Augmented reality is a technology that uses location data from your phone's GPS receiver and orientation information from its compass to superimpose data on a screen image generated by the phone camera. It sounds great in theory, but doesn't work very well in reality. A major reason appears to be that the data the phone supplies just are not accurate enough

Jason Bloomberg, a senior analyst and principal at consulting firm ZapThink, talks about how companies can take advantage of enterprise mashups -- Web applications that combine content from two or more online sources

In his last piece for BusinessWeek, Tech and You columnist Steve Wildstrom talks with technology editor Peter Elstrom about Intel's digital reader for the visually impaired and its plans for health products

The spirit of giving back is upon us: Young people are replacing summer camp with service trips, and baby boomers approaching retirement age are searching for ways to give back to their communities. With the number of new groups in the nonprofit sector growing by 70,000 a year, it will need more support than ever. BusinessWeek's Jessi Hempel talks with Dr. Tim Seiler, director of public service and the Fund Raising School at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, about how to attract volunteers and why they are so crucial to keeping the sector vibrant