Stories from Bits Tech Blog on New York Times

  1. Roku Looks Beyond the Set-Top Box

    Bits Tech Blog on New York Times &bull Jan 4, 2012

    Roku, one of the earliest makers of a box for streaming Internet video to televisions, is developing a product that lets people access Web video without a box. The product, the Roku Streaming Stick, slips unobtrusively into an HDMI jack… Full Story »


  2. A Look at Apple's Spot-the-Shopper Technology

    Bits Tech Blog on New York Times &bull Nov 25, 2011

    A Black Friday visit to the Apple Store in Palo Alto, Calif., offered a glimpse of the new technology Apple is using to speed purchases. A store employee demonstrated an iPhone application that can show the in-store location of a… Full Story »


  3. Visa and Shopkick Give Rewards for Making Purchases

    Bits Tech Blog on New York Times &bull Nov 21, 2011

    To lure shoppers to the cash register as Black Friday approaches, Visa and a mobile shopping app called Shopkick have partnered to offer rewards at check-out, beginning at Old Navy, Toys "R" Us and American Eagle Outfitters. It is the… Full Story »

  4. Canadian Inquiry Finds Privacy Issues in Sale of Used Products at Staples

    Bits Tech Blog on New York Times &bull Jun 22, 2011

    OTTAWA - An audit by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada found that used and refurbished products sold by Staples frequently came with an unwelcomed feature: other people's personal information. The office purchased 149 devices - including computers,… Full Story »


  5. A Tech Entrepreneur's Plan for Grilled-Cheese Sandwiches

    Bits Tech Blog on New York Times &bull Jun 20, 2011

    Jonathan Kaplan, who created the Flip video camera and sold it to Cisco Systems for $590 million, surprised a lot of people when he announced that his next start-up, the Melt, would make grilled-cheese sandwiches. Also surprising: Sequoia Capital, known for investing in tech companies like Google and Pure Digital, which made… Full Story »

  6. R.I.M.'s PlayBook Tablet Is a Whiz at Flash

    Bits Tech Blog on New York Times &bull Apr 11, 2011

    During meetings with executives at the headquarters of Research In Motion in Waterloo, Ontario, last week, everyone was understandably keen to show off the BlackBerry PlayBook, the company's first tablet computer. It will be released next week, and its starting price of $499 matches that of the iPad 2. As I wrote in an article on Monday and in… Full Story »


  7. The New Commodore 64, Updated With Its Old Exterior

    Bits Tech Blog on New York Times &bull Apr 6, 2011

    I was just 6 years old when the Commodore 64 computer went on sale in the summer of 1982. Although I already owned a computer at the time - a ZX Spectrum - I remember my excitement about possibly getting… Full Story »

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