The Unnoticed Gadgets That Power Our Economy Deserve a Real OS
We are surrounded with a class of mobile devices that are eight years out of date, and predate the iPhone entirely. These relics are everywhere we go, affecting our daily lives in countless ways.

I’m talking, of course, about enterprise-class devices: the scanners that grocery clerks use to track inventory, the stylus tablets that couriers log their deliveries on, and the button-covered rectangle the agent uses to check in your rental car.

July 4, 2014 at 10:36PM
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Apple poaches Swiss watch exec for iWatch launch
Apple has hired the sales director of luxury Swiss watch maker TAG Heuer to help with the launch of its new iWatch, as the technology group intend on using the prestigious “Swiss made” label to market its new gadget.

July 4, 2014 at 5:06PM
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Stop Erasing Women from Tech History
Whitney Wolfe and the invisible women in tech.

July 4, 2014 at 12:28PM
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How 9/11 Made The Global Helium Shortage Worse
Hopefully a solution will not float out of reach.

July 4, 2014 at 9:49AM
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How I Became the Most Hated Person in San Francisco, for a Day
I learned a lot today about how media, culture and technology in this city interact, and I have to say that overall, I think that the people who have sent me violent threats via email and Twitter, while excessive, may have a point.

July 4, 2014 at 8:43AM
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Google reinstates ‘forgotten’ links after pressure
After widespread criticism, Google has begun reinstating some links it had earlier removed under the controversial “right to be forgotten” ruling.

July 4, 2014 at 8:43AM
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The Jet With a 17-Ton Telescope That NASA Uses as a Flying Observatory
If you thought Boeing 747s weren’t useful for understanding how stars are formed, you don’t know about SOFIA.

July 4, 2014 at 5:26AM
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Microsoft Grabs No-IP Websites
There’s a group of people at Microsoft who are like Internet superheroes on a mission to protect the world from evil hackers. And this week, that group convinced a judge to turn over a chunk of the Internet to their control, and then messed up that control, bringing websites down for “millions” of people.

July 4, 2014 at 5:26AM
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Feds unmask mystery hacker who “hamburgled” Burger King Twitter account
Serial hacker is tied to breaches involving Twitter, police, and Paris Hilton.

July 4, 2014 at 5:26AM
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Virtual retail company Metail recreate Clueless wardrobe for YOU to try on
Online fitting company Metail have today launched a digital fitting room based on the one that Cher Horowitz originally used in the 1995 classic film.

July 3, 2014 at 8:59PM
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