Airline Used by Amazon Wins Order to End Cargo Pilots’ Strike About 250 pilots for the carrier, ABX Air, went on strike on Tuesday, accusing their employer of forcing them to work an excessive number of flights. By NICK WINGFIELD
Google and Facebook Take Aim at Fake News Sites After criticism that they might have allowed fake news to influence the 2016 election, the companies are banning such sites from using their advertising services. By NICK WINGFIELD, MIKE ISAAC and KATIE BENNER
Should You Spy on Your Kids? Using smartphones to track family members can be reassuring, but it can open the door to a surveillance state in the home. By NICK WINGFIELD
How LinkedIn Drove a Wedge Between Microsoft and Salesforce Once so close they flirted with a merger, the software giants became archrivals when they realized the value of the data amassed by social networks. By NICK WINGFIELD and KATIE BENNER
Microsoft Puts Slack in Cross Hairs With New Office Chat App The tech giant introduced Microsoft Teams, an addition to its Office 365 suite, which resembles Slack but adds features like threaded conversations and videoconferencing. By NICK WINGFIELD
Amazon Comes Up Short on Profits, Focusing on Warehouses and Movies The company said to expect as much as $1.25 billion in operating income for the fourth quarter and as little as nothing, a remarkably wide range.
Microsoft Unveils Its First Desktop PC The Surface Studio represents Microsoft’s growing presence in the hardware side of the industry that it once left entirely to its partners. By NICK WINGFIELD
Individualized Ads on TV Could Be One Result of AT&T-Time Warner Merger In a call with investors, the chiefs of the companies noted that the combined trove of their consumer data would be useful to marketers and consumers. By SAPNA MAHESHWARI
Microsoft Shares Hit a High With Promise of the Cloud’s Profit Margins Microsoft said its gross profit margin from its commercial cloud business was 49 percent — lower than its traditional software business, but still attractive. By NICK WINGFIELD
Nintendo Switch Reaches for a New Market With Home-and-Mobile Console The Nintendo Switch can connect to a television or go mobile, an unproven strategy and one that differs from rivals gearing up for virtual reality. By NICK WINGFIELD
Bits Jim’s and Nick’s Week in Tech: Smoldering Phones, the Yahoo Markdown and Amazon Music Sometimes people forget that old guys can be geeks. This week: How Samsung helped Apple, will Verizon win a discount, and a new riff on a classic excuse. By JIM KERSTETTER and NICK WINGFIELD
Google, Lagging Amazon, Races Across the Threshold Into the Home Google is unveiling its answer to Echo, an artificially intelligent home device that vaulted Amazon ahead of Google in a race to build technology that interacts as humans do. By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI and NICK WINGFIELD
Next Big Tech Corridor? Between Seattle and Vancouver, Planners Hope American tech giants stand to benefit from Canada’s smoother immigration process, and Vancouver is looking to feed its own homegrown tech ambitions. By NICK WINGFIELD
Amazon Creates 3 Games for Twitch Fans The releases, which will weave features from the popular streaming video service into the gaming experience, are Amazon’s first games aimed at hard-core players. By NICK WINGFIELD
Microsoft Reorganizes Its Research Efforts Around A.I. The company will combine its vaunted research group with the unit focused on products that use artificial intelligence, like Bing and Cortana.
