A Motherlode of Cell Phone Data-Mining Research
At conference starting Wednesday, huge trove of research papers point to enormous possibilities, but privacy issues remain.
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How a Cheap Plastic Film Can Give Your Smartphone a 3-D Screen
A plastic smartphone screen cover patterned with tiny lenses could help mobile 3-D take off.
Ghost's Blogging Dashboard Doesn't Need to Exist
Are dashboards really the best way to deliver analytics to people who want to "just blog"?
Why Big Companies Are Investing in a Service that Listens to Phone Calls
A startup that converts conversations to text so it can offer instant information gets financing from Telefónica, Samsung, and Intel.
Carbon Nanotube Sensor Detects Glucose in Saliva
Painful finger-prick blood tests for diabetics could become a thing of the past, say physicists who have built a sensor that measures glucose in saliva
African Bus Routes Redrawn Using Cell-Phone Data
The largest-ever release of mobile-phone data yields a model for fixing bus routes.
Updating Nest: Smarter, Sexier, and Savvier than Ever
Bringing ordinary consumers into the pro-environmental fold is Nest’s great achievement.
What Will Terms-of-Service Agreements Look Like in the Age of Brain-Computer Interfaces?
As consumer tech companies bring brain interfaces ever closer to the mainstream, human-friendly legalese could become a crucial part of the user experience.
Google Now Finally Heads to the iPhone
Google's smart personal assistant hits iOS, but will users care?
Cancer Drugs Should Cost Less, Say Doctors
Doctors argue that some drug companies are charging too much for their cancer drugs, to the detriment of patients.
