Technology
Measuring the Benefits of Tech Tools
When I was a young reporter we could not afford cellphones. I remember waiting in line for a pay phone in downtown Mexico City one afternoon to call in the news about the auction to privatize the phone company Telmex, driving those behind me crazy while a copy editor on the other end patiently typed [...]
Obama Ally Likely Pick for FCC
WASHINGTON — President Obama is expected on Wednesday to nominate Tom Wheeler, a venture capital investor and fund-raiser in Mr. Obama’s presidential campaigns, as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, two administration officials said Tuesday. Enlarge This Image Business Wire Tom Wheeler Mr. Wheeler, who more than a decade ago led two telecommunications industry trade [...]
Troy Carter Says The Next Technology Disruption In Music Will Happen In …
During Disrupt, Lady Gagas manager and Atom Factory founder, Troy Carter, suggested that the area ripe for disruption in the music industry by technology is terrestrial radio. For those who still get in their car to listen to music, Carter feels like there are openings for startups to build on top of the platform to [...]
What We Learned About Technology From 1995′s The Net
Here at Wired, we talk a lot about the evolving relationship between technology and culture. In order to help our readers keep up with the fast-paced changes of our increasingly digital world, we’ve decided to analyze the valuable lessons about technology contained within the most educational material that we as a society have ever produced: [...]
Data, security take top two spots in AICPA technology priorities survey
On the surface, the results of the 2013 North America Top Technology Initiatives survey, released Wednesday by the AICPA and CPA Canada, show that managing and retaining data nudged past securing the IT environment to become the top technology priority cited by the nearly 2,000 accounting professionals polled. Dig a little deeper, and the evidence [...]
LeadJen and Jenny Vance ’00 Honored for Technology Excellence & Innovation
Jenny Vance, president and co-founder of Indianapolis-based LeadJen and 2000 graduate of DePauw University, accepted the Mira Award for IT/Tech Service Excellence amp; Innovation on behalf of her company. Presented by TechPoint, Indianas statewide technology initiative, the Mira Awards have celebrated the best of tech in Indiana for 14 years by honoring the states most [...]
Mobile technology: The amazing impact on our lives
iPad used to enable communication for patients otherwise unable Ive been passionately following mobile technology for decades. In the beginning, the mobile devices werent very mobile and a strong back and arms were required to lug them around. They always had to be next to a power outlet, as there was no such thing as [...]
Google Glass – first pictures taken with smartspecs posted online
You might expect that for a sci-fi novelist like William Gibson, a pair of voice-activated glasses able to connect to the internet and take photos or videos without needing you to use your hands would be nirvana. Judging by his comments on trying Googles new Glass system, the author of the genre-defining 1984 novel Neuromancer [...]
Technology Start-Ups Take Root in Berlin
“I got sucked into Berlin,” said Henrik Berggren, a Swedish college dropout who moved here in 2011 to work on his e-book venture, ReadMill. “It became clear that this was the place to be.” More than two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the German capital has gone from a cold war relic [...]