David Streitfeld

David Streitfeld

David Streitfeld

Think big tech is troubled? From Google to Apple, it's just getting started

With so little to really worry about, Big Tech is planning for a future far beyond any present-day turmoil

Updated On: 09 Jul 2019 | 4:00 PM IST

Peter Thiel's bet on Donald Trump pays off

The billionaire investor at odds with much of Silicon Valley, will have President Trump's ear on tech issues

Updated On: 10 Nov 2016 | 11:14 PM IST

Spectre of Trump loosens tongues, if not purse strings, in Silicon Valley

The prospect of Donald Trump being elated as President is pushing the tech community to move beyond its traditional role as donors to that of agitators and activists

Updated On: 18 Oct 2016 | 12:08 AM IST

In the engine room of the start-up economy

Updated On: 18 Jul 2016 | 12:16 AM IST

Amazon is quietly eliminating list prices

The new approach comes as discounts, both online and offline, have become the subject of dozens of consumer lawsuits for being much less than they seem

Updated On: 05 Jul 2016 | 12:50 AM IST

Google Home to take on Amazon Echo

Updated On: 20 May 2016 | 12:21 AM IST

Sundar Pichai will lead Google with users in mind

Updated On: 12 Aug 2015 | 1:03 AM IST

It's Silicon Valley 2, Ellen Pao 0: Fighter of sexism is out at Reddit

Pao's downfall in the face of a torrent of sexist and racist comments is likely to renew charges that bullying is out of control on the web

Updated On: 11 Jul 2015 | 9:19 PM IST

Big tech rivals are giving Amazon a chase

Company's cloud division, Amazon Web Services, is generating substantial profits

Updated On: 25 Apr 2015 | 2:18 AM IST

Ratings now cut both ways, so don't sass your Uber driver

Updated On: 31 Jan 2015 | 10:19 PM IST

David Streitfeld: To gain the upper hand, Amazon disrupts itself

Far from being weak, Amazon is looking to use its powerful e-commerce operation to become a retail and entertainment colossus

Updated On: 02 Dec 2014 | 10:19 PM IST

Literary lions unite in protest against e-book tactics of Amazon

Authors Salman Rushdie and V S Naipaul have joined hundreds of writers, including Nobel laureates, taking on Amazon over its fight with Hachette over pricing for e-books

Updated On: 30 Sep 2014 | 12:10 AM IST

Amazon cuts smartphone price by $200 to 99 cents

Updated On: 10 Sep 2014 | 3:13 AM IST

Silicon Valley fights order to pay bigger settlement in hiring case

Google, Apple, Intel and Adobe file papers, asking the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to spurn judge Koh's rejection of their $324.5-mn antitrust settlement as meagre

Updated On: 06 Sep 2014 | 9:58 PM IST

Amazon cites Orwell, but not quite correctly

Amazon repeated its argument that e-books should be less expensive, and charged those who think otherwise with trying to thwart history

Updated On: 12 Aug 2014 | 12:58 AM IST

US district court rejects deal on hiring in Silicon Valley

Judge Lucy H Koh of the US District Court in San Jose says a preliminary $324-million settlement is insufficient

Updated On: 09 Aug 2014 | 10:00 PM IST

Amazon's ambitious bets pile up, losses swell

Updated On: 25 Jul 2014 | 11:32 PM IST

Plaintiff in Silicon Valley hiring suit maligns deal

Michael Devine, a freelance programmer who is one of the four plaintiffs named in the suit, thinks the companies are getting off far too lightly

Updated On: 13 May 2014 | 12:13 AM IST

Google posts disappointing earnings in March quarter

Updated On: 18 Apr 2014 | 12:30 AM IST