Modernization
Would you rather check the weather in space or sort data?
Either way, NASA has an app for you.
Modernization
NASA’s space weather app has great images but lags on engagement
The agency could do more to publicize major space events and appeal to kids, our reviewers say.
Modernization
NASA’s Satellite Insight gaming app isn’t educational or fun
The game doesn’t teach users much and it can’t compete with Bejeweled and Tetris.
Modernization
DHS's Margie Graves puts agile first
A software-development technique that forgoes the rigors of conventional processes in favor of nimbleness is gaining increased popularity in government.
Modernization
Google wants to own the airwaves, now
The search company is asking the FCC for a license to create an experimental radio service.
Emerging Tech
Access to broadband internet is the new access to ports, rail, and electricity
"State of the Internet" report says Korea leads in high-speed access worldwide.
Modernization
The iPhone app that helped save Algerian hostages in the desert
The compass application guided the hostages for 20 miles.
Modernization
Here come Apple's huge iPhone sales numbers
Apple will soon deliver its earnings report for the end of 2012.
Modernization
Congressional commission to look closer at China cloud computing
Group plans study on security risks of Chinese cloud.
Digital Government
Secret Service mulls bionic ears to detect gunfire at large events
Camouflaged technology could link to other surveillance systems.
Modernization
Verizon's massive loss reveals scope of damage from Hurricane Sandy
Verizon reported a quarterly loss of $4.23 billion.
Digital Government
CIO Council to agency IT shops: Get smart on social media and open government
New guidance also urges competence in cloud and IT governance.
Emerging Tech
NASA contracted with 787 battery supplier for space station batteries
Agency plans to start using lithium ion batteries on the space station in 2017.
Digital Government
Government data goes public
Federal real estate data contributed to two IPOs this summer.
Modernization
Why Amtrak's new Wi-Fi upgrade won't fix Amtrak's terrible Wi-Fi
The best commuters can hope for is very fast internet only occasionally.
Modernization
iPhone fever is fading
Apple has cut its iPhone orders by about 50 percent due to weaker-than-expected demand.
Digital Government
Pentagon cyberwarriors to unload some defensive tasks to big data
DARPA wants machines to collate streams of information to free humans for judgment calls.
Digital Government
European version of FTC accuses Google of abusing its dominant search results
Though Google didn't receive any major penalties from Washington, the company might have to change its practices in Europe.
Modernization
FBI posts Google map of bank heist photos so locals can finger the perps
The new website is aimed at deterring robberies and curbing gun violence, feds say.
Modernization