Modernization
Postal Service Mobile App Tracks Packages, Locates Mailboxes
Overall, our reviewers gave the software high marks.
Emerging Tech
Flying California to New York on 12,000 Solar Cells
'Maybe it’s not the easiest way to fly, but it’s the most fabulous way to fly.'
Modernization
Facebook Will Finally Resolve Rumors of the Fabled Facebook Phone in One Week
Company will offer a peek into the future of its mobile strategy.
Emerging Tech
Newtown, Aurora Victims Seek National Compassion Fund on White House Petition Site
The proposal would deliver tax-deductible donations to victims’ families with no overhead.
Emerging Tech
US Renewable Energy Production Now Tops Nuclear Power
Electricity production from nuclear power plants fell 4% of the US' total energy production.
Emerging Tech
Why Driverless Cars Are 'Probably' Legal
A recent legal paper makes the case that existing laws don't prohibit automated vehicles.
Emerging Tech
The Doll That Helped the Soviets Beat the US to Space
Meet Ivan Ivanovich, the mannequin who beta tested space.
Emerging Tech
How the Internet Is Making Us Poor
The replacement of knowledge workers with software, a decades-old trend, is starting to show in economic data.
Digital Government
Commentary: Let's Make Drone Strikes Safe, Legal, and Rare
It would be easy to replace our current killing program with a slightly altered one with sufficient protections for innocent civilians, American citizens, and rule of law.
Emerging Tech
All 50 States Now Provide Online Access to Spending Data
Texas leads in spending transparency and North Dakota comes in last, a new report says.
Digital Government
Twelve Fresh Ideas for Transforming the Places We Live With Open Data
A few of the 886 proposals from the Knight Foundation's latest open government news challenge.
Emerging Tech
Drones Will Track Rhino Poachers in India
Conservation drones can be smaller and less sophisticated than those used in warfare.
Emerging Tech
Here’s How the Government Hires a Dishwasher
Some solicitations make the rigorous federal contracting procedures seem silly.
Emerging Tech
Intel Community Seeks the Next Big Thing in High Powered Computing
IARPA is on the lookout for more powerful computers that burn less energy.
Modernization
By the End of This Year, China Will Have as Many Android Users as the U.S. Has People
And guess who's not making money on those Android phones?
Emerging Tech
Here are Google's Plans to Put Itself at the Core of Burma's Nascent Internet Infrastructure
The company sees itself as a new services provider for the country, where people use much of the blockaded software via proxy servers.
Emerging Tech
Twitter Needs to Deal With Misinformation. Here's How
The social network needs a better way to deal with errors and corrections.
Emerging Tech
Who’s Using Our Data? Ag Agencies Ask
That part of the open data equation is sometimes forgotten.
Digital Government
FDA Wants to Make the Internet Less Safe for Fake Drugs
Counterfeit medical devices, dietary supplements and food also targeted.
Digital Government