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South Korea mall says 'Hello shopper, nice to see you'
David Brancaccio Oct 10, 2012
A mall in Seoul, South Korea is installing facial recognition cameras to read shoppers' gender and age in order to generate customized ads.
Nashville tries to capitalize on TV spotlight
Blake Farmer Oct 10, 2012
The new ABC drama "Nashville" is shot in and around the Tennessee city, and local tourism officials are basking in the TV spotlight.
3-D printing handguns in Texas
David Brancaccio Oct 9, 2012
A University of Texas law student in Austin has a plan to make firearms available to absolutely everyone, but is it legal?
Dry year boosts fall foliage
Shannon Mullen Oct 8, 2012
New England tourism could get a boost this fall foliage season because dry weather will mean brilliant reds and purples as leaves change color.
A new digital music battle, and online gaming as political liability
David Brancaccio Oct 8, 2012
A Maine state senate candidate gets attacked for her online gaming activities, and a startup that wants to help you sell your used MP3s goes to court against a big entertainment company.
The FTC crackdown on scareware
David Brancaccio Oct 5, 2012
The FTC has delivered what could be a landmark judgment on a certain kind of internet scam where unsuspecting users are duped into paying cash to protect their computer from viruses that aren't actually on it.
Could crowdsourcing talent online create jobs?
David Brancaccio Oct 8, 2012
Is crowdsourcing talent online the job marketplace of the future, and if so, will we get paid enough?
How tech is changing the debate
David Brancaccio Oct 3, 2012
Most people watching the first big presidential debate will do so on television, but for a fast-increasing number, it's far from the only primary source.
FreedomPop launches free WiFi beta, and "transient electronics"
David Brancaccio Oct 2, 2012
A new service called FreedomPop hopes to go up against AT&T and Verizon, and a new kind of dissolve-able circuit that could change the field of medicine.
A spike in government surveillance, and wine sales on Amazon
David Brancaccio Oct 1, 2012
A new report says the U.S. Justice Department allowed law enforcement agencies to examine more private data in 2010-2011 than in the entire previous decade. And Amazon is planning online wine sales.
