The project, based on the concept of linking vehicles together using wireless sensors, is aimed at finding an inexpensive and environmentally friendly...
Macworld | Glenn Fleishman, Macworld.com | Posted 11.23.2009 | Technology
We're all so accustomed to having Internet access in so many place -- at home, at the office, at airports, at coffee shops -- that it can be infuriati...
Melissa Plaut | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York
When you swipe your card, the driver has to pay a hefty 5% extra. Why are New York's cabbies paying so much? Because of all the middlemen. A few people are making truckloads of money on drivers' backs.
Gary Shapiro | Posted 11.04.2009 | Technology
My fear is that my son's future won't include the rapid pace of innovation that we have enjoyed in recent years. What if decades roll by and innovation stands still?
The Associated Press | RACHEL METZ | Posted 10.08.2009 | Technology
CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP)-Amazon.com Inc. is cutting the price of its Kindle electronic-book reader yet again and launching an international version, in ...
Jonathan Spalter | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology
The term 'net neutrality' has no agreed-upon definition in policy circles. But in popular culture, it has become synonymous with free speech. So here are three things policymakers should keep in mind going forward.
Julius Genachowski | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology
The key to the Internet's success has been its openness...Notwithstanding its unparalleled record of success, today the free and open Internet faces emerging and substantial challenges.
Jonathan Spalter | Posted 09.26.2009 | Technology
Choices in calling and data plans are nearly certain to continue their expansion, probably in ways we can't project. That's a sign of vibrant competition, which is the foundation for greater innovation.
Jonathan Spalter | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics
Consumers have scarcely paid a dime more for the extraordinary step into virtually limitless mobile communications. The average price of a U.S. wireless plan remains about $50 a month.
W. David Stephenson | Posted 09.10.2009 | Media
Crafting an effective strategy to productively involve the general public in homeland security should center on two technologies: mobile communication devices and Web 2.0 social media.
Jonathan Spalter | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics
Today, Mobile Future is releasing a report that explores the extraordinary potential wireless innovation holds to transform how we address our economy, health care and energy efficiency.
Jonathan Spalter | Posted 08.24.2009 | Business
African Americans are the most active users of the mobile Internet -- and their use of it is also growing the fastest.
Jonathan Spalter | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics
Last week, the Senate Commerce Committee unanimously cleared a bill requiring the FCC and the Commerce Department to conduct annual audits of our wireless airwaves.
Jonathan Spalter | Posted 08.09.2009 | Media
There's no doubt that the current smartphone revolution will do for mobile productivity what the PC revolution did for office productivity in the 1990s.
Shelly Palmer | Posted 07.18.2009 | Media
The State Department asked Twitter to delay a "critical network upgrade" scheduled for yesterday in order for civilian reporters in Tehran to use th...
Jonathan Spalter | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics
The pieces are coming together for the president to get Congress and the public behind a truly forward-looking national Internet policy.
Francine Hardaway | Posted 06.08.2009 | Media
The FCC is holding a comment period for input as to what the nation's broadband policy should be. Before you let yourself skip this post, give me a m...
consumerist.com | Chris Walters | Posted 05.29.2009 | Business
If you're going out of the country for more than 15 seconds, don't forget to turn off, remove, leave at home, freeze in a block of ice, disable, or ot...
Jonathan Spalter | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green
According to the EPA, more than 100 million cell phones are discarded annually in the United States and only 10% of these phones get recycled.
Jonathan Spalter | Posted 02.22.2009 | Business
In addition to the inauguration staff, there's one more group that deserves to take a bow: tens of thousands of mobile users who gave the nation a unique view of a great event.
Jonathan Spalter | Posted 01.15.2009 | Business
Several governments around the world have successfully adopted mobile technologies to deliver important services and improve constituent communication. Their success should serve as models for Obama.
Shelly Palmer | Posted 01.08.2009 | Media
President-elect Barack Obama announced that broadband availability would be a major part of his public works project. In a video distributed over th...
Shelly Palmer | Posted 11.28.2008 | Media
A jury convicted Senator Ted "Tubes" Stevens on all seven felony counts which violated federal ethics laws. Stevens is guilty of failing to report t...
Todd Haselton | Posted 11.27.2008 | Business
Upgrading your cell phone right now with a new 2-year contract would be like buying an airplane when space shuttles hit mainstream.
Epicenter | Meghan Keane | Posted 11.13.2008 | Business
Plans to offer national free wireless Internet access got a boost on Friday when the Federal Communications Commission released a report stating that ...
EcoSalon | Liz Lewis | Posted 11.24.2009 | Green