Your Gadgets Are Slowly Breaking the Internet
The Internet isn’t robust enough for the ongoing explosion of connected devices. Now labs around the country are scrambling for solutions.
Communications
A Smart Watch, Created by the Crowd, Debuts in Vegas
The Pebble, created thanks to $10 million raised on Kickstarter, is a notable crowdfunding success story.
Smartphone Dictionaries Go Gangnam Style
Swype’s Living Language feature adds slang to its auto-complete dictionary by watching what users type.
Ubuntu Smartphone Aims for Success in Developing Economies
Mark Shuttleworth, founder of the company behind the Linux distribution, says the smartphone version will find a niche in countries where Ubuntu is already popular.
Will the Developing World’s Smartphones Have Intel Inside?
Intel announces a “value” smartphone chip designed to power millions of low-cost mobile devices.
A Do-It-All Programmable Processor for Smartphones
The new processor hints at the next wave of mobile communications breakthroughs.
A Banner Year for Mobile Devices
In 2012, exploding global adoption of smartphones and tablets drove new communications technologies and policies.
Cloud-Powered GPS Chip Slashes Smartphone Power Consumption
A Microsoft Research project offloads data and calculations to save battery life.
How Technology Has Restored the Soul of Politics
Longtime political operative Joe Trippi cheers the innovations of Obama 2012, saying they restored the primacy of the individual voter.
Startups Aim to Bring E-Mail Back to the Future
A slew of startups are trying to make e-mail more useful, but it’s a tough proposition.
