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Meet Philip Stanger, CEO of Wifarer, who wants you to always find your way in shopping malls and museums. Philip Stanger is the CEO of Wifarer , an indoor positioning technology company.

Chinese tech outfits are gaining steam against their Silicon Valley counterparts.

Biometrics are the next big thing in government and homeland security. But the recent theft of the personal information of 9 million Israelis living and dead--including the birth parents of adoptees and sensitive health information--could have big ramifications for foreign governments.

Beyond Wi-Fi and a seat: Grind founders look to build a community of "free radicals" in a Manhattan nabe where they might bump into their future funders. If you look carefully around the Union Square, Manhattan, location of newly launched coworking space Grind, there are references to the banalities of life as an office worker, unlamented artifacts of the corporation left behind. The glass walls of two conference rooms are covered in corporate speak--words and phrases like "incentivized," "loop me in," "above my pay grade," and "pain points," rendered in transparent type

The QR code is an acquired taste. But just as the tech is primed to be overtaken, America is going nuts for all things QR.

Look! Another RGM. What is it about Goldberg’s contraptions that’s made them such an enduring commercial form and reliable source of web traffic? In support of its new Android tablets, Sony just launched a series of web films based on a Rube Goldberg Machine

1. Reports of the demise of wireless payment NFC tech in the upcoming iPhone 5 may be exaggerated: A new rumor has surfaced , purporting to come from an entrepreneur working on a "secret" NFC project, that suggests Apple will indeed support the contact-free system in its new edition. This backs up moves by Apple in January to hire an NFC/RFID expert