(In reverse chronological order)
- Boston Globe (op-ed), April 2019
What cities should ask of self-driving cars - Boston Globe (op-ed), March 2019
The complicated race for 5G: The United States and China are pursuing such different paths that it’s almost impossible to say which is ahead or behind. - MIT News, March/April 2019 issue
Won’t you be my neighborhood autonomous vehicle? Optimus Ride gets cars driving safely on their own by limiting where they operate. - MIT Technology Review (website), December 2018
China’s racing ahead in 5G. Here’s what that means. - MIT Technology Review (website), November 2018
Companies fed up with crappy Wi-Fi are deploying 5G instead - MIT Technology Review (website), November 2018
How UPS uses AI to outsmart bad weather - MIT Technology Review (website), October 2018
There’s no Google Maps for self-driving cars, so this startup is building it - MIT Technology Review (website), September 2018
The secret data collected by dockless bikes is helping cities map your movement - MIT Technology Review (website), September 2018
Future robo-taxis could charge themselves and help balance the electric grid - MIT Technology Review (website), August 2018
How 5G connectivity and new technology could pave the way for self-driving cars - MIT Technology Review magazine, February/March 2018 issue
A Smarter Smart City: An ambitious project by Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs could reshape how we live, work, and play in urban neighborhoods. - MIT Technology Review (website), February 2018
How UPS delivers faster using $8 headphones and code that decides when dirty trucks get cleaned - MIT Technology Review magazine, January/February 2018 issue
Slack Hopes Its AI Will Keep You from Hating Slack - MIT Technology Review (website), September 2017
Slack CEO: How We’ll Use AI to Reduce Information Overload - MIT Technology Review (website), July 2017
The Startup Behind NYC’s Plan to Replace Phone Booths With 7,500 Connected Kiosks - MIT Technology Review magazine, July/August 2017 issue
General Electric Builds an AI Workforce - MIT Technology Review (website), June 2017
How A Wireless Sensor System in the Busiest City Intersections Can Save Lives - MIT Technology Review (website), May 2017
StarCraft Pros Are Ready To Battle AI - MIT Technology Review (website), April 2017
A Self-Driving Bus That Can Speak Sign Language - MIT Technology Review (website), April 2017
How to Keep the Government from Breaking the Internet - MIT Technology Review (website), March 2017
These Tiny Microphones Will Make It Okay to Spill Beer on Your Amazon Echo - MIT Technology Review magazine, May/June 2017 issue
These Toaster-Oven-Size Radios Will Help Bring 5G to Life - MIT Technology Review magazine, March/April 2017 issue
The 360-Degree Selfie - MIT Technology Review (website), February 2017
FedEx Bets on Automation as It Prepares to Fend Off Uber and Amazon - MIT Technology Review (website), January 2017
The Best Gadgets Coming in 2017 - MIT Technology Review (website), December 2016
The Pint-Sized Supercomputer That Companies Are Scrambling to Get - MIT Technology Review (website), November 2016
These Wearables Detect Health Issues Before They Happen - MIT Technology Review (website), November 2016
Google’s New Hardware Strategy: Actually Make Money - MIT Technology Review (website), November 2016
The Science Behind Your Volumizing Shampoo - MIT Technology Review (website), October 2016
Google’s New Pixel Phone Matters - MIT Technology Review (website), August 2016
Commuter Rail Workers in Boston Are About to Get Bionic Eyes - MIT Technology Review magazine, August/September 2016 issue
The Next Must-Have Smartphone Feature - MIT Technology Review (website), August 2016
Augmented Reality Could Speed Up Construction Projects - MIT Technology Review magazine, June/July 2016 issue
24M’s Batteries Could Better Harness Wind and Solar Power - MIT Technology Review magazine, March/April 2016 issue
Siri for Business - EdSurge, Nov. 2015
How Teachers Pay Teachers Is Recruiting Top-Notch Tech Talent - Reuters, Sept. 2015 [NOTE: I contributed reporting to this story.]
Schools That Sue: Why more universities file patent lawsuits - Mobile.se (Swedish mobile-technology news site), March 2015
How Smartphone Makers Can Compete With Xiaomi’s Disruptive Business Model - Medium.com (Backchannel collection), November 2014
Yes, There’s Such A Thing As Smartphone Junkies - Inc. magazine, November 2012
Big Data For Small Business - CityLab (formerly The Atlantic Cities), September 2012
Citywide Indoor Navigation Is Closer Than You Think - Inc. magazine, June 2012
CEOs Learn To Speak In Code: Executives are learning the benefits of learning programming languages
Plus, the story sidebar: Which Code School Is Right For You? - Forbes magazine, November 2011
Last Call: Stephen Elop is trying to save Nokia with new software from Microsoft, his alma mater. Can he compete with Apple and Android? - Forbes magazine, October 2011
The Other Motorola: Who needs to sell mobile phones? Not Motorola Solutions. - Forbes magazine, August 2011
Serendipity Shopping: EBay is mining millions of data points in an attempt to expose items that buyers never dreamed they’d want. - Forbes magazine, May 2011
Me And My Robot: After decades of false starts personal robots are finally going mainstream in the U.S. - Forbes magazine, February 2011
BlackBerry Battles Back: Research In Motion is tussling with Apple and Google on all fronts. Its new secret weapon: a brilliantly economical new operating system. - Forbes magazine, December 2010
Bell Labs’ Video Vision: The outfit that invented the Picturephone has gone well beyond it. - Forbes magazine, September 2010
A Sexier Office Phone: Avaya is battling Cisco over the future of business communications. Its Nortel acquisition might give it an edge. - Forbes magazine, May 2010
Acer’s Next Advance: The computer brand that burgeoned on bargain retail is going after schools and small business. - Forbes magazine, January 2010
Vonage’s Second Calling: The Internet telephone company wants to go from your home to your cell phone. - Forbes magazine, December 2009
Acer’s Mobile Gamble: The Taiwanese computer maker bets big on smart phones. - Forbes magazine, June 2009
Earth Phone: To reinvigorate Palm, engineers and designers thought about grassy fields and Zen gardens. - Forbes.com, March 2008
Verizon’s Little House of Horrors - Businessweek magazine, November 2005
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