Introducing Personalized Navigation

[Link] : LinkedIn just released completely redesigned versions of its iPhone and Android apps. As part of the redesign, we are introducing a new personalized navigation experience to help members explore new…

With Tablets, Businesses Ring Up at More Fanciful Cash Registers

[NyTimes] : "Parlin Jessen, co-owner of a Fiji Yogurt shop in San Diego, says his Cashbox, at right, attracts a lot of attention. More Photos »"

An Easy Way to Capture Live Video of Your iPhone’s Screen

[NyTimes] : "Reflector works by tricking an iPhone into thinking that your Mac or PC is an Apple TV. As alert readers might have discovered, my videos are back. They're called “60 Seconds with David Pogue,” and"

You Lookin’ at Me? Reflections on Google Glass.

[Link] : There is but one remedy for the Glass wearer — a bucket of ice water in the face whenever you suspect he has taken you unawares With the public beta launch of Google Glass, there has been a…

Start-Up Lets Users Track Who Tracks Them

[NyTimes] : "Is your Web browsing history your business – or everyone else’s? A start-up based in Palo Alto, Calif., Disconnect, which helps you track who is tracking you online, this week released"

There's Something About Smartwatches

[NyTimes] : "The Pebble smartwatch. Rumor has it that Apple, Samsung, Google and Microsoft are all working on some sort of thingamajig that is worn around the wrist, which people are calling a smartwatch. None"

Mentors Are Good. Sponsors Are Better.

[NyTimes] : "AS Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook tells it, what accounts for her spectacular leap to leadership is her unfettered embrace of career opportunity. By “leaning in,” she maintains in her new"

Finding Purpose in Tunneling Through Granite

[NyTimes] : "This interview with Marcus Ryu, the C.E.O. of Guidewire Software, a maker of software for the insurance industry, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant. Q. Tell me about the culture you're"

Why good storytelling helps you design great products

[Link] : One of the biggest flubs that product teams make is confusing designs that look great with designs that actually work well. It’s a simple mistake, but it can have grave consequences: If your…

Ex-Googler releases big update to Disconnect, a data-blocking tool

[Link] : The rise of social media means companies are collecting more and more of our personal data every time we go online. The government has been slow to respond — or even understand — the…

Exploding Art: da Vinci Code of Another Sort « Wolfram Blog

[Link] : What does programming have to do with a passion for the arts and history? Well, if you turn education into a game and add a bit of coding, then you can easily end up in the realm of a modern paradigm…

Editorial: Self-driving cars FTW, but not for everybody

[Link] : I drive a two-seat roadster known for its great handling. The last thing I want is for a machine to take the steering wheel out of my hands. My car company isn't into self-driving cars, but others…

For the High Seas, a Better Floating Computer

[NyTimes] : "Liquid Robotics, a Sunnyvale, Calif., maker of oceangoing sensor networks, on Monday releases a new model of its seagoing computer. It is larger, faster and can carry more sensors. Just as important,"

Facebook Grabs for Your Phone. What Gives?

[NyTimes] : "Facebook, man. Unbelievable. Second-most-visited Web site in the world. Frequented monthly by one-sixth of the earth’s population. Primary source of news for half of America’s young"

How a Leafy Folk Remedy Stopped Bedbugs in Their Tracks

[NyTimes] : "Hooks on the bean leaf exploit thinner areas in the bedbug's exoskeleton to trap it, scientists have discovered. The more the bug struggles to raise its legs to free itself, the more stuck it gets."

Ron Johnson Out as J.C. Penney Chief

[NyTimes] : "A year and a half into his dismal attempt to turn around J.C. Penney, Ron Johnson was ousted as chief executive on Monday and replaced with his predecessor, Myron E. Ullman III, as the board searched"

Skydog Router Provides Powerful And Simple Cloud-Based Home Wireless Network Management

[Link] : Xerox PARC spinout company PowerCloud Systems is debuting a new kind of home networking solution today on Kickstarter, one that in some ways resembles the very successful Almond router, but one that…

Teacher Knows if You’ve Done the E-Reading

[NyTimes] : "SAN ANTONIO — Several Texas A&M professors know something that generations of teachers could only hope to guess: whether students are reading their textbooks. They know when students are skipping"

Network vendors launch open-source OpenDaylight Project to standardize SDN

[Link] : Cisco, Juniper,, Big Switch Networks, Nuage Networks, VMware and several other network hardware and software vendors are jumping into the open-source code-development pool with the establishment on…

What next for The Week? The content curator's plans for the digital domain

[Link] : When The Week launched in 2001, the Wall Street Journal asked if its owner was “mad” to take on famous weeklies like Time and Newsweek. Over a decade later, those publications are on…