Watch a group of would-be entrepreneurs during a marathon, 3-day business development and app-building session aboard a bus bound for the annual South by Southwest festival in Austin. A TIME video crew tagged along with one of about 50 teams competing for funding and a broader audience.
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Smartphones of the Future: 6 Predictions
Future mobile devices will change the way you do business–in ways you probably can’t even imagine. Here are a few predictions.
Proof That Many Hackers — Call Them the Anti-Zuckerbergs — Value Freedom More Than Money
In the 1987 movie Wall Street, the character Gordon Gekko famously declared that “greed is good,” a line that has come to symbolize the darkest aspects of materialism. But the latest research from Wharton management professor …
Facebook and Zynga May Escape The Latest “Patent Troll” Suit
A new patent troll last week fired a shot at Facebook, Zynga and others with a lawsuit that claims rights to in-game payments—the process that lets players buy and sell virtual items within a video game. But one lawyer says the …
U.S. Senator Calls for Apple, Google Mobile Privacy Probe
The drumbeat over digital privacy is getting louder. Sen. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, stepped into the fray over the weekend, calling for the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Apple and Google over reports that …
Nearly 50% of Americans Own Smartphones; Android, iPhone Dominate
Smartphone use is surging in the United States, powered by the massive success of Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android operating system. In fact, for the first time, smartphones now outnumber more basic mobile phones, according to …
One Billion Smartphones by 2016: Here Comes the Mobile Arms Race
It’s no secret that mobile is rapidly becoming the new battleground of the tech arms-race. Today, many pocket-sized digital devices pack more computing power than most desktop machines did a decade ago. Now, Forrester Research …