Technology & Innovation

The initiative has added works from new partners as well as a Hangout feature that lets users share and discuss their favorite pieces.

A new survey confirms it: Games are the most used apps on mobile devices. For tablets in particular, games and other types of entertainment take up nearly four-fifths of total usage.

With help from a special government commission, publisher Grandpapier.org is one of several initiatives helping “the home of the comic book” regain some industry status.

Yesterday I argued that Hurricane Sandy may enhance President Obama’s prospects for re-election. Today, in the aftermath of the worst storm to hit the eastern seaboard of the United States […]

The massive hurricane bearing down on the eastern seaboard has disrupted both presidential campaigns. Mitt Romney cancelled trips to Virginia and New Hampshire and President Obama missed a trip to […]

People in Italy, Spain, and other economically struggling countries are flooding German-language classrooms in hopes of securing better-paying work.

After dropping a defamation case against a local cartoonist, President Jacob Zuma is proposing the creation of a media appeals tribunal to help ensure press freedom. Industry experts say self-regulation would be better.

The success of this weekend’s protest against a chemical plant’s expansion underlines the growing care the government is having to take with its restless, wired middle class.

A new online platform encourages Ukrainians to report election violations at a time when corruption has pushed back some of the gains made towards democracy.

In this dispatch from Beijing, artist and political activist Ai Weiwei  explains the powerful effects of social media on political freedom in China. 

In what may be a next step for democracy, a citizen can now propose a new law online, and if enough of their fellow citizens support it, the government has to vote on it.

A company has started an Indiegogo campaign to bring its Muse wearable headband to market. Writer Stacey Higginbotham describes what has to happen to make this kind of interface a commercial success.

Google’s wearable Trekker device will allow its team of explorers to take 360-degree pictures of areas that aren’t reachable by vehicle.

Songkick, a music promotion site, has added a feature that follows the Kickstarter model to let fans book a tour.

MeetMe’s new Photoboard feature will be tested in more than 500 bars across the US. Users who are within a quarter-mile of a bar can have their picture uploaded in a matter of seconds.

A new report out from the Pew Research Center says that people under the age of 30 are more likely to read and are more likely to use their public library.

Companies are always trying to develop products that make our lives better, but these days some of the most advanced technologies are being aimed at a category that used to […]

When the nation’s manual on disorders and diseases is updated next May for the first time in 13 years, a new class of people may be diagnosed with having hypersexual disorder, or HD.

Today’s business climate calls for decisions to be made faster than ever. Big data can help managers achieve that while creating a positive culture of transparency and innovation. 

Efforts to take out Cartel bosses have done little to mitigate drug-related violence. New algorithms are being used to pinpoint the vital players in these dangerous organizations.

In a market where energy providers compete for business, homeowners now have the option of purchasing 100% renewable energy for a price that’s 10 percent cheaper than the standard utility rate.

In 2012, one in six spam e-mails came from a computer located in India. Additionally, as of the end of Q3 2012, almost half of all spam comes from Asia.

Due to shortages, some schools are turning to Khan Academy, the free online education site, to provide students with lessons.

Dear Readers, I made a mistake. In the article below, I said it would take some very high rates of growth to close the $7 trillion gap in Mitt Romney’s […]

In a country where print news is still a viable industry, a newspaper targeted at 7-to-11-year-olds is the first of its kind to be launched by an established publisher.

Senator Bernie Sanders believes that creating massive cash rewards for drug companies will spur the innovation necessary to make new drugs and bring down the cost of prescriptions.

Researchers at Ohio State University say that the more educated you are, the more likely it is that you are piling up extra debt, and not just when it comes to student loans. This belies the notion that uneducated/undereducated people bear blame for the financial crisis.

Web site HeTexted takes the whole agony over a potential suitor’s mixed messages to a new, crowd-sourced level.

In John Maeda’s experience as an artist–turned–President of the Rhode Island School of Design, the ideal leader falls somewhere in between Lao Tzu and Father Knows Best.  

It might look like the C-1, a fully-electric and fully-encased two-wheel vehicle being developed by a small San Francisco startup.