7 Surprisingly Inspiring Kids' Tech Trends for 2014
By Caroline Knorr, Common Sense Media parenting editor From the iPotty to The Smurfs 2, 2013 gave us some real stinkers. And attention-grabbing stories about cyberbullying and sexting seemed to...
View ArticleThe Etiquette of Personal Mobile Device Use in Public
Probably one of the more mortifying moments of my mother's life happened when she was at a talk by the Dalai Lama. At a particularly meaningful moment in his speech, the thing we all dread happened:...
View ArticleBenjamin Franklin's Facebook Profile Is Better Than Yours
In honor of Benjamin Franklin’s 308th birthday on Jan. 17, we give you his unauthorized Facebook profile. And it's a gift that keeps on giving. Created by Visit Philadelphia, the city's official...
View ArticleWATCH: Beats Music Bets on Personalized Curation
Beats Music is coming! If you haven't heard about it, you will. It's the new subscription music streaming service from the folks behind Beats headphones, namely, Dr Dre and music mogul Jimmy Iovine,...
View ArticleFive Companies to Fear, Fondly
What, you were expecting Viacom? You were expecting Time Warner, AT&T, Disney, maybe even Walmart or the twitchy knuckle-draggers of the Tea Party or Fox News? You were thinking the CIA? Wall...
View ArticleBloggers Have First Amendment Protections, Court Rules
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Friday that bloggers and the public have the same First Amendment protections as journalists when sued for defamation: If the issue is of public...
View ArticleMy NSFW Sext-Only Relationship Made 'Her' Seem Not-So-Distant
The following post contains some explicit language and imagery. It is intended for adult readers. The first time he sent me a photo of his dick I giggled like a schoolgirl in fourth grade sex-ed class....
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Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Originals: Time To Cancel Your Cable Subscription
There's no doubt that Netflix has changed the way people watch television. With the abrupt and overwhelming success of "Orange is the New Black" and "House of Cards," the media site is no longer...
View ArticleTarget Under Fire For Not Revealing Hacks Earlier
When Target and Neiman Marcus revealed they’d been hacked, they didn’t come forward willingly. The attacks against the retailers only came to light after Brian Krebs, an independent cybersecurity...
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World Record For Longest Man-Made Echo Shattered In Scotland (LISTEN)
This is a test, test, test, test ... Intrepid scientists in Scotland fired a pistol deep inside a secret tunnel and created an echo for the history books -- one that the Guinness World Record folks...
View ArticleTech Industry Finds Obama's NSA Reforms 'Insufficient'
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Technology companies and industry groups took President Barack Obama's speech on U.S. surveillance as a step in the right direction, but chided him for not embracing more dramatic...
View Article3D Animal Prosthetics Helps Duck Walk Again
A very lucky duck who lost a leg to aggressive chickens is walking tall today in the B.C. Interior, thanks to 3D printing technology. Dudley, a five-month-old call duck, was in a pen with some chickens...
View ArticleDamon Lindelof And Marc Cherry Moved From Network To Cable And Never Looked Back
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Creators of two of the most indelible dramas on network television last decade, "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives," are making programs for cable networks now, and they speak...
View ArticleThe 10 Most Innovative Companies In The World: 24/7 Wall Street
In 2013, the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted more than 270,000 patents, often to the same organizations. The USPTO awarded 76,850 patents to the top 50 companies alone. IBM received...
View ArticleAmazon Just Patented Shipping Items Before They're Even Ordered
Late last month, Amazon patented a process they've termed "anticipatory package shipping," in which products would be sent to fulfillment centers near the customers most likely to purchase them, before...
View ArticleThe Best Of Bill Murray's Surprise Reddit AMA, A.K.A. The Internet's Dream...
"OK, I'll TALK! I'll TALK!" That's how the legendary Bill Murray began his surprise Reddit AMA on Friday evening in which he opened up to fans like never before. You can thank his upcoming movie...
View ArticleThe Art of Radiology
Click here to watch the TEDTalk that inspired this post. Nick Veasey's passion for his work in "Exposing The Invisible" and his demonstration of what ionizing radiation and x-ray images can reveal is...
View ArticleLife On A Social Media Island--Where Digital Natives And Digital Immigrants...
Recently, my 18 year-old son asked me, "Are you the oldest woman in social media?" While most 53-year-old women do not relish being the "oldest woman" anywhere, I found the question to be more of a...
View ArticleWhy Silicon Valley Should Write Chile a Much Deserved Thank You Note
Three years ago, I sat on an entrepreneurship panel at Chile Day, an investment conference promoting Chile to international investors in New York. The questions from the audience, compromised largely...
View ArticleTeen Battling Cancer Permitted To Play High School Basketball Amid...
With his peers calling -- and tweeting -- for school administrators to #LetTimPlay, Tim Monette learned that he would be able to continue playing high school basketball this week. Monette, a...
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