Facebook: There Are No More Secrets
I showed restraint and stopped myself from reading "Kelly Osbourne's New Tattoo Is In The Most Unlikely Place," "This Is When It's Okay to Look For Sex Outside Your Marriage" and the blog about a woman...
View ArticleHow Do We Know Driverless Cars Are Safe? Google Says 'Trust Us'
Driverless cars are on the road now - Google's fleet has logged about 700,000 miles of autonomous driving - and the California DMV will be issuing regulations in a matter of weeks allowing...
View ArticleThe Genie Is Out of the Bottle for Silicon Valley: Lack of Diversity
As the U.S. technology sector has boomed, women and minorities have largely been left behind. This is what's clear in the wake of recent disclosures on workforce demographics from a handful of tech...
View ArticleMan Creates Beautiful Songs From Dying Children's Heartbeats To Comfort...
Nothing can truly heal a grieving parent's broken heart. But listening to the healthy, beating one that belonged to their late son is a comfort the Bennetts will have forever. Their 14-year-old son,...
View ArticleThe Rich Kids Of Snapchat Might Be The Worst Millennials
Just when we thought we'd seen the worst of "rich millenials gone wild" on Instagram, they've taken over another social media platform: Snapchat. These unbelievable snaps are curated on a Facebook...
View ArticleYour Facebook Experience Was Never Emotionally Neutral
Emotional Contagion is the idea that emotions spread throughout networks. If you are around happy people, you are more likely to be happy. If you are around gloomy people, you are likely to be glum....
View ArticleFacebook Makes Us Happy/Sad
The controversy surrounding Facebook's manipulation of users' news feeds with status updates that skewed positive or negative has broached various ethical issues associated with an online platform with...
View ArticleFacebook Plays Short and Long Game with WhatsApp and Oculus Rift
When Facebook decided to invest a cool $19 billion ($16 billion upfront) for messaging app WhatsApp the entire world was bound to take notice. Telecommunications types, in particular, were keen to...
View ArticleAdvanced Ecommerce SEO (On-Page): Outranking Big Box Superstores
E-commerce product verticals are becoming increasingly competitive in organic search, with an ever-expanding amount of vendors and store owners battling for positions. Most e-commerce store owners are...
View ArticleWhat Kind Of Firework Are You?
Getting ready for the 4th of July can be stressful. You walk into a fireworks store and you just aren't sure which miniature explosive is right for you. You want to celebrate your country properly, but...
View ArticleWe Love Peter Dinklage, But This Voice-Over Work Is Unbearable
Peter Dinklage’s voice-over work in the upcoming shooter game “Destiny” has not been well received. Dinklage voices the artificial intelligence unit Ghost, which follows the player’s character...
View ArticleWhy Google Is Yanking Negative Coverage Of Powerful People From Its Search...
The implementation of the European Union's so-called "right to be forgotten" policy is already having a worrying impact on the media, with at least two outlets revealing on Wednesday that links to...
View Article5 Sleep Tips For Gadget Junkies
Nearly 100 million Americans have difficulty falling to sleep or sleeping soundly, regardless of how exhausted they might be, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Maybe you're...
View ArticleWaitress Fired After Complaining About Bad Tips On Facebook
An Ohio waitress says she lost her job over an angry Facebook post. Kirsten Kelly of Findlay, Ohio, told WTOL News 11 she was fired from her job at a Texas Roadhouse restaurant Monday after a customer...
View ArticleWatch Out Cupid! Transhumanism is Going to Change Love
I've received a lot of advice on romantic love over the years. It seems everyone is an expert on it and has something to say. Most of the advice I received was from my close guy friends, a bunch of...
View ArticleApps That (Continue) to Surprise and Delight
This is the first in a series of posts highlighting apps and their makers, both old and new, that have a compelling story. It's not only the apps that impress and inspire us, but the stories and the...
View ArticleWorth Celebrating This Independence Day: Supreme Court Upholding Search and...
Americans are celebrating Independence Day just days after the Supreme Court upheld a principle that was key to the revolution that lead to independence. The Supreme Court unanimously ruled the 4th...
View ArticleWhy We Set Off Fireworks On The Fourth Of July
Ever wondered why we set off those humungous kaleidoscopes of gunpowder in our sky each Fourth of July? Apparently, the history of fireworks in America is as old the country itself. On our first...
View ArticleAspen Task Force Would Take Learning 'Back to the Future"
Last month the Aspen Institute Task Force on Learning and the Internet released an outstanding report whose title, "Learner at the Center of a Networked World," suggests a radical rethinking of how we...
View ArticleFox News Graphic Looks A Lot Like BioShock Infinite
When "Fox & Friends" recently unveiled a new logo for its segments on immigration, many gamers in the audience noticed something familiar. They say Fox's "Defending the Homeland" image looks a lot...
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