Crime Software: Still Awaiting a Verdict
Scientific data not yet in on how much crime-reduction software predicts, and how much it motivates.
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David Talbot
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I’m MIT Technology Review's chief correspondent, keeping an eye most often on the world of information and communication technologies—and asking my kids when I don’t understand what’s going on. Recent projects have taken me to Kenya to write about mobile-phone-based health initiatives, and Germany to explore how they’ll ramp up renewable power while closing down nuclear plants. My 2008 feature on the Obama campaign’s social-networking operation was selected for The Best Technology Writing 2009.
David Talbot's Stories
Sergey's Android-gynous Moment
Google cofounder calls smartphones "emasculating" while wearing goofy Google Glass.
The "World's Young and Hungry": Where Real Mobile Innovation Will Come From
Companies are scrambling to develop products and operating systems for the developing world, but any old phone will do.
Thank God for Facebook: When Platforms Proselytize
Facebook's organ donor and voting-drive efforts raise the question -- where do you stop?
As It Happened: Two New BlackBerry Phones Attempt to Revive Fading Brand
Can RIM come back from the brink with a new operating system and two new devices?
The U.N. Isn't Regulating the Internet--but Governments Still Exert Control
A vote on new International Telecommunications Regulations means no change in terms of control over the Internet
Eye on Dubai: Predictions on U.N. Internet Regulations
Substantive issues are on the table, but little change may come from U.N. gathering
Fake Google Announcement Was Likely a Stock Pump-and-Dump Scheme
Phony press release claims that search giant paid $400 million for a $1 million wireless company.
Communications Policy Challenges for Obama
The FCC is Devising Spectrum Auctions, and Obama May Issue a Cybersecurity Executive Order
