Why Big Companies Are Investing in a Service that Listens to Phone Calls
A startup that converts conversations to text so it can offer instant information gets financing from Telefónica, Samsung, and Intel.
Computing
African Bus Routes Redrawn Using Cell-Phone Data
The largest-ever release of mobile-phone data yields a model for fixing bus routes.
Social Media Censorship Offers Clues to China’s Plans
What gets removed from China’s social networks shows how censorship strategies are advancing, and can even hint at the government's plans.
A QWERTY Keyboard for Your Wrist
Zoomboard—a miniscule keyboard that zooms when you tap it—could make it easier to type on smart watches.
Google Fiber’s Ripple Effect
The threat of superfast Google Fiber is causing other Internet providers to crank up their own offerings.
What Happened When One Man Pinged the Whole Internet
A home science experiment that probed billions of Internet devices reveals that thousands of industrial and business systems offer remote access to anyone.
A Simple Way to Turn Any LCD into a Touch Screen
Electromagnetic interference can turn a plain LCD into a touch screen on the cheap.
Preventing Misinformation from Spreading through Social Media
New platforms for fact-checking and reputation scoring aim to better channel social media’s power in the wake of a disaster.
Software Predicts Which Companies Are an Easy Sell
A former Yahoo search engineer raises funds to bring sophisticated data mining and modeling to the business world.
Introduction to the 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2013
MIT Technology Review identifies the 10 most important technology milestones of the past year.
