Jan 15 Talking Tech Trends With Harper Reed, Obama Campaign’s Former CTO EmbedVideo(5462, 482, 304); Harper Reed's unorthodox vibe has been well-documented. His role in orchestrating the digital strategy for the re-election of President Obama as the campaign's Chief Technology Officer cemented his place in political history. So… Continue reading
Jan 15 Watch Talking Tech With Harper Reed, Obama Campaign’s Former CTO Talking Tech Trends With Harper Reed, Obama Campaign's Former CTO… Continue watching
Jan 11 Watch Glimpsing Gadgets, Cutting Edge Technology at Consumer Electronics Show Glimpsing Gadgets, Cutting Edge Technology at Consumer Electronics Show… Continue watching
Jan 10 At Consumer Electronics Show, Sorting the Go-Go Gadgets from the No-Go LAS VEGAS -- It's not obvious whether a new gadget's public debut at the annual Consumer Electronics Show would be better described as taking the stage or walking the plank. This is my 16th year of covering the… Continue reading
Jan 08 Catching Cheaters on Open Online Courses EmbedVideo(5283, 482, 304); Several hundred college level courses taught by top professors are now available online for free, and several million students around the globe are signing up to take advantage of the new phenomenon. The classes are… Continue reading
Jan 08 One Professor’s Approach to Online Learning: He’s Learning Too EmbedVideo(5282, 482, 304); Online learning at the university level comes in a variety of flavors. The hottest one right now is the MOOC, or massive open online courses, that are primarily given for free and do not, for… Continue reading
Jan 07 Watch An Urban STEM school Turns Things Around Against All Odds An Urban STEM school Turns Things Around Against All Odds… Continue watching
Dec 26 Commentary: A Tech To-Do List for Washington in 2013 Rob Pegoraro tries to make sense of computers, consumer electronics, telecom services, the Internet, software and other things that beep or blink through reporting, reviewing and analysis -- from 1999 to 2011 as the Washington Post's tech columnist, now… Continue reading
Oct 31 Paper Maps vs. Digital Maps EmbedVideo(4855, 482, 304); Hundreds of years ago, map makers mistakenly represented California as an island off the west coast of North America. Today's digital cartographers wouldn't dream of making such a huge mistake, but they're not perfect either. Continue reading
Oct 09 Watch Report Suggests Potential for Spying, Stealing by Chinese Tech Companies in U.S. Two of the largest telecom companies in the world are looking to expand to the U.S. market. But the House Intelligence Committee has charged that Huawei and ZTE have ties to the Chinese government and run a potential cyber-security risk,… Continue watching