How one nonprofit uses texts to fight human trafficking
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The Polaris Project is experimenting with new technology to better help victims and find crime patterns.
News
Twitter partners up with Truecaller to link user accounts with caller ID in India
Truecaller, a Swedish company that runs a reverse-lookup phone directory so users can see who’s calling them, is particularly big in India. So it makes sense that that’s where the company is launching its new partnership with Twitter.
Gov't: 1 in 14 fell prey to identity theft in 2012
The government says 1 out of every 14 Americans age 16 or older was a target or a victim of identity theft, a crime imposing a heavy emotional toll on many of its victims.
In education campaign, Apple, Google and Microsoft encourage students to code
The Hour of Code campaign aims to get 10 million people to learn coding skills for one hour this week.
Sprint and Techstars look to back mobile health start-ups
Investing in the sector— often called “mHealth” — could drive Sprint’s business.
Tech firms vie to protect personal data, profits
Even as Silicon Valley speaks out against the U.S. government’s surveillance methods, technology companies are turning a handsome profit by mining personal data and peering into people’s online habits.
Ideas
Topsy could help fill in Apple’s big hole — big data
Thanks (largely) to Google, Apple’s business is no longer just about selling phones, tablets and laptops.
Building better word problems with open data
One start-up bets students will be more interested in STEM jobs if their homework uses real world data.
Using psychology to sort through social-media static
Software firms are racing to help brands understand what customers are really saying about their products.
Open data could save trillions, but not yet
The public and private sectors must first embrace free information sharing, and regulate accordingly.
SAP CEO McDermott takes a bet on millennial leaders
As the world’s largest purchasing class, SAP can’t ignore them — so it’s trying to attract them.
Video
A year on YouTube
The Post's Hayley Tsukayama dissects YouTube's list of the top videos from the site in 2013.Photo Galleries
Microsoft showcases
new technologies in D.C.
The software giant displayed some of its most cutting-edge innovations at a fair.
What can be made from 3-D printers?
From models of Les Paul guitars to toy robots, 3-D printers are churning out usable products.
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