Advertising: Hey, Is That a BMW Racing Down the Bobsled Course?

BMW of North America has built six two-person bobsleds for the United States men’s and women’s Olympic teams and wants to see them win.

    



Tech Leaders and Obama Find Shared Problem: Fading Public Trust

A meeting that started with discussions about the federal health care site shifted quickly to the concerns over National Security Agency spying.

    



The Media Equation: AOL Chief’s White Whale Finally Slips His Grasp

Tim Armstrong, the chief executive of AOL, had a sentimental, and some would say debilitating, attachment to Patch, a network of local news sites that he is finally winding down.

    



A Stream of Music, Not Revenue

With download sales cooling after a decade of growth, streaming services like Spotify, Pandora and Apple’s new iTunes Radio have become the latest hope for the troubled music business.

    



Beats Music Streaming Service Says It Will Begin in January

The service, which intends to compete with Spotify, hopes to build on the popularity of Beats headphones.

    



Editor Describes Pressure After Leaks by Snowden

Testimony to Parliament from the top editor of The Guardian illustrated the aggressive investigative and spying tactics increasingly faced by news organizations.

    



Advertising: Shazam Deal Aims to Tie Songs Fast to Products

Marketers are only now beginning to deploy music as a very direct conduit to the things they sell, but a deal between an audio-recognition app and the Mindshare agency is a step forward.

    



Critic’s Notebook: Super Mario 3D World Could Make the Wii U Popular

The Wii U console has been slow to catch on after a year, but Super Mario 3D World could make it popular.

    

IBM to Announce More Powerful Watson via the Internet

Companies, academics and individual software developers will be able to use Watson at a small fraction of the previous cost.

    



Ads Scant When Twitter Crosses Borders

Though three-quarters of its users are outside the United States, only a modest portion of its ad revenue is generated there. But it’s growing fast.

    



CBS Said to Be Developing Streaming News Channel

The 24-hour channel would mostly repurpose video and reporting already produced by CBS News, according to executives.

    



Vivian Schiller to Leave NBC News for Twitter

Ms. Schiller, chief digital officer for NBC News, will oversee partnerships between Twitter and news organizations like NBC and NPR.

    



Advertising: Blood and Screams, Before the Show Starts

A shift toward the frightening in pop culture has contributed to the popularity of terror-centered marketing in the weeks before Halloween.

    



Advertising: P.R. Agency Begins a Push to Modernize

The Burson-Marsteller initiative, which begins Monday, includes meetings of thought leaders, a revamped employee training program and a worldwide strategic leadership team.

    



All Is Fair in Love and Twitter

The sweet, innocent ideas and ruthless power plays that created Twitter.

    



Social Networks in a Battle for the Second Screen

Facebook and Twitter are vying to become the nation’s digital water cooler as they woo networks and advertisers.

    



Google Accused of Wiretapping in Gmail Scans

The accusations, made over several years in lawsuits that have been merged into two cases, ask whether Google went too far in collecting user data in Gmail and Street View.

    



Shrinking List of Video Games Is Dominated by Blockbusters

As video game players’ tastes shift toward smartphones and tablets, more and more of the money spent on console games goes to a small number of blockbusters.

    



Advertising: Apple Passes Coca-Cola as Most Valuable Brand

Apple, named most valuable brand by Interbrand, a corporate identity and brand consulting company, is one of five technology companies among the top 10.

    



Going to the Game, to Watch Them All on TV

The Jacksonville Jaguars’ new fantasy football lounge is an example of the leaguewide effort to keep the people buying tickets instead of staying home, with their recliners and WiFi connections.