Five Opportunities for Mobile Computing
Thousands of startup companies see mobile computing as their chance to strike it big. We picked five.
Business
Lack of Ways to Measure Success Holds Back Mobile Ads
No one really knows if ads on smartphones work.
Why We Need More Solar Companies to Fail
Solar manufacturers like Suntech are struggling. Hundreds need to die for the industry to recover.
Where Siri Has Trouble Hearing, a Crowd of Humans Could Help
A program called Scribe harnesses humans on the Internet to generate speech captions in under five seconds.
For Investors, Mobile Startup Boom Gives Way to Caution
Some venture capitalists are avoiding consumer apps and putting their money behind the “picks and shovels” of mobile computing.
In the Developing World, MOOCs Start to Get Real
Putting free U.S. college courses online is only the first step to filling higher education needs around the world.
Smartphones Are Eating the World
The spread of mobile computers, in numbers.
Here’s Where They Make China’s Cheap Android Smartphones
Apple and Samsung, beware. Practically anyone can make a smartphone these days.
Microsoft’s Bing Now Can Find Local Businesses That Aren’t Too Crowded
Using smartphone microphones, the crowdsourcing tool could deduce the current atmosphere at bars and eateries.
An Anti-iPad for India
Suneet Singh Tuli, the man behind the ultracheap Aakash 2 tablet, says the West doesn’t understand mobile business in the developing world.
