Innovation

Chinese take to mobile shopping more frequently than peers

Chinese consumers are using their smartphones and tablets to shop more frequently than anyone else.
TrueCar aims to foster hassle-free auto deals

TrueCar Inc. publishes data on auto sales, allowing shoppers to lock in good prices while preserving dealer profits.
United upgrades premium service on JFK flights

Flat-bed seats and electrical outlets highlight the amenities on United's new Boeing 757.
A better cadaver

Austrian embalmers are using butchers’ techniques for breakout innovations in embalming.

Innovation

Noga Tarnopolsky - May 9, 2013 06:05

JERUSALEM — It’s a Bond-like scenario: There are thousands of hours of film, and lives depend on isolating a single image from the morass of footage. This is what the FBI faced in the immediate hours following the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15. full story

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