Emerging Tech
Meet the Newest Big Solar Developers: Native Americans
More dependable solar thermal systems are losing out to solar panels except, perhaps, on tribal lands.
Modernization
Twins Burned by Facebook May Lose Out on Bitcoin Idea, Too
SecondMarket has announced today that it's launching a new Bitcoin trust.
Emerging Tech
The Power of Teaching Girls to Code
A growing summer camp is giving young women the skills they need to get high-paying tech jobs, before they've even graduated from high school.
Emerging Tech
Q&A: How City Governments Go Digital
The future of digital government will be about smaller companies and citizen security, GOV2.0LA founder says.
Emerging Tech
Most Offline Adults Prefer It That Way
About 15 percent of America’s offline adults are former Internet users who gave it up, a study found.
Digital Government
49% of the Links Cited in Supreme Court Decisions Are Broken
The flip side of an Internet that is always growing is an Internet that is always changing.
Modernization
Why Cops and Prosecutors Are Begging iPhone Users to Upgrade to iOS 7
The new operating system might reduce iPhone thefts.
Emerging Tech
Making the President Viral
Obama’s digital reelection team focused on what the president’s supporters wanted their friends to think they liked.
Emerging Tech
From Twitter Revolution to Twitter Diplomacy in Iran
President Rouhani’s foreign minister is engaging in Twitter diplomacy; activists wonder when they can too.
Cybersecurity
Postal Service Prepares to Sell Email Encryption
USPS applies to trademark products aimed at preventing nongovernment snoops from hacking customers’ online transactions.
Emerging Tech
FDA Hires Obama Campaigners to Track Its Social Media Reach
Agencies have been encouraged to track how their programs are received online.
Emerging Tech
Of Mice and Mobile Apps
The government wants new technology to keep cows cool and mice under observation.
Digital Government
Stimulus Tracking Site Is Rebooted to Monitor Hurricane Sandy Spending
Contract extensions will keep Recovery.gov running for two more years.
Digital Government
Google Is Starting a New Company to Monetize Life Extension and Disrupt the Death Space
The new firm Calico is using big data to determine what really extends life.
Digital Government
Here's Where You're Most Likely to Die From Air Pollution
A new NASA map of the planet lays out the depressing geographies of smog and premature death.
Digital Government
Everyone Agrees It Should Be Easier to Say How Much the Government Spends
DATA Act's proposed common codes and data standards win broad praise.
Digital Government
One ID for Military Benefits, Bank Accounts -- and Movies?
NIST funds test of a single, secure login to access government forms and secure consumer sites.
Emerging Tech
Google Is on the Way to Quietly Becoming an Electric Utility
The tech giant may end up driving up prices.
Emerging Tech