Modernization
Google Is Considering Doing Away With Space Bars
The search engine giant could lead the way for the most space-saving laptop yet.
Modernization
What Tim Cook Did and Didn’t Disclose About the Apple Watch
When it comes to the iPhone, Apple often can’t wait to tell the world how popular its new models are, but it’s a different story with the Apple Watch.
Modernization
Nationwide first-responder network starts to take shape
FirstNet has released its first draft request for proposals.
Modernization
GSA widens telecom collaboration efforts
The first of three sessions on the NS2020 strategy provided a glimpse of industry concerns about the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract.
Artificial Intelligence
These Are the Tech Trends Government Might Not Be Ready For
Governments face unique challenges in fully implementing emerging technology: outdated hiring practices and concerns about the privacy of citizen data, among others.
Modernization
Video: This Stick Crams a Windows PC Into the Palm of Your Hand
Great things come in small packages.
Emerging Tech
Super Strong Mini Robots Can Haul Up to 2,000 Times Their Weight
These tiny robots' feats of strength are equivalent to a human dragging a blue whale across land.
Digital Government
What Good Is a Video You Can't See?
Police body cameras are meant to be a tool of public accountability. But even experts can't agree on how to make sure that happens.
Modernization
The Unbelievable Power of Amazon's Cloud
The company's Web Services—which undergird Netflix, Healthcare.gov, and Spotify—might be the single most important piece of technology to the modern tech boom.
Modernization
Here Are the Agency Websites Google Doesn’t Think are Mobile Friendly
Bad news for some dot-govs: Google will now rank websites based on their mobile friendliness.
Emerging Tech
Video: These Specs Are Crazier Than Google Glass
Take a first look at Mini's Augmented Vision goggles.
Emerging Tech
Intelligent Windows, Self-Repairing Concrete and Other Inventions that Could Change the World
The European Patent Office has announced its finalists for the 2015 European Inventor Awards, honoring brilliant inventions from a range of scientific fields.
Modernization
NOAA taps partners for cloud project
The public, researchers, and industry can use the massive troves of data to conduct studies and drive applications.
Modernization
Amazon Is About to Reveal One of its Biggest Secrets—the Size of its Cloud Business
Now, some nine years after its launch, AWS has grown large enough that Amazon will start to report its revenue and profitability as a separate business segment.
Digital Government
Feds’ Enthusiasm for ‘Bring-Your-Own-Device’ Deflates
More than 70 percent of government workers polled by Forrester Research said BYOD initiatives aren’t on their IT organization’s agenda or are a low priority.
Modernization
NS2020 get-together, PortfolioStat data goes public, DHS' Silicon Valley outpost and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Emerging Tech
Tech Giants Team Up to Unleash NOAA’s Data
NOAA will partner with major cloud computing providers to explore ways the agency might better unleash its vast environmental data stores for the public good.
Digital Government