Industry

Twitter rides high on IPO in stark contrast to rival Facebook

Twitter ends the day trading at $45.52 a share after smooth sailing on Wall Street

How Many Data Scientists Does the World Really Need?

Do-or-die time for Acer as it hunts for winning strategy

Acer may turn to high-end products as a way to revive its business, but analysts say it won't be easy

Report: CIA pays AT&T for international call data

The carrier turns over information about international calls on its network under a voluntary contract, The New York Times says

Astronauts, Olympic torch arrive at space station

Russian cosmonauts will take the torch on a historic space walk Saturday

Microsoft adds real-time joint editing to Office Web Apps

The company is also launching a partner program for its Yammer enterprise social collaboration suite

Cisco, EFF call on Congress to target patent-troll demand letters

Patent assertion entities are trying to extort settlements from small businesses, witnesses tell senators

PaaS market to reach $14 billion by 2017, IDC says

The platform-as-a-service industry will grow quickly due to high interest in faster application development and lower IT costs

HealthCare.gov’s problems: What we know so far

While U.S. officials haven't talked in detail, a number of factors contributed to the malfunctioning website

Windows 8.1: Update or upgrade?

Two out of three of my machines upgraded easily.