Comcast and Netflix Reach Deal on Service

Comcast and Netflix announced an agreement Sunday in which Netflix will pay Comcast for faster and more reliable access to Comcast’s subscribers.

    



Reporting From the Web’s Underbelly

Brian Krebs’s widely read blog, Krebs on Security, covers a particularly dark corner of the Internet: profit-seeking cybercriminals who make billions off spam, malware and frauds.

    



F.C.C. Seeks a New Path on ‘Net Neutrality’ Rules

After a court ruling last month, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission will propose new rules to encourage equal access to the web.

    



Promoting Health With Enticing Photos of Fruits and Vegetables

Bolthouse Farms, which produces things like juices and smoothies, has developed a playful website to promote nutritious food.

    

Skin Deep: Beauty Bloggers Parlay Social-Media Success into Entrepreneurship

A new generation of beauty bloggers is managing to parlay social-media success into entrepreneurship.

    

Wireless System Could Offer a Private Fast Lane

The technology, called pCell, is one of many techniques that companies are looking at to address the rising public appetite for mobile data, especially video.

    



News Analysis: Comcast vs. the Cord Cutters

Comcast’s deal to acquire Time Warner Cable won’t shake the industry’s game plan: Keep viewers wedded to cable.

    



Punching Above Its Weight, Upstart Netflix Pokes at HBO

If there is a rivalry between the two, it is by many measures a mismatch. But that hasn’t stopped the salivation at the story line: Netflix, the Silicon Valley interloper, taking on HBO, the establishment player.

    



The Media Equation: Stealthily, Comcast Fortifies Its Arsenal

With the Time Warner Cable deal, Comcast would not only lock up 30 percent of the cable market, but pricing leverage in all directions — with customers, networks and over-the-web providers like Netflix.

    



Chinese Ask Kerry to Help Tear Down a Firewall

Meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry, a group of Chinese bloggers appealed to the United States to take up the cause of Internet freedom.

    



State of the Art: How to Survive the Next Wave of Technology Extinction

So you bought a Betamax VCR? And also a Nook? Here’s a strategy to avoid betting on the wrong horse again.

    



Wikipedia vs. the Small Screen

Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia that depends on readers to create and edit its articles, is concerned about whether they will continue to do so on mobile devices.

    

Amid Flow of Leaks, Turkey Moves to Crimp Internet

Many in Turkey see the new laws as an effort to stem leaks in a corruption investigation of the prime minister and those close to him.

    



TV Sports: Live (Streaming) From Russia

As the Winter Games from Sochi, Russia, begin, it is worth remembering that four years ago from Vancouver, NBC streamed only hockey and curling. Now, all 15 sports will be streamed live.

    



Chasing Their Star, on YouTube

The message to aspiring video makers on YouTube is clear, and seductive: Attract an audience, build your brand. But success, let alone stardom and wealth, remains elusive.

    



Music Data Firms to Collaborate on Internet Radio Platform

Gracenote will work with the data company Next Big Sound as it develops a system that would let almost any anyone create an Internet radio service.

    



New Owner of Patch Lays Off Hundreds

Hale Global, which acquired a majority share of the local news enterprise from AOL, cut jobs from a staff of 450.

    



The Media Equation: Ezra Klein Is Joining Vox Media as Web Journalism Asserts Itself

Mr. Klein’s departure from The Washington Post to Vox Media is just one more example of how digital publishing offers its own thing, not an additional platform for established news companies.

    



Advertising: With Previews, Super Bowl Advertisers Borrow From Hollywood

Chatter on social media outlets like Twitter helps encourage Super Bowl advertisers to release commercials early to whet consumers’ appetite for the game-day ads.

    



On Children’s Website, N.S.A. Puts a Furry, Smiley Face on Its Mission

The National Security Agency uses cartoon characters to try to teach young people about its work, and to encourage them to someday join the agency.