With sensors, apps & data, my smartphone is (almost) my doctor

By Om Malik

Nov. 29, 2012 - 5:00 AM PDT Nov. 29, 2012 - 5:00 AM PDT

Walking and running centric personalized health devices like Nike FuelBand and Jawbone Up will soon have company in the market place, thanks to Scanadu, which is making a vital health signs monitor, Scanadu Scout. Soon to follow, Scanadu Flu and other gadgets, FDA willing, of course. Read more »

The disruption of education: How technology is helping students teach themselves

By Mathew Ingram

Nov. 2, 2012 - 5:25 AM PDT Nov. 2, 2012 - 5:25 AM PDT

photo: Flickr user Vince Alongi

Mobile technology and social networks aren’t just disruptive to existing industries like communications and media, they are also helping the change the way that students learn and how education is delivered both in North America and around the world. And the disruption is just beginning. Read more »

Mobilize 2010: Negroponte Sees Tablets as Creative Tool

By Liz Gannes

Sep. 30, 2010 - 1:08 PM PDT Sep. 30, 2010 - 1:08 PM PDT

Nicholas Negroponte and Weili Dai of One Laptop Per Child take the stage for the Mobilize 2010 Keynote to discuss One Laptop Per Child, the future of the tablet, and what connectivity is doing to bring about change for children in developing nations. Read more »

Rumor Has It: Apple Sharing Tablet Info With Australian Media?

By Darrell Etherington

Oct. 27, 2009 - 8:50 AM PDT Oct. 27, 2009 - 8:50 AM PDT

The tablet rumor mill is heating up, which is in keeping with the early 2010 release date that’s been mentioned in earlier reports. The latest news to hit the web is that Apple has been talking to the Australian media about content provision for the fanboi […] Read more »

TED: Negroponte Says OLPC Started Netbook Craze; Will Open-Source Its Hardware

By Liz Gannes

Feb. 7, 2009 - 10:40 AM PDT Feb. 7, 2009 - 10:40 AM PDT

Nicholas Negroponte, founder of One Laptop for Child, today at the TED Conference claimed credit for instigating the rise of netbooks. He said we can thank OLPC, which he proposed three years ago, for estimates that netbooks will be half the market in 12 months. But […] Read more »

OLPC Scales Back, Cuts 50 Percent of Staff

By Om Malik

Jan. 7, 2009 - 5:27 PM PDT Jan. 7, 2009 - 5:27 PM PDT

Nicholas Negroponte, the promoter of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, says that economic hard times have hit the OLPC effort, and the group will cut its staff by half; the remaining 32 employees will take a big salary cut. The work on version 2.0 continues, […] Read more »

Fake Steve has Real Tip: Beware VCs with 'one pair of glasses' syndrome.

By Carleen Hawn

Apr. 10, 2008 - 11:55 AM PDT Apr. 10, 2008 - 11:55 AM PDT

I’m daily consumer of The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs, mostly for its entertainment value, but there is also often real business intelligence there — even if, sometimes, you have to read between the lines and reverse-engineer huge doses of irony to get it. (We posted […] Read more »

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