Apr 05 Watch Consumers Weigh Apple's iPad Buzz, Future of Tablet Computing Apple's new iPad tablet hit stores over the weekend, selling some 300,000 devices on its first day. Jeffrey Brown gets two points of view about the iPad and what it could mean for the future of mobile computing devices. Continue watching
Mar 26 The Things America Will Do for Google's High Speed Internet There are no concrete numbers, no official announcement date, not even a clear number of winners. But still, it's Google, and the news that the internet search giant will build "ultra-high speed broadband networks" in at least one community… Continue reading
Mar 25 NewsHour Plus Wired Check 4G, 'Flutter Tests' and March Madness By Hari Sreenivasan Welcome to another episode of "NewsHour Plus" where we see what is bubbling up in the world of technology and science. We recently talked to Mark McClusky, a senior editor at Wired in San Francisco. He tells… Continue reading
Mar 24 NewsHour Plus and Gizmodo Talk iPad and the 'Cloud' We're kicking off a new series of conversations called "NewsHour Plus" here on the Rundown that will explore how science and technology intersect with our daily lives. With the April 3 release date for Apple's iPad inching closer, we… Continue reading
Feb 24 Watch Millennials Study Captures Snapshot of Young America Judy Woodruff takes a look at how the millennial generation -- people born after 1980 -- fits into the current political and economic spectrum. The Pew Center's Paul Taylor and Amanda Lenhart discuss their new report. Continue watching
Feb 02 Frontline's Digital Nation Explores Ones and Zeros All Around Us By Hari Sreenivasan Digital Nation correspondent Douglas Rushkoff spoke with The Rundown to give us a sneak peak of the intriguing Frontline broadcast airing Tuesday night on many PBS stations. The 90-minute program takes viewers around the globe to explore how our… Continue reading
Feb 02 Watch Digital Nation: Exploring Technology's Impact on Society In an excerpt from the PBS program "Frontline," Rachel Dreztin examines how our brains are being shaped by technology, how companies are spicing up conference calls with avatars and how advances in weaponry have reshaped war. Continue watching
Jan 27 Why the iPad May Prove to be an 'iLuxury' Item By Hari Sreenivasan If they were smaller, perhaps you would purchase fewer iPhones; if they were smaller, perhaps you would purchase fewer MacBooks -- is the category Apple is trying to create with its new iPad sustainable? Is there a reason that… Continue reading