Along with a laundry list of other new features, Apple's iPhone 4S will sport advanced facial recognition that'll even find its way into apps...and the everyday life of tens of millions of iPhone owners.READ»
After a major earthquake or flood, people need help but can be hard to find. A new technique--using tracking data from phones to figure out where people have fled to--could make it easier to get them help.READ»
It's Wednesday May 25th, the 145th day of this year and 50 years to the day that J.F.K. said we'd put "a man on the Moon." Interesting, no? Almost as interesting as our summary of today's early news!READ»
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»
The word "Orwellian" gets tossed around a lot, which is unfortunate, because it takes power away from the things that actually are terrifyingly Orwellian--like this.READ»
Learn how radio frequency identification (RFID) is changing the user experience at theme parks and resorts by seamlessly integrating 21st Century Technology. It's what we saw in movies when we were kids!READ»
Behavioral tracking and ad targeting have everything to do with the pesky "Warning!" pop-up blinking behind your browser window right now. The one that could shatter your online privacy.READ»
First there was an iPhone app to track your happiness, and now there's one to let you carry the stats on your exact level of flabbiness everywhere you go--a misery tracker, perhaps. It's all thanks to a wi-fi-connected weighing scale, ...READ»
Japanese officials are about to test a cellphone-based tracking system in an attempt to combat future pandemics. It's a bit like trying to solve the problem with good design, just with much less civil liberty.READ»
Nokia's research department has been busy beavering away to expand Nokia's tech domain from cellphones to the "next big thing" in lifestyle technology: Location-based services. The company is developing devices that'll track your ...READ»
