Has the Future-Proof Future Arrived?
Thinner, faster, brighter, smarter, autonomous and over the top. Who could ask for more? CES delivered, as we expected, significant advances in screens, chips and the application of artificial and...
View ArticleObama To Push For Broadband Competition
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will call on Wednesday for an end to laws that thwart competition among broadband service providers and urge the Federal Communications Commission...
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A Deep-Link Deep Dive: URX, Wildcard, Button, Deeplink.me Demo the Future of...
I first heard about deep linking while building my own app, One Day Gym Pass, which lets you buy day passes to nearby gyms. Ahead of the launch, I started thinking about how we were going to get users,...
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SpaceX Continues to Deliver the Goods for America
Early Monday morning a SpaceX Dragon capsule docked with the International Space Station (ISS) in a successful commercial resupply mission. Elon Musk's Hawthorne, California firm is now five for five...
View ArticleBritish Hacker Linked To Attack On Pentagon Twitter Feed
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - The "CyberCaliphate" hacking group that attacked a Twitter account belonging to the Pentagon on Monday was founded by a Briton who was once jailed for hacking the...
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Tech Startup Funding in Midwest? Cincinnati Says No Problem
As 2015 gets underway there is no doubt that the startup sector is succeeding outside of Silicon Valley and the northeast region of the United States. Much of this growth and entrepreneur success is...
View ArticleA Mobile App to Save Our Lives
As I walked around the massive convention center at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) last week in Las Vegas, I heard three words echoing in my head. These three words, "Make it...
View ArticleTaylor Swift Helps Lucky Fan Pay Off Her Student Loans
Taylor Swift just took #taylurking to a whole new level of awesome. Swift, who has a reputation for being super-generous with her fans, just helped one Swiftie pay her student loans. Rebekah Bortniker...
View ArticleGoogle Translate Update May Save You A Lot Of Money
Your smartphone is about to become your best friend when traveling abroad, even if you don't want to shell out big bucks for an international data plan. An update to the Google Translate app, announced...
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Kate, Will and Harry 'Join Social Media,' But We Have Some Suggestions
Attention royal enthusiasts: stop what you're doing. Kate Middleton, Prince William and Prince Harry have arrived on social media. OK, maybe that's not fully true, but hear us out. Royal officials...
View ArticleMartin Scorsese Directed Leonardo DiCaprio And Robert De Niro In A Commercial
This looks like it could be a fun movie. Martin Scorsese directed a commercial for City of Dreams Manila, a new casino in the Philippines, and it stars Leonardo DiCaprio, his man bun and Robert De...
View Article(VIDEO) Microsoft's Trivedi To Advertisers: 'Come And Learn With Us'
LAS VEGAS -- Microsoft is changing the way it works with advertisers, according to the woman recently hired to lead its US brand marketing relationships. "We are going through company-wide, top-down...
View ArticleTake A Ski Lift To Work... In Downtown Algiers
BY TRACY MORAN - OZY Africa may be moving forward, but it’s still stuck in traffic. Gridlock and choking pollution have city planners in megacities like Kampala, Lagos and Lusaka searching for...
View ArticleThis 'Taken' 'Super Mario' Parody Will Find You, And It Will Thrill You
He will find you, he will eat a mushroom, and he will kill you. "Taken 3" is out and it remains to be seen if the audience is the one who's been taken this time. Until then though, let's enjoy all the...
View ArticlePOS Breaches in 2015: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Retailers had a tough year. With Target's massive point-of-sale breach at the end of 2013 to a steady stream of retail breaches throughout 2014, it seems like cyber criminals continue to win the battle...
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Samsung Approached BlackBerry About Potential Buyout: Report
NEW YORK/SEOUL, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics recently offered to buy BlackBerry Ltd for as much as $7.5 billion, seeking its valuable patents as it battles Apple in the corporate market,...
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Sad But True: People Are Actually Going On MySpace In Search Of #TBT Pics
MySpace is back! Kind of. People are returning to the social media site of yesteryear so they can dig up old photos for their new favorite social media sites: Instagram and Facebook. Every Thursday,...
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Social Media Lessons From My 99-Year-Old Great Grandma
My great grandma, who we call Nonie (Italian for Grandma), turned 99 last year. She has served as the matriarch over the tight-knit Italian side of my family for decades, passing on bits of wisdom...
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Another Uber Driver Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Passenger
An Uber driver in Villa Park, Illinois has been accused of sexually assaulting one of his passengers. The Chicago Tribune reports that Adnan Nafasat, 46, who drives for UberX, was charged on Wednesday...
View ArticleBad-Boy Scientism
Austen Heinz of Cambrian Genomics has been trolling hard lately, as blogger Josh Cunningham notes. That is, he's been spouting provocative opinions to get attention. And it seems to be working, from...
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