Predictive Smartphone Assistant Gives You a Heads-Up
Startup Sherpa’s predictive intelligence offers valuable insights when and where you need them.
Computing
No Map? No GPS? No Problem
Startup Navisens says it can find people indoors using motion sensors and math.
Facebook and Google Create Walled Gardens for Web Newcomers Overseas
In some countries, “the Internet” is confined to certain sites as part of a strategy to help wireless carriers offer starter packages.
New 3-D Display Could Let Phones and Tablets Produce Holograms
Optical trickery lets a modified LCD produce hologram-like still images and videos.
Video Chat That’s a Little Closer to Hanging Out in Real Life
A startup called Rabbit believes consumers will jump for always-on video chatting that lets you watch movies with an infinite number of friends.
A Nanofabrication Technique Doubles Hard Drive Capacity
Laboratory advance shows that nano-imprinting could help the hard drive industry meet its long-term goals for data storage capacity.
Google Searches Beyond AdWords
Personalized and interactive advertising experiences are becoming a lot more important than just simple banner ads.
Gadget Gets Under the Hood to Bring Analytics to Driving
A $70 device will tell you how efficiently you’re driving, and can even call 911 for help in the event of an accident.
Google Wants to Replace All Your Passwords with a Ring
The world's largest search engine is now experimenting with jewelry that would eliminate the need to remember dozens of passwords.
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.
