In the early days of cellular technology, a phone’s make and model would indicate vastly varying appearance and features from one device to another; burnt orange phones that flip horizontally to reveal a keyboard, razor-thin flip phones with brushed aluminum exteriors, rectangular Blackberries with their trackball and keyboard face. Nowadays, that’s not quite the case. A walk through the aisles ...

The smartphone you use reflects more than just personal taste … it could determine how closely you can be tracked, too. Privacy expert and TED Fellow Christopher Soghoian details a glaring difference between the encryption used on Apple and Android devices and urges us to pay attention to a growing digital security divide. “If the only people who can protect ...

Do you really think in 2020 you'll watch television the way people did in the 1960s? I would doubt it. In today's world if you want entertainment you have a plethora of ways to download or live stream exactly what you want, when you want. Why would you even want someone else to program you entertainment if you can get it yourself?

Can you believe it has been only 12 years since Apple introduced the iPod? Since then Apple's value has risen from about $11 (January, 2001) to over $500 (today) - an astounding 45X increase. With all that success it is easy to forget that it was not a "gimme" that the iPod would succeed. At that time Sony dominated the personal music world..

Apple announced the new iPhones recently. And mostly, nobody cared. Remember when users waited anxiously for new products from Apple?

Your smartphone may feel like a friend -- but a true friend would give you a smile once in a while. At TED2013, Keller Rinaudo demos Romo, the smartphone-powered mini robot who can motor along with you on a walk, slide you a cup of coffee across the table, and react to you with programmable expressions.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer appears to be planning a major reorganization. The apparent objective is to help the company move toward becoming a "devices and services company" as presented in the company's annual shareholder letter last October. But, the question for investors is whether this is a crafty move that will help Microsoft launch renewed profitable growth, or is it leadership further confusing customers and analysts while leaving Microsoft languishing in stalled markets?

The latest edition of the annual Internet Trends report finds continued robust online growth. There are now 2.4 billion Internet users around the world, and the total continues to grow apace. Mobile usage is expanding rapidly, while the mobile advertising opportunity remains largely untapped. The report reviews the shifting online landscape..

The web lit up recently when people started sharing a Fortune quote from Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo, "We are literally moving the company from BlackBerrys to smartphones." Why was this a big deal?

It's sensors, not computers, changing our future.