Salesforce Is Said to Question Microsoft-LinkedIn Deal in Europe Salesforce, a San Francisco tech company, is said to have questioned whether Microsoft’s takeover of LinkedIn might hinder consumer choice and access to data. By MARK SCOTT and NICK WINGFIELD
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Pledge $3 Billion to Fighting Disease The Facebook co-founder and his wife announced an effort to prevent, cure or at least manage all diseases by the end of this century. By KATIE BENNER
A New Phase for World of Warcraft’s Lead Designer: His Own Start-Up Rob Pardo, a gaming idol, is taking his reputation, experience and some of his former colleagues to his newest venture, Bonfire Studios. By NICK WINGFIELD
Amazon Has a Potent Weapon in the Tablet Wars: Low Prices The overall tablet market is no longer a growth juggernaut, with weak sales from the likes of Apple and Samsung. But Amazon’s sales are rising. By NICK WINGFIELD
To Compete With Mobile, Sony Tailors PlayStation to Next-Generation TVs Taking inspiration from the pace of innovation in smartphones, which rival consoles for gamers’ attention, Sony announced a new model that takes advantage of 4K technology. By NICK WINGFIELD
Airline Used by Amazon Wins Order to End Cargo Pilots’ Strike About 250 pilots for the carrier, ABX Air, went on strike on Tuesday, accusing their employer of forcing them to work an excessive number of flights. By NICK WINGFIELD
Google and Facebook Take Aim at Fake News Sites After criticism that they might have allowed fake news to influence the 2016 election, the companies are banning such sites from using their advertising services. By NICK WINGFIELD, MIKE ISAAC and KATIE BENNER
Should You Spy on Your Kids? Using smartphones to track family members can be reassuring, but it can open the door to a surveillance state in the home. By NICK WINGFIELD
How LinkedIn Drove a Wedge Between Microsoft and Salesforce Once so close they flirted with a merger, the software giants became archrivals when they realized the value of the data amassed by social networks. By NICK WINGFIELD and KATIE BENNER
Microsoft Puts Slack in Cross Hairs With New Office Chat App The tech giant introduced Microsoft Teams, an addition to its Office 365 suite, which resembles Slack but adds features like threaded conversations and videoconferencing. By NICK WINGFIELD
Amazon Comes Up Short on Profits, Focusing on Warehouses and Movies The company said to expect as much as $1.25 billion in operating income for the fourth quarter and as little as nothing, a remarkably wide range.
Microsoft Unveils Its First Desktop PC The Surface Studio represents Microsoft’s growing presence in the hardware side of the industry that it once left entirely to its partners. By NICK WINGFIELD
Individualized Ads on TV Could Be One Result of AT&T-Time Warner Merger In a call with investors, the chiefs of the companies noted that the combined trove of their consumer data would be useful to marketers and consumers. By SAPNA MAHESHWARI
Microsoft Shares Hit a High With Promise of the Cloud’s Profit Margins Microsoft said its gross profit margin from its commercial cloud business was 49 percent — lower than its traditional software business, but still attractive. By NICK WINGFIELD
Nintendo Switch Reaches for a New Market With Home-and-Mobile Console The Nintendo Switch can connect to a television or go mobile, an unproven strategy and one that differs from rivals gearing up for virtual reality. By NICK WINGFIELD
Bits Jim’s and Nick’s Week in Tech: Smoldering Phones, the Yahoo Markdown and Amazon Music Sometimes people forget that old guys can be geeks. This week: How Samsung helped Apple, will Verizon win a discount, and a new riff on a classic excuse. By JIM KERSTETTER and NICK WINGFIELD
Google, Lagging Amazon, Races Across the Threshold Into the Home Google is unveiling its answer to Echo, an artificially intelligent home device that vaulted Amazon ahead of Google in a race to build technology that interacts as humans do. By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI and NICK WINGFIELD
Next Big Tech Corridor? Between Seattle and Vancouver, Planners Hope American tech giants stand to benefit from Canada’s smoother immigration process, and Vancouver is looking to feed its own homegrown tech ambitions. By NICK WINGFIELD
Amazon Creates 3 Games for Twitch Fans The releases, which will weave features from the popular streaming video service into the gaming experience, are Amazon’s first games aimed at hard-core players. By NICK WINGFIELD
Microsoft Reorganizes Its Research Efforts Around A.I. The company will combine its vaunted research group with the unit focused on products that use artificial intelligence, like Bing and Cortana.
Salesforce Is Said to Question Microsoft-LinkedIn Deal in Europe Salesforce, a San Francisco tech company, is said to have questioned whether Microsoft’s takeover of LinkedIn might hinder consumer choice and access to data. By MARK SCOTT and NICK WINGFIELD
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Pledge $3 Billion to Fighting Disease The Facebook co-founder and his wife announced an effort to prevent, cure or at least manage all diseases by the end of this century. By KATIE BENNER
A New Phase for World of Warcraft’s Lead Designer: His Own Start-Up Rob Pardo, a gaming idol, is taking his reputation, experience and some of his former colleagues to his newest venture, Bonfire Studios. By NICK WINGFIELD
Amazon Has a Potent Weapon in the Tablet Wars: Low Prices The overall tablet market is no longer a growth juggernaut, with weak sales from the likes of Apple and Samsung. But Amazon’s sales are rising. By NICK WINGFIELD
To Compete With Mobile, Sony Tailors PlayStation to Next-Generation TVs Taking inspiration from the pace of innovation in smartphones, which rival consoles for gamers’ attention, Sony announced a new model that takes advantage of 4K technology. By NICK WINGFIELD
