Bold Obama Stand Shakes Up Net Neutrality Debate
President Barack Obama edged up to questioning the Federal Communications Commission's newly proposed net neutrality rules, a heavily criticized plan that would favor Internet content providers that...
View ArticleWith Kids And Video Games, Moderation Is Key
By: Cari Nierenberg, Contributing writer Published: 08/05/2014 07:44 PM EDT on LiveScience Playing video games for less than an hour a day can have a positive influence on kids' mental health, a new...
View ArticleTechnology Today Is More Therapeutic Than Diagnostic
In the medical device industry, there are basically two types of medical devices -- ones that are diagnostic, and ones that are therapeutic. As the names suggest, diagnostic devices do little more than...
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Did We Lose the Technology to Go to the Moon?
This question originally appeared on Quora: How did we lose the technology to go to the Moon? Answer by Robert Frost, Instructor/Engineer in the NASA Mission Operations Directorate Why does it take 3...
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The Pedometer For Your Penis
Wearable technology is already changing the way we understand sleep and fitness. But up until now, nothing on offer has changed the way we think about sex. Introducing "SexFit," a vibrating cock ring...
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Malala Yousafzai Just FaceTimed With Justin Bieber
We don't often get jealous of Justin Bieber, given his antics throughout the past year, but on Wednesday the 20-year-old pop star got to FaceTime with an amazing young woman. That's right, Bieber and...
View Article#IceBucketChallenge: Why You're Not Really Helping
If you've been on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram in the last week, you've probably seen it: countless videos of people dumping ice on themselves to help raise awareness of ALS. It's done a tremendous...
View ArticleNetflix Now Brings In More Money From Subscribers Than HBO
We should know better by now than to think Netflix executives would pass up an opportunity to annoy HBO. The company's founder and CEO, Reed Hastings, announced in a Facebook post on Wednesday that for...
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The Top Five Apps for Proactive Parents
By Anneke Steenkamp Some say, in order to survive parenthood you need to have a sense of humor and in the 21st Century, Â a smartphone. We do everything from online purchases, communication, Â and...
View ArticleThis Man Has The Solution To Our Email Overload Crisis
Even though many of our jobs require connecting with clients and coworkers via email throughout the day, that constantly-flooded inbox often does more damage to our productivity than we realize. A 2012...
View ArticleI Hope I Am Reincarnated as a Smart Phone
In my next life, I want to come back as a smart phone. I may be a 40-ish, over worked, under-appreciated, slightly burnt out spouse and mother of teen boys, but that doesn't mean I don't remember the...
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Tablet-Based Games May Relax Anxious Kids Before Surgery (STUDY)
BY JANICE NEUMANN NEW YORK Wed Aug 6, 2014 3:33pm EDT (Reuters Health) - Playing with an iPad mini before going under anesthesia could relax some kids more than a sedative would, also making life...
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Israel, Gaza, War & Data: Social Networks and the Art of Personalizing...
It's hard to shake away the utterly depressing feeling that comes with news coverage these days. IDF and Hamas are at it again, a vicious cycle of violence, but this time it feels much more intense....
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Bitcoin Momentum Grows in Emerging Markets
By Min-Si Wang [Image via Shutterstock] Bitcoin is gradually making progress as a medium of exchange in developing countries. While it can be volatile as an investment asset, it has real utility as an...
View Article12 Midwest Startups That Are Changing the Status Quo
When you think of tech innovation, huge companies like Facebook or Apple may leap to mind. These behemoths undoubtedly made a worldwide impact, but some of the biggest game changers aren't happening on...
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Is the Internet of Things a Solution or Just Another Problem Waiting to Happen?
This question originally appeared on Quora:Is the Internet of Things a solution looking for a problem? Why or why not? Answer by Jonathan Brill, Start-up Specialist Internet of Things is a collection...
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White People Create App To Avoid, Um, 'Sketchy' Areas
Two white people are launching an app that seeks to help people avoid "sketchy" areas. Watch out for all that sketchiness! That would all be well and good, except that the app depends in large part on...
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Failure Can Be a Lesson in Disguise
"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly." - Robert F. Kennedy Confronting failure is a supreme challenge whether you are raising kids, teaching school or managing a business team....
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Microsoft Re-Publishes Its 1994 Homepage To Remind You It Was Cool Once
Microsoft wants to relive a time when it was the hot tech company and you were early anticipating the release of its new cutting-edge operating system, Windows 95. So badly, in fact, that Microsoft has...
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Chatroulette Guy Isn't Doing What You Think He's Doing. Or Is He? (NSFW?)
"Chatroulette is a great way to make friends and form lifetime bonds and relationships. It is a place of sharing ideas, and an opportunity to connect with people from around the world," said nobody...
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