8 Apps Boomers Need Right Now
In an effort to better serve her non-paying clientele, Life in the Boomer Lane has made an exhaustive, as well as exhausting, survey of some of the 10 billion apps that are now available on smartphones...
View ArticleUber Adds 'Safe Ride Checklist' For Users In Boston And Chicago After Rape...
Uber has released a "safe ride checklist" for app users in Boston and Chicago, following allegations that drivers in those cities sexually assaulted female passengers. “We are being responsive,” Uber...
View ArticleGlobal Citizenship: Technology Is Rapidly Dissolving National Borders
Besides your passport, what really defines your nationality these days? Is it where you were live? Where you work? The language you speak? The currency you use? If it is, then we may see the idea of...
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How One Mom (And Her Cupcakes) Could Improve Diversity In Tech
When Chicago-based web designer and developer Jen Myers was first learning to code, it was difficult to feel that she belonged in the male-dominated field. Myers was frequently the lone woman in her...
View Article2015 Educational Technology Forecast: Increasingly Cloudy Skies
Forget the device. Focus on web-based applications that best meet the needs of your students and teachers. If your solution requires a specific piece of hardware, it's not a practical long-term...
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6 Social Media Tips from the Top BioTech and BioPharma Social Experts
If there is any undertaking whose fruits should be freely accessible, that undertaking is surely access to public information about life sciences. Ethically, patients and physicians who wish to should...
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Watch Bill Gates Drink Water That Was Once Human Poop
Bottoms up. Billionaire activist Bill Gates recently put his advocacy work where his mouth is when he drank a cup of water that was once human poop. "The water tasted as good as any I’ve had out of a...
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Tom Chen Creates Device He Says Can Strengthen Vagina Muscles With Video Games
Tom Chen is a man with a mission: He wants to improve the vaginal muscles of women via video games. Chen is a Beijing-based physicist and game designer who will release something called the SKEA --...
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Reviving a Stale Book
What if I told you that you could simply and easily revive an old or older book and start making sales on it again? Would you be game? Most of us who have been writing for a while are sitting on a lot...
View ArticlePhony Friends: The Darker Side of Smartphones
About halfway through lunch with my cousin, burger in one hand, phone in the other, he started swiping through Tinder. He continued to swipe as I restarted the conversation, absent-mindedly nodding his...
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Eight New Exoplanets In 'Goldilocks Zone' Discovered By NASA's Kepler Spacecraft
NASA's Kepler space telescope has found eight alien planets in the "Goldilocks zone"--that is, they orbit their stars at just the right distance to have liquid water, and maybe life. Two of the...
View Article2014 Was the Year of Activism: Here's Why
In 2014, generations across the board came together and mobilized for change. Mothers, daughters, fathers, sons, students, immigrants -- rose to stand up for justice. It was the year when people began...
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How to Spot a UX Masquerader
I've recently had an increasing number of conversations with other UX professionals about the difficulties in finding true UX talent and how they have been encountering people that are not really UX...
View ArticleIn Defense of Reality
There was an article in The Houston Chronicle on Dec. 13, 2014 about a high school principal who challenged her students to put down their smart phones and promise to go five days without tweeting or...
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Man Films 1 Word Each Day For A Year To Create Poignant Time-Lapse Video
In this video, YouTuber Ben Schmidt filmed himself saying one word a day for 365 days, and strung them all together to create a beautiful reflection on time. While the time-lapse clips, featuring...
View ArticleThe Dumbing Down of Microsoft Outlook
Many years ago, I used a personal information management program called Echo Pro. Its ability to manage and present information in different ways was exceptional. It did not "do" email, but that did...
View ArticleThe High-Tech Future Of The Uterus
When I suffered my third consecutive miscarriage this past May, my mom said she wanted to help me out however she could, even if it meant being my surrogate. I laughed it off—a 60-year-old...
View Article'The Interview' Has Made $31 Million In Online & VOD Sales Thus Far
Sony announced Tuesday that "The Interview" has earned $31 million in online and on-demand sales through Sunday, Jan. 4. Including theatrical ticket sales, the Seth Rogen comedy has pulled down $36...
View ArticleBadass Dude Roasts Marshmallows Over An Active Volcano
Everyone has a preference when it comes to preparing the perfect s'mores: Some like their marshmallows warmed and golden brown, while others elect to set them on fire and let them burn to a crisp. A...
View ArticleNetflix Announces Premiere Dates For Your New Favorite Shows
Time to clear your schedules. In addition to revealing its hit adventure show "Marco Polo" would come back for 10 more episodes, Netflix made waves on Wednesday by announcing premiere dates for many of...
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