QWIKI: What Is Instagram?
!function(c,e){var b,a=c.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];if(!c.getElementById(e)){b=c.createElement("script");b.id=e;b.src="//s1.ikiwq.com/embed/2.4/embed.min.js";a.parentNode.insertBefore(b,a);}}(document,"qwiki-js"); It’s likely that you’ve started to hear people talk a lot about Instagram, or what has now become known as the “billion-dollar app.� Yes, back in April Facebook purchased Instagram for $1 billion. So what is so special about the app and how...

Safety Experiment: Cars That 'Talk' to Each Other
Will traffic be safer and smoother if vehicles can “talk� to each other? That’s the question the Department of Transportation hopes to answer, starting this summer, with an ambitious year-long experiment in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In August the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to...

Photos: Black Hole Shreds Star
The Lyrid meteor shower was so bright that it could been during the day and night from California to Nevada.

Can Windows 8's Apps Beat the iPad's?
USA Today, American Airlines, Slacker and others have made beautiful Windows 8 apps.

First Meteor Shower of 2012 Dazzles
The Quadrantid meteor shower, the first major show of shooting stars in 2012, peaks in the hours before dawn on Wednesday. The best seeing should be after the moon sets around 3 a.m. Astronomers say you may see 60-200 shooting stars per hour if the weather is clear.

Target and Shopkick Launch Nationwide Loyalty Gift Card Program
Target is expanding its partnership with Shopkick, a mobile couponing app that allows shoppers to collect and exchange points for rewards.