Computers can tell when your daughter is pregnant. Sometimes they know even before you do. In a recent feature for The New York Times, Charles Duhigg describes how Target in the US analyses everything it knows about its customers. A young woman…

In revolutions, things get broken. People get hurt. The internet revolution is smashing businesses whose trade was controlling what information we could see when, where and in what context. Information like the footy. The NRL, AFL, Telstra and other…

Trends in the hyper-paced world of Twitter make the catwalks of Milan look positively passe. Most don't last half an hour. But they do provide an insight into what the world is talking about and, for some, they're serious business - even if they only…