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- How big data helps big citiesWhen troves of information are opened to programmers, problems get solved.
- 3-D printers bring new edge to fashionWith 3-D printers, shoes, bikinis, and even platinum wedding rings can be printed out to fit your exact measurements.
- FocusWas Shane Todd murdered over high-tech secrets?Shane Todd, a US citizen working in Singapore, believed he had access to restricted tech. His death in 2012 was by suicide, say local authorities. But his family, suspecting murder, wants the FBI to take part in the investigation.
- App-driven life: When in Rome, you can turn lights on back homeWant to know how to change your smart phone into a light switch? Philips Hue bulbs are controlled by your Android or iPhone, letting you turn them on and off from another room or another country.
- App-driven life: Smart ski goggle visor is like a dashboardOakley's Airwave ski goggles adds to its already futuristic line of eyewear. Earlier googles could connect to phones and now its newest pair of goggles can give their wearer data via a screen display on the visor.
- App-driven life: Making smart cars even smarterSmart cars bring to mind fuel-efficiency, Japan, genius engineering -- but what about intelligence? Now car makers are getting in on the app game, providing drivers with a wealth of information behind the wheel.
- App-driven life: How to pay by phone with Square WalletSquare Wallet lets you leave your real wallet at home when you go shopping. Square Wallet knows when you're in a store and gives the clerk permission to make a charge to your account.
- App-driven life: Google translate foreign language signsGoogle translate has a feature that can analyze an image and translate text instantly. Why? Because by the time your car passenger finds "interdiction de traverser le pont" in their French-to-English phrase book, your car is already filling up with river water.
- Cover StoryThe app-driven life: How smartphone apps are changing our livesOur app-driven life: Smart-phone apps are becoming the north star for millions of Americans who use them to navigate through life – shopping, playing, reading, dating, learning, and more with their fingertips.
- Suffix rush: the rise of 'dot whatever'Why we'll see hundreds of new site names in 2013.
- Galaxy S III, Lumia 920, Note II: Three phones that rival AppleInterested in a phone that's not the iPhone? Samsung and Nokia makes several excellent phones that should go on any smart-phone shopper's short list.
- Apple's Siri has a rival: Google voice searchThe Google Search app does some things better than Siri.
- How to 'tether' your PC to your phoneA lawsuit now makes 'tethering' PCs and phones cheaper.
- Will music resurrect Myspace?As Myspace reinvents itself, the social network aims to be nexus for bands and fans.
- Disney opens its vault for NetflixDisney classics will now appear on Netflix. Newer Disney films will get there – in 2016.
- Tesla Model S electric zaps the competitionPraise pours in for the Tesla Model S, a costly car that uses no gas.
- How Apple's Fusion Drive speeds up iMacsNew iMacs will offer 'Fusion Drive,' a way to boost speed without losing storage. The Apple desktops will ship out to customers on Nov. 30.
- Want a sneak peek at the next Xbox? Look at the Xbox 360.Microsoft keeps adding reasons to turn on the Xbox 360. Do these new features actually lay the groundwork for the next Xbox?
- What Facebook and Wolfram Alpha can tell you about yourselfWolfram Alpha reveals Facebook habits, friends.
- MakerBot Replicator 2: Print your own objects at homeMakerBot introduces a 3-D printer for schools, workshops, and homes. The Replicator 2 costs $2,199.