Tag: THENEWYORKTIMES

Yuppies in expensive suits and college kids who pretend to study rejoiced last month when Starbucks rolled out free Wi-Fi for its caffeinated legion of customers. But keeping them in the store so they'll buy overpriced coffee and Norah Jones CDs wasn't enough. According to Mashable, Starbucks will launch a Digital Network chock full of exclusive, premium Web content for your ...

Not surprisingly (since everyone else is doing it), the New York Times has launched its own social network called TimesPeople. The New York Times has experimented with social features on its Web site before, but the launch of TimesPeople marks the integration of the paper's previous hodgepodge of disconnected features. TimesPeople is primarily a vessel for commenting on and recommending ...

In many ways, 'The New York Times' was a pioneer in the digital age when it posted much of its paper-based content online way back in 1995. But, in other ways, the site's subscription-based model made it a dinosaur, demanding that users cough up $7.95 a month or $49.95 a year to access content from certain columnists or just about anything older than a week. The paper is finally getting with ...