So Michael Bloomberg Owns F*ckMichaelBloomberg.nyc And A Bunch Of Other Epic...
Call it a #BloombergFail, but good luck writing about it on BloombergFail.nyc -- that domain's already taken, by none other than Michael Bloomberg himself. A law firm representing the diminutive,...
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7 Ways Video Games Will Help Your Kids in School
The first video games were not designed with education in mind. Pong, Mario Brothers, Sonic the Hedgehog and Street Fighter didn't help anyone learn algebra, practice vocabulary, or memorize details...
View ArticleHow Twitter Made Me a Feminist
I was 11 years old when Clarence Thomas was nominated to the Supreme Court. It was formative, not because I became a huge Nomination Nut, but because it was the first time I witnessed the forces of...
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Is 'The World's Most Secretive Company' Opening Up?
Apple has been called "the world's most secretive company." It creates great products but has a terrible reputation as a corporate citizen. It seems to hoard its intellectual property. It's sitting on...
View ArticleConan Reveals The Hardest Part Of 'Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare' Is...
For Conan O'Brien, saving the president from kidnappers is no problem; just don't ask him to use a crosswalk. Conan resumed his "Clueless Gamer" series on Monday with the highly anticipated "Call of...
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Yantra 3.0, an Art/Science/Tech Festival, Is All Set to Launch in Kathmandu
The press meet unfolded as organic guided tours. There were no formal presentations or copious note-taking; no specific starting time. As journalists strolled into Karkhana's work-space in Gyaneshwar,...
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2 Ways Big Data Can Make You Happier
Wait--what? I've heard a lot of crazy things in Silicon Valley, but this one is new. Apparently, big data can make you happier. That's the new claim according to Stefan Weitz, Senior Director of...
View ArticleWatch Polar Bears Live On Camera As They Wait For The Big Freeze
Video from explore.org It's Polar Bear Week again! That means it's time to indulge in hours of a polar bear live-stream during the annual bear migration to Churchill, a little town on the edge of...
View ArticleA Hacker Survival Guide For SMBs
The holiday shopping season is just around the corner, which means more small businesses will be targeted by hackers and should start taking steps now to beef up their security. But the holidays aren't...
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Congresswoman: Silicon Valley CEOs Should Sleep In Shelters To Get A Grip On...
Given the choice, most thriving Silicon Valley CEOs would likely prefer throwing money at the area’s poverty issue or ranting about it on social media, instead of getting personally invested to make a...
View ArticleAre You Really Here, Or Are You Skimming?
It’s been exactly one year since I wrote Distracted Living. In that piece, I described a night when I left my daughter alone in the tub while I went to start the shower for her brother. I stopped to...
View ArticleGermany's Top News Publisher Drops Bid To Block Google
By Harro Ten Wolde and Eric Auchard FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's biggest news publisher Axel Springer has scrapped a bid to block Google from running snippets of articles from its newspapers, saying...
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Photos Posted To 4chan Appear To Show Body Of Strangled Woman
An anonymous user on a popular Internet forum posted photos of what appears to be the body of a strangled woman on Tuesday. At 3:30 p.m, less than an hour after the post, Washington state police said...
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Only Disney Is Magical Enough To Get Google And Apple To Make A Deal
Disney likes to talk about the magical experiences it creates in its movies, theme parks and Broadway shows. That magic evidently also works on multibillion-dollar tech companies. On Tuesday, Apple and...
View Article(VIDEO) Eyeview Bringing "Creative Programmatic" to Online Video Advertising
Eyeview is serving customized video ads for a number of big consumer brands including Land Rover and Lowe's, delivering customized versions of creative to individual consumers, explain Oren Harnevo,...
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Social Media Analytics Innovation: Q&A with Shree Dandekar, Dell
It's common to talk of the "customer journey," of the path an individual takes from needs awareness, via research and evaluation, to purchase and, in the case of a happy customer, loyalty and a lasting...
View ArticleGrab Those 3D Goggles And Watch This Awesome Tour Of The Space Station
Unless you've been aboard, you've never seen the International Space Station in three dimensions. But now you can, thanks to a mesmerizing new 3D video posted on NASA's Marshall Center YouTube channel...
View ArticleThe Digital Drug: What Makes You Text and Drive Despite Known Dangers
Why do some people text and drive, even when they know it's dangerous? The answer is dopamine, a neurochemical that we experience as pleasure in the midbrain. I call dopamine a "digital drug" because...
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Gold Apple Watch Could Have Highest Starting Price Of Any Current Apple Product
If you want the height of digital luxury, you're going to have to pay up. According to a new rumor from French site iGeneration (interpreted by MacRumors via Google Translate), gold versions of the...
View ArticleiPhone Spider Prank Is So Evil, We Can't Help But Laugh At It
The crippling fear of spiders crawling on you cannot be understated. Prepare to activate heebie-jeebies. We've seen phone pranks before, and everyone appreciates a good scare even if they're the butt...
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