The Lord of the Rings: My Survival Guide to Cancer
I was 17 when I was diagnosed with cancer. I was a shy high school student with knee pain and my first B. I thought I was too young and insignificant to get cancer and too powerless to fight it. I had...
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Snowflakes Come In 35 Different Shapes, Scientists Say
Each snowflake may not be so unique after all. While no one snowflake is exactly the same as another on a molecular level, it turns out that all snowflakes fall into one of 35 different shapes,...
View ArticleSir David Attenborough Says Humans May Be An Endangered Species
Of all the problems Sir David Attenborough has witnessed throughout the natural world, he sees none so pressing as the one facing our own species, which he believes could die out if we don't tackle...
View ArticleSchool Your School With These 8 Digital Tools
Is your New Year's resolution to get better grades? Make studying and school projects easier -- or even fun? Luckily tech out there can help you study, organize, and most importantly get that A. Here...
View ArticleFCC Will Vote On Net Neutrality In February
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators are expected to vote next month on rules to govern how Internet service providers deal with the flow of content on their high-speed networks. The five-member...
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Facebook: To Post or Not to Post
As the holidays end, I have done my yearly ritual, which is to go into Facebook and change my profile from my Santa hat photo to a regular face photo, it's sort of a little depressing ritual, as I...
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PEOPLE Magazine -- Why Robots Can't Curate
Why Dick Stolley Got it Right If you deconstruct it, PEOPLE Magazine is little more than ink on paper. A glossy weekly book of celebrities and the human drama that surrounds them. And yet that analysis...
View ArticleRepublicans Lay Plans To Fight FCC’s Net-Neutrality Rules - WSJ
WASHINGTON—Newly fortified Republicans in Congress are considering a number of ways to stymie the Obama administration’s planned regulations on broadband Internet providers in 2015, making Capitol Hill...
View ArticleDish Network Introduces 'Sling TV' Video Streaming Service
(Adds details on launch date, ESPN and competing services) By Jennifer Saba and Lisa Richwine Jan 5 (Reuters) - Dish Network Corp on Monday took the wraps off its long-anticipated video streaming...
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Dish To Offer Live Streaming TV For $20 Per Month
LAS VEGAS -- You will soon be able to watch ESPN without shelling out a huge amount of money for a cable package. Dish, the satellite TV operator, is set to announce on Monday a $20-per-month online...
View ArticleThe Internet of You
Ahead of the imminent hustle and bustle of CES, I wanted to share our view on the Internet of Things, as seen from our unique vantage point here at Jawbone. In the last 12 months, we've seen countless...
View ArticleSister Tricks Brother With Video Selfies Again And Again And Again
Ah, sibling rivalries caught on camera. Anyone with a brother or sister knows that there lies a deep-seated urge to beat, outwit and otherwise embarrass our dear siblings for our own amusement....
View ArticleSpaceX Rocket To Attempt Risky Landing On Ocean Platform
In its continuing effort to develop low-cost, reusable rockets, SpaceX on Tuesday morning will attempt to land its Falcon 9 booster on a floating platform. The Hawthorne, Calif.-based spaceflight firm...
View ArticleGood News for Women in Tech
Women are certainly still transitioning into workplace equality, particularly in tech -- which is why we're always seeing headlines that display shocking statistics about the lack of women in...
View ArticleWhere Will All the Workers Go?
NEW YORK -- Technology innovators and CEOs seem positively giddy nowadays about what the future will bring. New manufacturing technologies have generated feverish excitement about what some see as a...
View ArticleWearable Tech Products Hope To Get Ahead Of Apple At CES 2015
The Apple Watch is this moment's "mythical 600-pound gorilla" in the world of wearable technology, according to Engadget editor-in-chief Michael Gorman, but its absence at the 2015 International...
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Leadership and Transparency 2015: The Social Media Imperative
By the time "trends" get mentioned in new year forecast blog posts, they can be a little more "old" than "news." Though forward motion is always worth celebrating, change usually happens more slowly....
View ArticleVinyl Sales In 2014 See A 52 Percent Boost In U.S.
After surviving near-extinction last decade, vinyl made an exceptional global resurgence with purchases increasing more than sixfold. The U.S. continued this trend in 2014, seeing a 52 percent increase...
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In the Trenches: 36 Things I've Learned as a Founder
Over the past five years, I've accrued a lot of advice -- some of it invaluable and some not so much -- as well as lessons learned the hard way. I've also collected quite a few notes and reminders...
View ArticleMobile Millennials Are the Tough Marketing Challenge for 2015
Millennials are the talk of the town. Now in their late 20s and 30s, they've adopted digital like no other. Mobile is their choice. No surprise there. As we go into 2015, mobile is on a roll. Forecasts...
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