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Why You Will Want Apple, Google To Track You

The dust-up over Apple and Google's location tracking leaves out an important group of people: those who want to be tracked. In the near future, many of us will want our smartphones tracking 24/7/365.READ»

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Foursquare vs. Gowalla: Inside the Check-In Wars

If you ever visit the downtown Manhattan offices of Foursquare, the popular location-based social game for smartphones, don't say the word Gowalla. When I made that mistake during a visit there last November, 27-year-old cofounder ...READ»

Physicists discern nature of Dark Matter

Watch out where you post your blog entries. A black hole might result.READ»

Why Your Next-Gen Smartphone Will Do Proper Augmented Reality

Lastminute.com has launched an app for the T-Mobile G1 that does a pretty amazing job of creating an "augmented reality" interface on a cellphone. But, amazing as it is, it's just a flavor of what next-gen cellphones will deliver as ...READ»