Many schools across the country have rules about tech in the classroom, but they’re not the rules you might think. Teachers instruct students to take out their smartphones, to power up their iPads, and to log in to Twitter.

Technology’s role in the classroom has been widely debated:...

As part of our Women in Tech series, we've hand-picked 18 female tech founders to watch--women who are behind tech startups that are upending industries, changing the way we browse the web, revolutionizing medicine, and much, much more. From fashion to city government, these leaders have noticed opportunities...

Microsoft's search engine, Bing, announced on Wednesday that the company's mapping service has added floor plans for about 400 shopping malls to the Bing for Mobile service, allowing users to navigate retail outlets via smartphones.

According to a post on the Bing Search Blog,...

This year, a traditionally print-based company led the list of the top companies on Twitter, according to a new report from NetProspex, a sales and marketing database company.

The list was part of NetProspex's fourth annual "Social Business Report," which tracked social cities, industries, and...

On August 3, Morgan Freeman will show the world what aliens may look like.

Wednesday's season finale of "Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman," a Science Channel series narrated by Freeman, will explore the possibility of extra-terrestrial life.

The series, which wraps its second...

In the August issue of National Geographic, writer Chris Carroll examines Actroid androids, a "child-robot" and other "humanoid robots" that closely resemble humans. These advanced android robots not only possess human-like physical characteristics, but also eerily realistic attitudes and social mannerisms.

As Carroll's...

Hooman Samani and team of researchers at the National University of Singapore have developed a robot that is designed to "imitate the human ability to love," according to a video posted by Reuters.

But it doesn't flirt or blush. The robot, which looks like a fuzzy round ball...

Do you hate it when your cellphone dies during your commute? Then you may love these new advertisements.

Bus shelters in select cities now feature VitaminWater ads that let commuters juice up cell phones, iPods, and other USB-compatible devices.

As part of VitaminWater's new "You're Up" campaign, certain...

Twitter's public launch was five years ago today! That makes us want to pinch it on the cheeks and gush over how its grown.

Reportedly worth more than $7 billion, Twitter has ballooned to 200 million users, who send more than 1.4 billion tweets per week.

The San...

Well, this is certainly one way to avoid rush hour traffic.

Terrafugia's flying car, the Transition, has been officially approved for driving on roads and highways. The driver-slash-pilot can now fly between local airports and drive on any road.

On June 30, the...

Cellphones can be helpful--or a total a nuisance.

Who hasn't been a quiet place--a theater, the ballet, a classroom--only to have the peace pierced by a smartphone's annoying ring or jingle?

Lucky for most of us, after someone frantically presses "ignore," the moment is over and forgotten.

But there...

Can you count the number of times you've stared with a bleary-eyed, open-mouthed trance at your computer screen? Unfortunately for people in the public eye, those moments are often captured on camera.

In recent years, the range of presidential photo ops has evolved from capturing shots with dignitaries, babies,...

Circles vs. lists, +1 vs. "like" buttons, Hangouts vs. Video Calling: the Google+ v. Facebook battle is in full force.

On June 29, Google launched its new social network, Google+. One of its most obvious advantages to Facebook was the "Hangout" function, which allows users to participate in free group...

Before blasting off into space, the astronauts of the last Space Shuttle mission will spend their final hours of free time in a private beach house about a mile from the launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Visits to the 49-year-old house are a rite of passage...

A mysterious profile has appeared on Google's new social network, and it may belong to none other than Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Zuckerberg's profile photo (if this is indeed him) is a grainy, somber-faced closeup. He looks none too pleased about this new service, which...

Google regularly receives requests from governments around the world, asking them to remove content and fork over user data.

In its recently published Transparency Report, Google reveals which countries place the most requests for information about users and for removal of content.

Content-removal requests can vary dramatically...

The INSEAD business school released the fifth annual Global Innovation Index.

The report ranks 125 countries around the world, and this year, Europe dominated the top 11 economies on the list. The United States rose in the rankings, from 11th place in 2010 to 7th...