Lots Of People Can Read Your Private Chats--Not Just The NSA
The PRISM frenzy has added significantly to a discussion that was already simmering about the level of security protection on messaging apps like Apple’s iMessage. These services are so easy to use...
View ArticleCan Apple Heal Hollywood’s Head-In-Ass Disorder?
Hollywood needs to rethink their home video release strategy immediately, or they’re going to be in big trouble when smart TVs become ubiquitous. Before I jump into why (and someone accuses me of...
View ArticleDoes Anyone Want To Listen To The News Anymore?
We don't plan to stop experimenting, so we'll be continually updating this post. If you have any comments or suggestions, tweet us @FastCoLabsIn June, we started embedding audio into a select group of...
View ArticleI Switched From iPhone To Android And Now I Can't Get Texts
So you had an iPhone and now it's gone--broken, lost, sold, history. Coincidentally around the same time you activate your new non-Apple phone, you notice your iPhone-wielding friends have lost total...
View ArticleMicrosoft Surface Watch: Dumb Idea, Or The Dumbest Idea Ever?
Microsoft must be feeling it's lost a little sheen on its tablet and smartphone products--no matter how nicely they're designed they're just not selling well. This class of device is surely playing a...
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Why Can’t Female Tech Founders Get Funding?
Ross Baird founded the Village Capital startup accelerator program four years ago to assist mission-driven companies tackling major social problems, who might not otherwise get access to capital. At...
View ArticleYou Can Now Trade Guns For Laptops In Baltimore
There’s a lot of gun violence in Baltimore. It’s a city with few economic opportunities, little social mobility, and problematic sprawl. I went to college there, and Baltimore’s motto “The City That...
View ArticleMeet The Designer of Team Pilot: Eric Kopicki
The Co.Labs and Target Retail Accelerator challenged entrants to design and build an app that would extend the Target customer experience into new areas, leveraging mobile software--native or...
View ArticleMeet The Producer of Team Pilot: James Skidmore
The Co.Labs and Target Retail Accelerator challenged entrants to design and build an app that would extend the Target customer experience into new areas, leveraging mobile software--native or...
View ArticleCould This Phone Prevent Violence From Escalating?
It's a question that technologists must ask: can monitoring technology prevent tragedies like the one that happened in Florida in February 2012 from becoming lethal while maintaining our privacy? We...
View ArticleRetail Stores Are Tracking You Like Crazy
The key to Amazon’s success has been its “users also bought” follow-up service made possible by the accumulation of shopper data--and now, retail stores are trying to beat Amazon at its own game.Using...
View ArticleThis Minuscule New Form Of Memory Will Revolutionize Electronics--If We're...
HP has promised to commercialize the memristor next year and bring it to market, but some of the fundamental truths about this bizarre but incredibly powerful electronics innovation are only coming to...
View ArticleShould Apple Finally Open Up To Journalists?
I worked at Apple for five years and have stayed in touch with many of the people I knew there. Over the last few years as a journalist, I’ve also gotten to know several of Apple’s public relations...
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Microsoft And Polar Almost Built A Killer Smart TV
On the surface, Microsoft's new Companion Web idea seems like it could be a big win for the PC maker because it centers around the only screen the company has really dominated for the last few years:...
View ArticleSure, We Like Spotify--But Thom Yorke Has A Good Point
Thom Yorke is pissed. In case your Internet's been down, the Radiohead frontman has joined longtime creative co-conspirator Nigel Godrich in decrying Spotify and the economics of streaming services...
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Jay-Z’s Magna Carta Twitter Stunt Actually Boosted Sales
Jay-Z’s new album Magna Carta Holy Grail was projected to sell 450,000-500,000 units, not counting Samsung's bulk purchase. The actual tally, according to Billboard: 528,208. And it's hard to imagine...
View ArticleHow Can We Get Gun Owners To Love Smart Guns?
One of two gadgets carried by James Bond in last year’s Skyfall was a palm-reading Walther PPK pistol, which locked up when a thug pointed it Bond’s way. Smart guns have been around since the '90s, but...
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Chrome Extensions Developers Can’t Live Without
There is a reason why Chrome is the default developer browser. When compared to the lagging Internet Explorer or Firefox, Chrome is accelerating ahead with every update. It’s fast, has a large...
View ArticleBe Proud Anyway: Your iOS App Is An "iTunes Zombie"
Last week was the App Store’s fifth birthday, and though it was celebrated with some impressive giveaways from developers and some pretty sweet stats from Apple, a report from mobile marketing company...
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Finally, Someone Built A Budget Version Of Google Glass
While Google Glass's arrival date as a consumer-facing product remains something of a mystery, as does the final pricing structure, we do know it's in the hands of only a few developers and it...
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