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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.
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Views of Kenya’s IT Culture
Students, startups, and corporations pioneer mobile health applications in a mobile-saturated nation.
Kenya's Startup Boom
Local programmers and homegrown business models are helping to realize the vast promise of using phones to improve health care and save lives.
Attacks on Android Devices Intensify
Rising security incidents and poorly defended phones suggest 2012 could be a risky year for smart-phone users.
Super Bowl, and Its Ads, Set a Tweet Record
The surging social-media response to TV promises to shape future programming and advertising trends.
Printed Stickers Designed to Monitor Food Temperatures
Effort aims to merge technology from four companies to create the first sticker with all-printed electronics.
"Tectonic Shifts" in Employment
Information technology is reducing the need for certain jobs faster than new ones are being created.
Kenya Has Mobile Health App Fever
Nairobi startup's health app surges; Safaricom gives subscribers links to experts for two cents a minute.
Box Sends Health Data Right to the Cloud
Qualcomm aims to integrate home-health monitoring devices, and give doctors easier access.
Why Transparent Tracking Needs Its Own App
A call for smart-phone software that lets users see what data their gadgets are sending out.
