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Tech to Blur Lines Between 'Real' and Digital Friends

By taking advantage of the oodles of information people post to the cloud, and cross-referencing that with location data, SocialRadar and wearables are hoping to provide users with relevant real-time data about the people in their vicinity -- but not in a creepy way. 

Happy Birthday Internet: 25 Years of Milestones

Until the Internet of Things became dinner table conversation and mobile phones became extensions of human hands, the web faced a rollercoaster few years. Here are some of the web’s lowest, and most shining moments.

Why IBM is Giving Watson a Chef Hat

As the four-day South by Southwest music and tech conference kicks off in Austin on Friday, a Watson-operated food truck will be creating out-of-the-box, exotic dishes for consumption.