Why YouTube buffers: The secret deals that make—and break—online video
and break—online video — Lee Hutchinson has a problem. My fellow Ars writer is a man who loves to watch YouTube videos—mostly space rocket launches and gun demonstrations, I assume—but he never know...
Vimeo and Redbox Instant are coming to Chromecast. Next up: Plex and HBO Go?
Chromecast, the streaming video adapter introduced by Google last week, is quickly gaining support from a number of media platforms. Case in point: Vimeo told us it wants to support Chromecast …
Worker Group Alleges Abuses at Apple Supplier in China
China Labor Watch Alleges Safety and Pay Issues at Pegatron Plants — BEIJING—A new report from a Chinese workers-rights group alleges labor abuses at a major Apple Inc. contractor the company has be...
Apple workers file lawsuit for lost wages due to bag searches
Former employees at Apple stores in New York and Los Angeles have filed a class action suit, claiming the iPhone maker required them to stand in line for up to 30 minutes every shift and wait for a ma...
Why Robots Are Stealing Your Dinner Reservations
High-frequency trading comes to the restaurant world. — Image courtesy of Threadless. — Like a lot of young foodies in San Francisco, Diogo Mónica works in tech. And as an engineer at Square, the...
Zynga Is Said to Lose Three Top Executives This Month
Zynga Inc. (ZNGA) has lost three top executives this month, people familiar with the matter said, increasing the number of managers who have exited the struggling social-games developer. — John Osva...
Patent War Adds Front in U.S.
Obama Administration Faces Veto Decision on Ruling in Apple-Samsung Fight — By - BRENT KENDALL And - IAN SHERR - — Smartphone rivals Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. have dueled over patents...
Franken-Yahoo No. 19? Yahoo Eyes E-Commerce App Platform Lexity.
According to sources close to the situation, Yahoo is close to buying e-commerce app platform Lexity. — While it is not clear how close the deal is to fruition, it would return to Yahoo one of its w...
Amazon announces 5,000 new fulfillment jobs in advance of Obama visit
Inside an Amazon fulfillment center. — Amazon.com, which has already more than tripled its workforce over the past three years, says it will add another 5,000 full-time jobs at its U.S. distribution...
WeChat took Facebook's mantle in China and now it's going global
It's been a positive past few days for Facebook. The world's most popular social networking site announced an impressive set of results for Q2 2013 which were well-received by investors, particularly...