Smartphone Makers Can't Afford to Mess up Mapping
Apple's unpolished maps app has proved just how much smartphone users rely on good directions.
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Tom Simonite
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I’m MIT Technology Review’s IT editor for hardware and software and enjoy a diverse diet of algorithms, Internet, and human-computer interaction with chips on the side. Working in our San Francisco office, I cover new ideas about what computers can do for us, whether they spring from tech giants, new startups, or academic labs.
My journey to the West Coast started in a small English town called Wantage and took in the University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, and five years writing and editing technology news coverage at New Scientist magazine.
Tom Simonite's Stories
What's Facebook's Next Business?
To live up to the value of its stock Facebook needs a new way to make money.
Will Anyone Pay for an Ad-free Twitter-style Social Network?
A new social network is free from ads, but burdened with expectations.
An Epic Hack Performed With a Few Simple Tricks
The victim's Apple devices suddenly went dark last Friday. Similar attacks remain possible.
How Google Forced Verizon to Allow Smartphone Tethering
Consumers get to use wireless data as they wish thanks to a $5 billion gamble by the search company.
For $1.26bn, VMWare Buys a Chance to Reinvent the Internet
The cloud computing giant has snapped up Nicira, a startup developing smarter computer networking.
Once Again, CAPTCHAs Need to Get Harder
Software can solve video puzzles intended to prevent spam bots acting like humans.
Five Interesting Things Sean Parker Said Yesterday
Napster's cofounder and an early Facebook booster, Parker has plans to disrupt politics, and still has gripes with the music industry.
How Internet Citizenry Will Decide the Fate of Nations
The head of Google Ideas says technology will rewrite the relationship between citizens and governments.
Twitter Founder Reveals Publishing Plans
Jack Dorsey says Square's real mission is to turn the humble receipt into a lucrative new publishing platform.
