The Browser Wars Go Mobile
Startups are bringing creative features to the small screen in hopes of luring iPhone, Android users away from the default browser.
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LTE-Advanced Is Poised to Turbocharge Smartphone Data
By combining data from multiple antennas and frequencies, ultrafast wireless technology is poised to turbocharge 4G.
AT&T Brings Online Ad Targeting Tactics to TV Commercials
Experiments suggest that monitoring viewer behavior via set-top boxes could help make TV commercials much more effective.
Geeks are the New Guardians of Our Civil Liberties
Recent events have highlighted the fact that hackers, coders, and geeks are behind a vibrant political culture.
Software Predicts Tomorrow’s News by Analyzing Today's and Yesterday’s
Prototype software can give early warnings of disease or violence outbreaks by spotting clues in news reports.
Startup Brings Better Understanding of Tricky Questions to the Web
SkyPhrase hopes to make it easier to find answers to complex questions.
How Facebook Could Give Its New Search the Edge
The company’s search engine will become formidable when it includes the text of comments and the vast store of Open Graph data about things outside Facebook.
Intel’s New Interface Idea Is a Mash-up of All the Others
The approach could help keep laptops relevant—if intuitive applications can be found.
Akamai Moves to Optimize TV
The company thinks it can clean up the cluttered landscape of apps that augment TV shows.
Facebook’s New Graph Search: Not Very Good
It’s going to take time and user buy-in for Graph Search to be truly worthwhile.
