Facebook’s Real “Home” May Be the Developing World
The new Facebook-centric Android app for smartphones builds on other efforts to court mobile users internationally.
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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
Akamai’s Plan for a Wireless Data Fast Lane
Clogged wireless networks spur a plan to speed data to smartphones, for a price.
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.
Mozilla’s Mobile Firefox OS Raises Security Questions
Firefox’s new Web-centric OS will let users run apps from the Web, raising concerns over how to stop malicious software.
Why Obama’s Cyber Defense Order Won’t Amount to Much
The president’s executive order falls short of meeting the severity of the cyberattack threat.
LTE-Advanced Is Poised to Turbocharge Smartphone Data
By combining data from multiple antennas and frequencies, ultrafast wireless technology is poised to turbocharge 4G.
Akamai Moves to Optimize TV
The company thinks it can clean up the cluttered landscape of apps that augment TV shows.
Akamai’s New CEO Aims to Speed Up Mobile Computing
Co-founder—and now CEO—Tom Leighton plans data-prioritization trials with Ericsson and massive use of distributed devices for transmitting video.
A Budding War Over Internet Economics
Proposals for a “sender pays” policy will roil UN talks in Dubai.
Security Guru Pledges to Strengthen Critical Computers
Computer-security researcher Eugene Kaspersky says he is testing control software that won’t run malicious code.
