COVER

2 Doing Good By Texting (Mobile Technology)

Jed Alpert is harnessing cell phones in the name of charity and social change

3 Bye-Bye, Wallets (Mobile Technology)

Can a phone replace your cards and cash? Our field test

4 The Phone Knows All (Mobile Technology)

How companies and cops snoop on your digital life--whether you realize it or not

6 The Grid Is Winning (Mobile Technology)

This rural community may finally get cell service. But residents aren't sure they want it

8 Toys Get Unplugged (Mobile Technology)

Our tech columnist picks gadgets that belong in your mobile survival kit

9 Gadgets Go To Class (Features / Mobile Technology)

Instead of banning kids' phones, some schools are starting to embrace them

10 Disease Can't Hide (Mobile Technology)

How cheap phones--and quick thumbs--are saving lives in Uganda

EDITOR'S DESK

FEATURES

iPad, M.D. (Mobile Technology)

In hospitals, tablets save serious time--and let patients see their health in high res

COMMENTARY

Paul Ryan's Grand Vision (In the Arena)

Maybe the GOP's vice-presidential pick has a plan for the well-off, but what about everyone else?

THE CULTURE

The Fast and the Curious (The Awesome Column)

How a pit-crew stint taught me to find a car radiator and impress my son

Still Nutty (Theater)

At 86, Jerry Lewis Sets His Sights On Broadway

Car Talk (Movies)

Robert Pattinson discusses Cosmopolis--and that other thing

LETTERS

BRIEFING

Good $ports (Economy)

Inside the rise of fantasy everything

Up in Smoke (Health)

Teen tobacco use isn't falling so fast anymore

Ryan's Hope

Can a Wisconsin wonk help Mitt Romney win?