Android Global: South Korea Second Only To U.S. In App Downloads

Research firm research2guidance this morning published a report that offers key findings from an analysis of mobile app trends in the Android Market. The first point is perhaps not so surprising: Although we think of Android as having significant global reach as a mobile operating system, the U.S. remains

GE Opens New Software Center In The Bay Area

GE is announcing the establishment of a new Global Software Center to be headquartered San Francisco. The new center will employ approximately 400 software developers.

The company’s current software portfolio includes technologies that help businesses improve productivity and increase cost savings,

Facebook Updates Events, Makes “Not Attending” Less Insulting

Rather than have them convince others that your party will suck, Facebook has modified its Event pages to hide people who explicitly decline invitations. You can still find out who couldn’t just be nice and leave the invitation pending by drilling into the renamed "Going", "Maybe" and "Invited" categories.

Sprint plans Emergency Alert messaging system in New York City, claims this is only a test

Know those emergency alerts that always seem to crop up when your sports team of choice is about to score a crucial goal? Yeah, well they’re headed to a Sprint phone near you, signature auditory tone and all. After successfully testing the service in San Diego last fall, the carrier’s gearing up for

Now a Soap Opera, Heavily-Backed SOPA Copyright Bill Gets New Bipartisan and Popular Opposition

The “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA) had looked set for a quick and quiet passing through the House after it was introduced late last month. A string of Democrats and Republicans, and various big-media affiliated interest groups had lined up behind it, while the internet had mostly stayed on the sidelines.

La informática se alía con la medicina para salvar una vida en Memphis

Un programa de historiales médicos compartidos ahorra al menos 2 millones de dólares y permite a los médicos conocer datos cruciales sobre las complicaciones clínicas de una embarazada.

"El robot del mañana podría tener sus propios derechos"

Khalid Al-Ali, director de asociaciones con la NASA en la Universidad de California y experto en robótica, nos habla de sus futuras aplicaciones industriales, sanitarias y espaciales.

Real-Time Data: You’re Doing It Wrong [VIDEO]

When it comes to predicting the future, Chartbeat’s CEO Tony Haile thinks you’re awful. At the Mashable Media Summit, Haile spoke about t…

Visa aims at developing countries with new international prepaid mobile payment service

Shortly after announcing its new digital wallet service V.me for developed markets, Visa also made a presence at Mobile Asia Congress in Hong Kong to promote its new prepaid mobile money platform aimed at the under-banked and the unbanked consumers. By utilizing its recently-acquired Fundamo (which currently

The Fiat 500 Abarth is finally coming to the US

Last mentioned last month, the Fiat 500 Abarth is finally coming stateside, for all you non-European readers out there in the wild known as North America. This is the car that Chrysler calls “the Italian high-performance car for everyday driving.” And that says a lot for such a, well, shall I say,