The Most Important Tech Company You've Never Heard Of
Information about every cell phone in the country is in a Neustar database. Which is why it's kind of weird that 400 or so companies trust them to deal with law enforcement surveillance requests. [UPDATED]
How NYC And San Francisco Plan To Solve Their Housing Crises
Build tinier apartments.
Match.com For Animals
The computer programs (and human yentas) that help America's zoo animals find love. Or at least make babies.
Where Corporate Buzzwords Go To Die
Innovation meets Walgreens.
Apple's Green Gadget Certification Goes Dark
Until this week, the world's biggest tech company had 39 EPEAT-certified products. Then it went a step further: It deleted its entire history of green products.
What Happens When You Cross An Animated GIF And A Snowglobe?
Well, this. The magical cinema snowglobe.
King For A Day, Tech Billionaire For Life
The recent attempts by tech billionaires to create utopian societies will have a high burn rate — if history is any guide. But it doesn't mean they'll stop trying.
Will A Declaration Of Internet Independence Work?
In the wake of the successful SOPA and PIPA protests, a coalition of Internet companies and groups attempt to define "freedom" on the web.
Two Artists, A Double Suicide And A Tumblr
When groundbreaking videogame creator Theresa Duncan and her boyfriend, video artist Jeremy Blake, killed themselves in 2007, no one understood why. Now, the couple's friend is trying to put the pieces together using Tumblr.
Talib Kweli Goes Deep On Tech
"In the information age, kids and people of this generation are coming up with their own ways to worship and ways to practice religion because they have access to so many more facts," the rapper told RapGenius, "Information becomes the thing that people are fighting for." Alrighty then!
11 Dead Social Networks
Remember when there was a social network in every niche and cranny? Even for fake boobs? A walk through some of the wilder ghost towns left on the web.
The Day The .Music Died?
New domain names will be controlled by private companies —which could suck for the rest of us.
Caine's Arcade Gets A New Game
You thought Caine's Arcade couldn't get any cuter. But you haven't seen the newest addition: Ticket Grab. With a trap door.
Is Kickstarter Getting Punk'd?
A trio of Oakland artists want to build Tom Hanks statues to inspire kids. Or do they?
The "Bat Computer" That's Going To Be In Every Cop's Pocket
Cue the Minority Report comparisons.
Weird Little Dioramas The Internet Couldn't Help But Love
How do you get the internet to go nuts over old school arts and crafts? Just add a little ultraviolence.
The Hidden Hands Scanning The World's Knowledge For Google
How does Google scan and digitize 20 million books? With a hidden army of workers. Andrew Norman Wilson's ScanOps aims to make them less hidden.
What Happens When A Normal Person Tries To Buy Facebook?
I don't know anything about investing and my checking account is as empty as yours. All I want is ONE share of Facebook.