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(source: CrowdOptic) An example of how augmented reality can be used to learn more about real-time events In two weeks, tens of thousands of people will fill the streets of Toronto for the seventh annual Luminato Festiva...

Few jurists are better in dissent than Antonin Scalia. And his dissent in today's decision allowing police to take DNA swabs of arrested suspects features the conservative Supreme Court justice at his sardonic best.

Guest Post In two weeks, tens of thousands of people attending Toronto's Luminato Festival will be able to make history by participating in a first-of-its-kind augmented reality exhibition.

LinkedIn updates its highly-addictive feature "Who's viewing your profile." Premium users can now get in-depth visuals about who's been checking them out -- and why.

eBay had a great 2012, as the stock gained roughly 65% and the company finished its good run with a spectacular holiday season. Increased adoption of mobile devices for e-commerce and payments helped the company beat its...

"Mobile analytics is a brand-new field, and no clear winner has emerged yet," Segment.io cofounder Peter Reinhardt says. "So we made it incredibly easy to try them all."

Kinder Morgan Partners has dropped its plans to construct the Freedom pipeline that would have carried crude oil from the Permian basin in Texas to California, as many potential shippers have opted to use railroads over ...

It's time to celebrate Verizon Wireless customers -- soon you'll be able to get your hands on the best Android phone on the market.

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that 35% of couples married between 2005 and 2012 met online and that these couples were slightly more likely to stay together and "associate...

Last week's Pentagon report disclosing the breach that allowed Chinese hackers to infiltrate some of America's most advanced weapons systems reveals the U.S.'s gaping online vulnerabilities.

Microsoft is starting off June with a series of announcements both big and small.

Guest Post A recent Pew Research study concluded that more fathers feel they aren't spending enough time with their kids than mothers (including working mothers), and I have to say that it was like someone had done the s...

It's becoming more and more evident to the mobile ecosystem at large that the big money is coming from established brands looking to connect, engage, and sell like never before.

Bring your own device policies help employees be more productive, but they're also throwing data at IT departments from all angles. Here are 5 ways to secure that data.

Designed by the creators of Flash, Explory is a storytelling app that lets you create and share rich multimedia stories.

Zynga is shutting offices in Dallas, New York, and Los Angeles.

Not political. Collaborators. People who really don't care who gets credit. Those are the type of people that Apple looks for in new employees, Apple CEO Tim Cook said recently.

iPhones are at risk not just from downloading apps that steal contact lists or clicking on malicious links. Now hackers can spread malware through cracked chargers.

The ten companies were chosen from more than 1,200 applicants -- the most competitive class ERA has had so far.

Intel formally unveils its Haswell-based chips and paints a rosy picture for the PC's future.

The Falcon 9 rocket is a big part of SpaceX's roadmap to put people in space on commercial flights. And it's dang magestic-looking, too.

By Jennifer Gilhool