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What Makes A Happy City?

BY Ariel Schwartz | 05-16-2012 | 12:43 PM | SMARTPHONES

What makes the people in Stockholm the most satisfied in the world? Open spaces, not too much traffic, and a fast Internet connection. Why can’t all cities be so lovely? READ MORE›

How To Pick One Good Android Phone

BY Kevin Purdy | 05-13-2012 | 6:15 PM | WORK/LIFE

Buying a decent Android phone today isn’t too hard and costs about $200. Buying an Android phone that you’ll still want to own and use on a daily basis for two years? That’s much harder, and hundreds of dollars more, depending on your strategy.READ MORE›

The Discovery Economy: Why Sharing Your Identity Is A Good Thing

BY Kit Eaton | 05-10-2012 | 8:24 AM | INNOVATION

One of the worries about near field communication-enabled tech is that private data could be remotely snooped and used for evil. But the truth is that we may be volunteering info by NFC soon enough. And in the process, we'll find things we never knew we wanted.READ MORE›

The Discovery Economy: The Tech's The Least Interesting Part Of Nokia's New Augmented Reality

BY Kit Eaton | 05-09-2012 | 8:21 AM | INNOVATION

Do you know what augmented reality apps are really good at? Directing you to new things they don't directly point at. It's a whole new world of discovery.READ MORE›

How The iPhone-Android War Keeps Your Phone Virus Free

BY Neal Ungerleider | 05-08-2012 | 8:17 AM | ETHONOMICS

Albert-László Barabási is one of the world's top experts in network theory. Here's his take on mobile phone viruses and how a changing smartphone ecosystem could spell doom.READ MORE›

Samsung's Galaxy SIII Arrives, Aimed Squarely At The iPhone

BY Kit Eaton | 05-04-2012 | 5:59 AM | INNOVATION

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Apple Rumor Patrol: The Next iPhone Is Coming Soon--And It's Skinnier Than Don Draper's Tie [Updated]

BY Kit Eaton | 05-03-2012 | 11:30 AM | DESIGN

Which is pretty darn skinny. Here's what else we know--and think--about the freshest Apple intel.READ MORE›

Nokia Sues HTC, RIM, Viewsonic Over Patent Abuse

BY Kit Eaton | 05-02-2012 | 9:26 AM | INNOVATION

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Using The Addictive Power Of Gaming To Make You Exercise More

BY Ariel Schwartz | 04-30-2012 | 8:18 AM | STRIIV

Can’t get enough Farmville? All that time at the computer probably isn’t great for your health. But what if you couldn’t proceed unless you had burned some calories? That’s the premise of a new gadget called Striiv. READ MORE›

Samsung Beats Nokia To Phone-Selling Crown, May, Or May Not, Have Beaten Apple

BY Kit Eaton | 04-27-2012 | 8:15 AM | INNOVATION

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Cell Phone Network O2 Joins The Digital Wallet Game In The U.K.

BY Kit Eaton | 04-26-2012 | 5:35 AM | INNOVATION

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The Dark Side Of Smartphone NFC Tech

BY Kit Eaton | 04-12-2012 | 8:31 AM | INNOVATION

The UAE has just launched an effort to embed its National ID card system into smartphones. Yup, that could mean you have to carry your phone at all times. Scary. Could it happen here?READ MORE›

Google Tablet Delay, Instagram Worth $500 Million, Larry Page Explains Google's Plan, Anonymous Hacktivist Exposes China Secrets

BY Kit Eaton | 04-06-2012 | 6:14 AM | INNOVATION

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Best Buy's Fate Lies With Boutique Mobile Tech, Not Big-Box Stores

BY Kit Eaton | 03-29-2012 | 11:01 AM | INNOVATION

Best Buy is shuttering 50 of its big warehouse-style stores and is going to remodel the remaining ones. It's all because the retail landscape is changing, shaped by the power of mobile technology.READ MORE›

Layar Wants To Turn Print Pages Into Augmented Reality Gateways

BY Kit Eaton | 03-28-2012 | 10:29 AM | INNOVATION

Is the augmented reality company's plan for interactive print an augmented fantasy? READ MORE›

We Are All Augmented-Reality-Style Banksys Now

BY Kit Eaton | 03-20-2012 | 11:15 AM | INNOVATION

The enhanced Wallit app, with digital graffiti, shows how our smartphones blur the lines between real reality and an augmented version. Global sharing just got a little easier--but will it catch on?READ MORE›

Follow-Up: Smartphone Desperation (And Innovation?) At MWC

BY Kit Eaton | 02-27-2012 | 7:57 AM | DESIGN

There are plenty of bells and whistles at Mobile World Congress, but for truly sweet-sounding smartphone news, check out this new product on Kickstarter.READ MORE›

Mobile Payments For Everyone! Barclays Pushes Future Tech Into Now

BY Kit Eaton | 02-16-2012 | 8:51 AM | DESIGN

The U.K. bank has just introduced a secure app that lets you transfer out, and receive money, directly onto your smartphone. It's not NFC--but it's close. Is the mobile payments future already here?READ MORE›

Mobile DTV Brings Live Television To Cars, Buses

BY Neal Ungerleider | 02-14-2012 | 6:55 PM | ETHONOMICS

Smartphones with HDTV reception chips and in-car television sets are big business in Taiwan, China, and Brazil. Now the travel-friendly tech behind mobile DTV is making its way to the United States.READ MORE›

It's 10 P.M., Do You Know Where Your Employees Are? 4 Steps To Set After-Hours Work Expectations

BY Cali Williams Yost | 02-07-2012 | 7:07 AM | WORK/LIFE

Leaders fail to clarify their personal preferences for staying connected to work with technology, and don’t share their expectations of the responsiveness with their direct reports. This leads to misguided assumptions that can wreak havoc on work/life balance--and most leaders have no idea any of this is happening.READ MORE›