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National

For Mardi Gras, Les Bon Temps Rouler In Mobile, Ala., Too

5:54am February 08, 2016

by Debbie Elliott

Most people think of New Orleans on Mardi Gras. But the pre-Lenten celebration has roots in another Gulf Coast city. Mobile, Ala., proudly bills itself as the "mother of mystics."

There are countless communication options, including Yahoo's new Livetext app. Livetext allows users to send a message accompanied by live video but no audio.

National

Livetext Me: Are There Too Many Options For Messaging?

12:44pm August 06, 2015

by Paige Pfleger

Yahoo came out with a new app that allows users to send messages while staring at soundless videos of each other typing. It's the latest in the onslaught of new ways to communicate.

One study found that half of the Internet's top 25,000 websites aren't "mobile-friendly."

National

Google's New Search Algorithm Stokes Fears Of 'Mobilegeddon'

5:37pm April 21, 2015

by Sam Sanders

This week, Google started prioritizing mobile-friendly websites in Google searches made on a smartphone. The change could hurt businesses whose sites don't pass Google's mobile-ready test.

Meerkat, a live-video streaming app, has been this week's tech media darling.

Politics & Government

The App Of The Moment: Meerkat Tests Our Desire To Share Live Video

5:08pm March 11, 2015

by Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

The new mobile app for live video streaming piggybacks off Twitter and is easy to use. Meerkat comes at a time when video is increasingly popular. But can the hype last?

More than 600 Porto city buses and taxis have been fitted with routers to provide free Wi-Fi service. It's being touted as the biggest Wi-Fi-in-motion network in the world.

World News

Free Wi-Fi On Buses Offers A Link To Future Of 'Smart Cities'

1:43pm March 03, 2015

by Lauren Frayer

A new service in a Portuguese city not only provides commuters with free Internet connections but also helps collect data that make the municipality run more efficiently.

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Nuala O'Connor, president and CEO of the Center for Democracy and Technology, testifies on net neutrality issues before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.

National

3.7 Million Comments Later, Here's Where Net Neutrality Stands

6:17pm September 17, 2014

by Elise Hu

A proposal about how to maintain unfettered access to Internet content drew a bigger public response than any single issue in the Federal Communication Commission's history. What's next?

Inspector Mohammad Saleem Taqi takes a photo of sanitation workers as they clear out debris in sewers. The government feeds the photos into a map to track the city's effort to stop dengue fever.

How Smartphones Became Vital Tools Against Dengue In Pakistan

2:14pm September 17, 2013

by Beenish Ahmed

Two years ago Pakistan's Punjab province was hit with one of the world's worst dengue outbreaks. This year the number of recorded cases has plummeted. Many leaders credit a mobile phone app that tracks mosquito populations and city workers' efforts to contain them.

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