
Protecting Your Data on The Cloud

Protecting Your Data on The Cloud

Smart Phones as Thin as Credit Cards


4 Great Tech Ideas That Flopped
We say we want simpler gadgets, but why don't we buy them?

Why Snap-Together Cell Phones Will Never Work
The PhoneBloks concept ignores all the things that make cell phones so successful

Smartphone Use while Walking Is Painfully Dumb
Distracted walking is the new hip reason for an ER trip

Snapchat Makes Messages Disappear
Snapchat, a time-limited message-sharing app, has allegedly turned down billion-dollar offers from Facebook and Google. Larry Greenemeier reports.

You’ve Got Mail… about STDs
A new app stores sexually transmitted disease test results in one place and, if you like, can discretely notify sex partners of your health status

Crowdsourcing Goes Mainstream in Typhoon Haiyan Response
Relief agencies have tapped online volunteers to map damage in stricken areas of the Philippines

The Friendly Drone
Policy-makers should talk to experts about how to harness this new technology of ‘autonomous aerial vehicles,’ instead of clipping its wings

Education Is Getting a Reboot
The Silicon Valley start-up culture is causing a long-overdue disruption in universities

How Mobile Phones Can Solve the Retirement Savings Crisis
This is a special series of SA Forum essays produced with the World Economic Forum and to run during the Summit on the Global Agenda, held in Abu Dhabi from November 18 to November 20

Why Can't You Take Your Medical Data on Holiday?
Your history should be as easy to access abroad as your bank account