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Social Media and the First Amendment
Fifty years after the U.S. Supreme Court defined broad constitutional free speech rights, we exercise freedom every day by using social networks. Nevertheless, this use of liberty also remains at issue...
View ArticleIn Search of the 'Piece of Resistance' to Increase Interest in Engineering
I must confess: I did not play with Legos as a kid. My brother played with Legos; he became a lawyer. I preferred arts and crafts and playing outside; I became an engineer -- a professor of engineering...
View ArticleEnd-of-Life Management
If I told you that in the near future your organization's information technology infrastructure's operating system would be almost completely vulnerable to cyber attacks, you'd likely ask if I was...
View ArticleWith A Single Tweet, Anonymous Twitter User Donates $11,000 To Bring Clean...
Anonymous Twitter users are often associated with trolling the Internet, spreading rumors and promoting hateful rhetoric through their faceless accounts. But that's not the case with user...
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Dismantling Geek Stigma: Chicago Startups Nurture Tech Talent
When it comes to Chicago's technology and startup scene, the Windy City has often been called the next Silicon Valley, a breeding ground for innovation and entrepreneurship where new businesses thrive...
View ArticleUC Berkeley Hires First Wikipedian-In-Residence
BERKELEY, California (AP) — A 24-year-old geography major is the first Wikipedian-in-residence at the University of California, Berkeley. The school announced recently that it had hired Kevin Gorman to...
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This 'Pop-Up' House Will Make IKEA-Lovers Swoon
From Mother Nature Network's Matt Hickman: A modular passive house concept out of France dubbed Pop-Up House has been generating a fair amount of ooh la las over the past few days — and for good...
View Article11-Year-Old Boy With Autism Is Asking Lego To Help Him Be Even More Awesome
Brynjar Karl is an 11-year-old Icelandic boy with autism who has two dreams -- and they both involve Lego. "It's kind of tough being autistic ... I'm learning every day to behave like other 'normal'...
View ArticleFBI Evaluating Complaints About Hacking By The CIA And Senate Intelligence...
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - The FBI is evaluating separate criminal referrals sent to the Justice Department by the CIA in its dispute with Senate investigators over access to...
View Article6 Companies That Will Help You Create Stellar Content
You keep hearing the buzzwords "content marketing", but what does it really mean for your marketing team? It can be anything from non-blogging social media, article posting and in-person events to...
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Intrapreneur Playbook: 3 Stages to Achieving True Buy-In
Both intrapreneurs and entrepreneurs are catalysts for true change. And since change is disruptive by its very nature, everyone must respect the impact that true change can have on an organization. One...
View Article10 Mysterious Airplane Disasters That Remain Unsolved (VIDEO)
As the world is searching for answers to what may have happened to the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, many have turned to previous accidents for clues. This video released by the YouTube...
View ArticleBloomberg Businessweek Has Designs on You
"FOLLOW ME" was the sticker emblazoned across the chest of the fresh-faced interns stationed at intervals leading to the Yerba Buena Center. "REGISTER HERE" said the giant sticker on the ground leading...
View ArticleFeds Bust Online Child Exploitation Network; 14 Men Arrested
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fourteen men were charged with operating an online child exploitation network that investigators said preyed upon hundreds of boys across the United States and overseas, authorities...
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In the Age of the Selfie, Privacy Still Paramount
As Americans and people around the world grow increasingly wary of the U.S. government's mass surveillance program, it is our obligation to speak up. As a former prisoner of conscience in South Africa...
View ArticleWhite House Unveils Climate Data Website To 'Empower America's Communities To...
WASHINGTON -- The White House is set to unveil a new Climate Data Initiative on Wednesday to make government-held data more available to researchers and businesses, and improve climate change...
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10 Must Have WordPress Plugins for 2014
With so many websites utilizing the WordPress content management system these days it has resulted in a large number of plugins available to webmasters. They help webmasters do everything from...
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An App That Helps You Avoid Friends (Or Just Creep On Them)
Finally, there's a new social media app that doesn't try to make you talk more with your friends. In fact, it helps you do the exact opposite: Hide from them. This "incognito mode for real life" is...
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Big Asteroid To Eclipse Bright Star 'Regulus' In Rare Celestial Sight...
You've probably never seen an eclipse quite like this. Early Thursday morning, skywatchers in North America will be treated to a rare celestial sight when a 45-mile wide asteroid eclipses a star....
View ArticleMan Sues OKCupid After Getting Scammed Out Of $70,000
A New York man who says he was scammed by an OKCupid user is now suing the online dating site for not properly warning him that he could be duped. In February 2013, 65-year-old Michael Picciano of...
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