwatch that can interact with a smartphone, has raised a significant amount of money through the crowd-funding platform after being turned down by venture capitalists.
Gadgetwise Blog: Q&A: “Unplaying” an iTunes Podcast
How to reset a podcast’s status so that iTunes properly syncs it to an iPod as an unplayed episode.
Bing Search Engine Revamped as War Against Google Intensifies
A Microsoft-Facebook alliance plans an overhaul of Bing in an effort to loosen Google’s grip on the search engine market.
European Parliament Approves Lower Roaming Charges
The move, which includes caps on roaming fees for data downloads, ensures that the charges for calling and surfing the Internet abroad will decline in each of the next three years.
Sony Striving to Cut Its Way From Record Loss to Profit
The Japanese consumer electronics giant expects to return to profit this year, aiming to reduce by half the losses in its television business.
Media Decoder Blog: Digital Notes: Dogged by Lawsuits, MP3Tunes Files for Bankruptcy
The digital music locker service drew an infringement lawsuit from EMI in 2007, which led to the bankruptcy filing.
Bits Blog: Facebook Says, Lower Your Expectations About Mobile
Facebook amended its public offering prospectus on Wednesday to note that it is showing fewer ads per user on the site because of its lack of vibrant mobile applications.
DealBook: Yahoo’s Chief Said to Tell Executives He Did Not Submit a Résumé
Yahoo’s embattled chief executive, Scott Thompson, told the company’s senior management on Thursday that he never submitted a résumé or falsified his academic credentials, a person briefed on the matter said.
When Children See Internet Pornography
If it hasn’t happened already, it will: at some point, even by accident, your child will click on pornography.
DealBook: Micron Technology in Deal Discussions With Elpida Memory
The semiconductor company said it was in discussions with the Japanese chip manufacturer Elpida Memory to acquire the struggling Asian rival.
Gadgetwise Blog: Q&A: The Case of the Disappearing Dock
The Mac OS X Dock can automatically hide itself, whether you want it to or not.
N.Y.C. Has Fastest-Growing Tech Industry in U.S., Study Finds
The city’s burgeoning technology sector trails only Silicon Valley as a hub for start-ups but is restrained by spotty access to a reliable broadband network, the study said.
Cisco Cautious Despite 22% Rise in Income
Cost-cutting measures aided profitability, but the company warned that it faced “a cautious” environment for corporate spending on information technology.