Modernization
The Hardest Part of Mobile Design: Making the Product Simpler
Foursquare adds features and simplifies at the same time.
Modernization
Intel and Baidu Join Forces as They Scramble to Keep Up with Mobile Growth
The two companies plan to develop software for China’s mobile internet market.
Modernization
Streetview Hack of the Day: Animate Segments of the Road
A new site lets you turn any stretch of Streetviewed road into a hyperlapse, a timelapse with a mobile camera.
Modernization
'Mobile' Computing No Longer Exists
Industry developments are blurring computing lines.
Modernization
Contract signals shift in intelligence agencies' cloud and big data plans
A DISA contract, more public than a recent CIA deal, reveals some of what the intell community has in mind for cloud services.
Modernization
Navy CIO Tells Units to Use Commercial Cloud Services for Public Information
Move puts a dent in DISA’s plans to become the key host provider for Defense.
Modernization
Yes, People Are Hoarding Bitcoins
The total value of outstanding bitcoins surpassed $2 billion today, up by about 1,300% since the beginning of the year.
Emerging Tech
Paper Records Can Be Tracked Too
The Education Department is considering a radio monitoring system for documents it can’t yet digitize.
Modernization
Navy makes its own cloud migration plans
Working with DISA is still an option, but the Navy's plans favor a direct relationship with commercial providers.
Modernization
DISA Signs Deal to Store Exabytes of Drone and Satellite Images
The sole-source contract buys storage for 'hundreds of billions' of imagery files.
Modernization
Consider the BlackBerry Z10, a Smart Fish in an Ocean of Smartphones
A review of Blackberry's new mobile offering
Modernization
Those Ocean-Going Robots We Told You About Just Got Smarter
Researchers at Liquid Robotics unveiled its next-generation Wave Glider SV3, which has what the company calls “intelligent autonomy.”
Modernization
Modular data centers: Weighing the pros and cons
A prefab approach to changing needs can help agencies quickly boost their IT capacity and save energy, but it's not for everyone.
Modernization
You're Not Really Following @BarackObama on Twitter
The account is now in the hands of a non-partisan, not-for-profit group.
Digital Government
Medicine by Text Message: Learning From the Developing World
Health communication systems designed for rural, developing countries -- where hospitals are often understaffed and transportation is inadequate -- are being adapted to improve care in U.S. cities.
Modernization
How Smartphones Could Revolutionize the Way We Heat and Cool Our Homes
Customers could run their appliances and manage their utilities from their mobile devices, cutting down on power use.
Modernization
The First Mobile Phone Call Was Made 40 Years Ago Today
Motorola employee Martin Cooper made the first call in 1973.
Emerging Tech
U.S. Mint Wants to Modernize its Lucrative Commemorative Coin Business
The new system should be equipped for emerging customer relations tools such as mobile and online chat.
Modernization
China Has a Better iPhone Warranty Than America to Go with Its Apology from Apple
After weeks of anti-Apple rhetoric from China's state run media, Apple CEO Tim Cook has made some changes.
Modernization