Brad Stone joined the New York Times in December 2006. He covers Internet trends and technology companies such as Apple, Amazon, eBay and Facebook from the newspaper's San Francisco bureau. He also contributes to The Times's technology blog, Bits, and writes a monthly column, Slipstream, for the Sunday edition of the paper.

From 1998 to November 2006, Mr. Stone served as the Silicon Valley Correspondent for Newsweek magazine, writing for the technology and business sections of the magazine and authoring a regular online column on our evolving digital lifestyles.

He joined the Newsweek writing staff in 1996 as a general assignment reporter and covered a wide range of subjects, including sports and national news.

Mr. Stone graduated from Columbia University in 1993 and is originally from Cleveland, Ohio. He lives in San Francisco with his wife, attorney Jennifer Granick, and their two daughters.