A tap on the HealthMap iPhone application brings up a cluster of red pins on a map, representing nearby cases of swine flu. Another tap brings up a form for ordinary Americans to add to the collection
Technology
Because its large touch-screen is interactive and inviting, Apple’s iPad offers media companies, game makers and other content providers a way to display material that consumers supposedly will be m
BY Rachel Metz
The German maker of a new tablet PC is setting out to rival Apple’s iPad with the promise of even more technology, such as a bigger screen, a webcam and USB ports. It is not, however, an “iPad kil
BY Juergen Baetz
In the near future, you might not even have to visit a bank or an ATM to deposit a check. You’ll simply snap a couple of photos of it with your cell phone. Applications to do just that are already a
BY Andrew Vanacore
Like many working parents, Beverly Flaxington armed her daughter with a cell phone in fifth grade, when the time came for her to venture out alone. At first, it was a great way to stay in touch.That w
BY Leanne Italie
In times like these, when money is tight, people are losing jobs faster than they are being created and bill collectors are on the prowl even late on Sunday nights, every scam in the book that promise
BY Mary Hunt
The holiday season of 2009 may be a frugal one for many of us, given the slow economy, but that doesn’t mean you need to let your cravings for the latest high-tech gadgets go unsatisfied. Fortunatel
BY Robert S. Anthony
Bigger is better when it comes to paychecks, contracts and football players, but it doesn’t work that way when it comes to high-tech business tools. As technology progresses, devices — and their p
BY Robert S. Anthony
For the few of you out there who haven’t heard of it, Twitter (http://twitter.com) is to social-networking Web sites like MySpace and Facebook what a haiku is to an epic poem. You open a Twitter pro
BY Cliff Ennico
Your company wants to create an informational video explaining its marketing techniques, but you can’t wait weeks for the finished product. Instant Video Presenter, from ej4, a video-making company,
BY Amy Winter