Emerging Tech
China’s Plan to Survive the 3D-Printing Revolution: Own the Market
The Asian Manufacturing Association expects revenues from 3D printing in China to grow to 10 billion yuan.
Cybersecurity
India’s Latest Outsourcing Business: Cyberattacks
New report confirms many different types and targets for attacks
Modernization
As Mobile Explodes in Africa, Nairobi Emerging as a Tech Leader
Kenyan capital becomes third African city to hostan IBM 'innovation center.'
Cybersecurity
Indians Are Hacking into Pakistani Computers with Promises of Defense Secrets
According to two anti-virus firms, Pakistani government agencies have been targeted by spear-phishing attacks.
Digital Government
Here’s a Sign Mass-Market Drones Are About to Take Off: Google Just Invested in Their Future
The tech company's venture-capital arm believes non-lethal uses for drones are spreading.
Modernization
Android Might Own 75% of the Smartphone Market But All the Action is Still on the <span>i</span>Phone
Phones running iOS use much more data than those with Android. How much exactly?
Modernization
Technology from Africa Ensures the Cloud Works When Your Connection Doesn’t
For large swathes of the globe, reliably accessing remotely-stored files is a problem.
Cybersecurity
It’s Not Just About China and America—Smaller Countries Want to Wage Cyberwar too
Great Britain and France are jumping on the cyber bandwagon.
Emerging Tech
Awesome Spaceship that Discovered Hundreds of New Planets May Soon Be Space Junk
The Kepler spacecraft started its mission from Florida in 2009, but the it may not last much longer.
Modernization
Ghana’s ISPs Are Dying Out Because the Mobile Web Is Booming
Ghana boasts Africa’s highest penetration of mobile broadband, at 23% of the population in 2011.
Cybersecurity
36 Governments (Including Canada’s) Are Now Using Sophisticated Software to Spy on Their Citizens
The software FinFisher infects computers and mobile phones through devious means.
Modernization
Mobile Phones Are Booming in North Korea, of All Places
The rogue state's only mobile operator, Koryolink, is about to hit 2 million subscribers.
Modernization
3D Printing Chocolate Is a Cool Idea, and Someone Is Trying to Patent It
Observers fear that the young and rapidly growing field of 3D printing could fall into a trap of lawsuits and hefty license fees.
Modernization
From Boston to Sichuan, Messaging Apps Come to the Rescue When Cellphone Networks Fail
During emergencies mobile-phone networks are quickly overwhelmed, so users are taking to services that use bandwidth more efficiently.
Modernization
Chinese Messaging App Heads to India But “Has No Business Plan”
WeChat dreams of becoming as dominant as Facebook.
Digital Government
And the Award for Best Design Goes to… the British Government’s Website
Before gov.uk, visiting gov websites was like landing at JFK.
Emerging Tech
Forget Bitcoin, This Virtual Currency Doubles Your Money Every Month
Currency creator Sergey Mavrodi wants to make you rich and destroy the financial system at the same time.
Cybersecurity
Forget About the Cyberbunker Attack—Here’s How to Take an Entire Continent Offline
What if you could switch off 1.28 terabits with nothing more high-tech than an axe?
Emerging Tech