Digital Divide

IBM Predicts Home Electricity From Your Bike, Mind-Reading Computers

Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 19, 2011 at 12:29 pm PT

Big Blue marks the end of the year by rolling out its crystal ball.

Microsoft Teams With Former President Clinton on Education

Arik Hesseldahl in News on September 20, 2011 at 7:39 am PT

The software giant wants to get one million low-income students using the Internet, and is teaming with the former president’s philanthropic organization to do it.

Q&A: A Social Network Built on Mobile Phones

Alice Truong, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on July 14, 2010 at 7:56 am PT

Even before Facebook had an iPhone app, MocoSpace, a social network that appeals to a young, diverse demographic, had capitalized on the idea of networking via mobile devices. From its inception, MocoSpace was designed for use not on smartphones but on traditional “feature” phones, which account for 80 percent of its traffic.

New TechNet CEO Rey Ramsey Speaks!

Kara Swisher in News on February 10, 2010 at 5:32 am PT

Yesterday–in a very precious San Francisco tea cafe of BoomTown’s choosing–Rey Ramsey was unfailingly and politically polite, despite my rat-a-tat questions and the shoving of a Flip video camera in his face on his first visit to California after nabbing his new job as president and CEO of TechNet. Ramsey better get used to it, though, as he takes over the bipartisan political network of tech types, which is heavy with Silicon Valley power brokers who are often at odds, yet still need to agree on a host of key issues.