How Facebook Slew the Mobile Monster
The fortunes of the world’s largest social network depend on how much it can earn from mobile advertisements.
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Why Apple Should Rename the iPhone the “WeatherVain”
A modest proposal.
Is This Why Google Doesn’t Want You to Drive?
Getting you to take your eyes off the road could be worth billions in new search revenue to Google.
Google Wants to Install a Computer on Your Face
The search company is developing a computer in a pair of glasses. But why would anyone wear them?
Maybe Kickstarter’s Just Not That Into You
Quality doesn’t always rise to the top in Kickstarter, as elsewhere. Creators should stay Zen about it.
Mobile Computing Is Just Getting Started
Smartphones, tablets, and wireless data plans are already a trillion-dollar business. It’s just the beginning.
R&D Faces Its Own Fiscal Cliff
The sequester means across-the-board cuts to federal R&D and, barring a grand budget bargain, anemic research budgets in the years ahead.
Why Sequestration Could Really Hurt Long-Term Research
The U.S. budget cuts that take effect tomorrow will demoralize future inventors, researchers, and disease curers.
House of Cards and Our Future of Algorithmic Programming
Netflix knew why its original TV series would be a hit—based on data about the viewing habits of its 33 million users.
A Plan to Give Mobile Data Bills a Makeover
What if mobile subscribers could click a button and top off their data plan, or even buy mobile Internet access to a single app?
