Jesean Morris Arrested For Parole Violation After Posting 'Ice Bucket...
A man's ice bucket challenge video has landed him in the cooler. Jesean Morris, 20, was arrested in Omaha on Friday for a parole violation after he posted a video on Facebook showing himself...
View ArticleAmazon To Buy Twitch For About $1 Billion
Amazon is about to spend $1 billion to buy Twitch, a service that lets people watch live streams of other people playing video games, according to technology-news site The Information. Earlier this...
View ArticleFive Mobile Apps that Every First-time College Student Should Have
With over 1 million apps available in the App Store and Google Play alike, students have more opportunities than every before to navigate college (and life) with help from the device in the palm of...
View ArticleGoogle Mates With an Emu
When most of us hear the word "Google" we think search engine. When we hear "Emu" we think a big Australian bird with long legs that doesn't fly. Put the two together however and you end up with...
View ArticleGrindr 'Tipster' Warns Users Of Gay Social App's 'Security Flaw'
An anonymous user has reportedly been sending messages to Grindr users in countries that have anti-gay legislation or are otherwise known to be hostile to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)...
View ArticleTen Steps to Using Twitter in the College Classroom
Like all college and university faculty, August means finalizing fall syllabi and lesson plans, and pre-reading articles for fall courses. For many professors, this process includes thinking (or...
View ArticleEngineers Don't Make Jobs, Jobs Make Engineers: Politicians Got it Wrong Again
Our politicians have been saying if we just get better grades in math, America will always be a leader in innovation even though all the things we invent are made in factories in China. But now we're...
View ArticleWhat Fitness Trackers Revealed About The South Napa Earthquake
By Bahar Gholipour, Staff Writer Published: 08/25/2014 02:02 PM EDT on LiveScience It might be possible to know how many people woke up during the South Napa Earthquake that struck 3:20 a.m. yesterday...
View ArticleTech Companies Offer Workers The Most Paid Parental Leave
Any amount of paid maternity or paternity leave is still a luxury for most American workers. But some companies are doing better than others.
View ArticleWhy Creating Content Trumps Face-to-Face Meetings
On a recent Halloween, Caitlin Seida dressed up as Lara Croft, one of her favorite video game characters. Later that night, she posted a photo of herself to Facebook (see below). She thought nothing of...
View ArticleA Needed Review
As previously hinted at, President Obama has ordered a review of a Defense Department program that distributes surplus military equipment to state and local law enforcement agencies. This review,...
View ArticleVirtual Reality Could Help Teach Sustainable Habits, Change Long Term Behavior
This story originally appeared on Mother Nature Network. The New Forest National Park in England recently opened a Tech Creche, a service that allows children and adults to leave their cellphones and...
View ArticleThis Is Uber's Playbook For Sabotaging Lyft | The Verge
'Brand ambassadors' with burner phones and credit cards attempt to #shavethestache
View ArticleThis App Could Help Kids Develop Healthy Eating Habits
There are numerous apps out there to help adults track their food consumption and lose weight, but what about an app that helps children develop healthier eating habits? Joanna Struber joined HuffPost...
View ArticleFacebook to Fix Security Issue in iOS App
Facebook has announced that it will soon be publishing an update to its iOS app, which will fix a flaw in the program that allows phone calls to be made without the user's knowledge or consent. So, the...
View ArticleTechnology and Marketing Battling for C-Suite Supremacy
For the past 20+ years, there may have been no two positions in an organization more disconnected than marketing and technology. Even as companies began to take on marketing automation and tools for...
View ArticleGeezer Masters Techno-Speak
Technology, for anyone born after 1980, is part of your language. But the rest of us? It's like learning to speak in tongues. And learning curves do not always move smoothly upward. Suppose you grew...
View ArticleNetflix Actually Won Big At Last Night's Emmys
By one very important measure, Netflix looked like a big loser at Monday night's Emmy Awards. The streaming network had been nominated for 31 Primetime Emmys, but walked away from the most important...
View ArticleeBay State Map Reveals All Your Neighbors' Quirky Shopping Habits (And Yours,...
While you'd like to blame that compulsive purchase of rainbow-colored Adirondack chairs on a moment of mid-winter delirium, the state where you live might actually offer more insight on your shopping...
View ArticleApple Said To Prepare New 12.9-Inch IPad For Early 2015 - Bloomberg
Apple Inc.’s suppliers are preparing to manufacture the company’s largest-ever iPad, with production scheduled to commence by the first quarter of next year, according to people with knowledge of the...
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