Search engines have improved without you noticing.  How did they do it?  Jim Giles, Ferris Jabr and New Scientist try to find out. Anyone can publish on the web, but it would be better if some people didn’t; the world does not need another site that provides advice on how to unlock an iPhone or

A new research study co-authored by an Indiana University professor suggests that interactive applications for mobile phones such as Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android may be some of the most powerful forms of advertising yet developed. The study confirms that using branded mobile phone apps increases a consumer’s general interest in product categories and improves

I keep yelling from the rooftops that Minority Report-style ads are coming.  The technology continues to advance and as soon as quantum computers provide the processing speed to pull it off, all ads will be customized.  Until then, Alyssa Danigelis writes that the latest technology in intelligent ads is reading your weight. Digital ads in

Yes, I admit it.  It’s another post about quantum computing.  I keep writing about computers because I really, really want one.  Plus, I think once the floodgates open, the entire technological system on which communications run will be so dramatically improved that it will make our current system look like the Tandy TRS-80. Hamish Johnston

Here’s one of those posts that make people go hmmm . . . Actually, they probably go “hmmm . . .” because they are wondering why I post stuff like this.  Well, most are because I like physics, but this one is important for other reasons as well.  Superposition is a fundamental part of quantum

Here’s one of those posts that make people go hmmm . . . Actually, they probably go “hmmm . . .” because they are wondering why I post stuff like this.  Well, most are because I like physics, but this one is important for other reasons as well.  Superposition is a fundamental part of quantum