THE BUSINESS OF TECHNOLOGY
By MATT GALLAGHER, Red Herring Harnessing the power of ammonia, Ductor hopes to revolutionize both garden farming and gas tanks by the end of this summer. The company is developing what it claims to be the world’s first industrial scale ammonia and phosphate production technology based on a 100 percent biological process that actually … [Read more...]
Interested in a good scare this Halloween? Look no further than your own computer, mobile or tablet device! … [Read more...]
China is poised to become the world's leader in smartphone shipments in 2012, according to recent research from IDC. With its sheer size, China nudged the US out of the lead by a hair, but is expected to continue to widen the gap as more of the developing country's users sign on to the smartphone revolution. The research firm predicted China … [Read more...]
Google has plans to increase its use of semantic search in its search engine, providing users with more than just the standard set of key-word inspired links but actual facts and direct answers to queries, the Wall. St. Journal recently reported. The search engine will look for the actual understanding of the meaning of searched words beyond simple … [Read more...]
China Mobile has surpassed 15 million iPhone users, despite not being able to sell the device legally or have a system that actually supports the extent of the phone's capabilities. The company has seen 5 million new iPhone activations since October, despite lacking an actual Apple partnership to sell the phones in China. Remember, there was a … [Read more...]
Apple debuted the next generation of the iPad, which sports 2048 x 1536 pixels in super high resolution “Retina” display that's four times that of its predecessors. Offering more than 1 million pixels more than an HD TV, the 9.7 inch screen features 3.1 million pixels with a 44 percent color resolution, according to Apple. The device runs on a … [Read more...]
This Year’s IBM’s SmartCamp Gathers the Hottest Startups Forget capture the flag. Startup campers at IBM’s SmartCamp play nab the investment dollar. Designed to encourage global innovation, SmartCamp connects the hottest startups around the world with not only resources and advice, but personal handshakes and a listening ear from some of … [Read more...]
Sharing photos on Facebook should be easy. Automatically sharing your entire photo collection unknowingly with app developers should be impossible, but it isn't. A recently exposed loophole in the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch reveals that app developers can easily download a device's entire photo collections by asking the user to disclose her … [Read more...]
Perhaps the flying car is next. Nevada recently passed regulations for self driving cars that were approved by insurance companies, police, car companies, and others, making Google's computer driven robot car one lane closer to your rush hour and that sizzling best seller you'd rather be reading than the bumper in front of you. Nevada's DMV is … [Read more...]
The European Union has decided to refer the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement to the European Court of Justice, the highest court in the institution, to determine whether the agreement complies with the fundamental rights of European citizens. ACTA is designed to cut trademark theft, but much like the similar US bill SOPA, it … [Read more...]