Location-tech integration: Fatally off-course
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John Dickinson asks why the tech industry isn't doing a better job of integrating technologies that can save lives as well as make traveling easier.
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Early Internet entrepreneurs envisioned a day when consumers would devour short bites of entertainment on their computer screens delivered over the Internet by fat broadband pipes. When the companies failed, executives blamed it on ...
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Leveraging IP Network Resources to Enable Next-Generation Corporate Communications.
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Who's on the hook when a navigation system's instructions result in an accident?
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Metaplace builds a different architecture for virtual worlds.
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Great innovations in wireless technologies have arrived in recent years, and their effect has yet to be realized. But those innovations may be hindered by thinking that an even better innovation is just around the corner.
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Restrictive hardware and convoluted rights management crimp consumer choices.
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While many industry and internet specialists agree that a genuine convergence between technology and content for mobile has been achieved, many questions still remain on what exactly are the opportunities for local merchants and search marketers. Is now the time for search marketers to enter mobile and bring their clients with them?
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Networks of low-res cameras and sensors could monitor urban environments for diverse data -- traffic flow, pollutants, structural integrity -- online. By the Associated Press.
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Geotagging could spur a new generation of services.
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The laws of physics make the promise of anywhere, anytime wireless hard to realize. Columnist Craig Mathias discusses ways to make wireless more reliable.
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The convergence of desktop and mobile phones into a single, go-anywhere gadget that works on multiple wireless networks may seem just around the corner, but large-scale deployments are still a long way off, said IT professionals and vendors at Interop.
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First person: What's a telecommuter to do when the Web telephony service vanishes?
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Web 2.0 is moving into your neighborhood, as more companies vie to deliver local content to your cellphone
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Pah - we sneer at your global economies of scale! More dismal news for the US consumer. After the simultaneous failure of Municipal Wi-Fi projects in three major US cities - something we predicted four years ago - faster, cheaper mobile data looks further away than ever.â¦
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Attaching location data to images enables new ways to search photos, give slide shows or be a virtual tourist. For now, early adopters only need apply.Photos: A look at geotagging technology
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Don't look now, but the 'mobile computing' idea is suddenly obsolete. Columnist Mike Elgan cites a variety of factor that have enabled the shift to everywhere computing.