AngularJS: One Framework to Rule Them All?
Last week, Brad Green, Director of Engineering and manager of AngularJS at Google published a blog post about the upcoming AngularJS 2.0 design and changes. The dispatch was nicely timed, following the...
View ArticleTED 2014: Satellites, Fireflies and Ass-Kickers
I didn't really know what to expect from my first TED conference. I am not a techie (far from it), nor rich (at least in the financial sense), so this wasn't really my native habitat. Nonetheless, I...
View ArticleIs Social Activism an Underrated Job Skill?
A healthy debate is flowing around the skills that students need in order to find jobs. Should learning to program a mobile app take precedence over diagramming iambic pentameter in Shakespeare's...
View ArticleThis 'GLIMPSE' Into Milky Way Is Clearest Tour Of Our Galaxy Yet (VIDEO)
You've never seen the Milky Way quite like this. A new panoramic view of our galaxy is the result of 2.5 million images captured by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope -- and is the clearest video tour of...
View ArticleTechnology - The Price of Convenience or The Cure For It?
Its 1:00pm on a Monday, and I'm chewing away on a project at my current start up. Already having skipped breakfast, and now running through my lunch hour, my brain tells me it's time for some sort of...
View ArticleThe CNN Affect
Consider the last couple weeks a case study in American infomania. Infomania refers to the compulsion to accumulate information, especially news, via cell phone or computer -- a kind of Digital-Age...
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10 Reasons Why I Will Continue to Give My Children Handheld Devices
Earlier this month, The Huffington Post ran this article titled "10 Reasons Why Handheld Devices Should be Banned for Children Under the Age of 12." As an educator who advocates for the intentional and...
View ArticleHeard About Bitcoin? Nah, Been There, Done That
Between the dramatic collapse of Mt Gox, the recent news that a Canadian exchange lost $100,000, the daily reveal of all the new things you can buy (villas, space flights, etc.) and the growing debate...
View ArticleDelta's 'Innovation Class' Makes Networking At 35,000 Feet Easier Than Ever
What if, instead of dreading who your seatmate might be on your next flight, you looked forward to the experience? That's what Delta Air Lines is aiming for with its newly launched "Innovation Class,"...
View ArticleThis Perfectly Satirizes Every 'Serious' Record Collector You Know
If you know anyone that "seriously" collects records, they are probably exactly like this guy. They organize their collection by sections for generic metal, stoner metal,death metal, punk, shoegazer,...
View ArticleHow Social Media Has Distorted Our Ability to Let Go of the Past
The menus hadn't changed much since the last time I was there -- which was sometime back in the early '90s. My sister-in-law Katya and I wanted a quiet GNO (girls' night out) away from the kids and...
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Big Brand Game Companies See New Audience in Youngest Gamers
Game makers in search of new audiences are skewing even younger. Companies that traditionally catered to serious game players are making new forays into the K-6 crowd. "Get 'em young and keep 'em...
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Facebook Acquires Virtual Reality Company Oculus VR For $2 Billion
Facebook's stepping into the world of virtual reality. The company announced on Tuesday afternoon it has reached a deal to acquire Oculus VR, a company paving new roads in the field, for $2 billion....
View ArticleTarget Could Have Prevented Credit Card Hack: Senate Report
By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Target Corp missed multiple opportunities to thwart the hackers responsible for the unprecedented holiday shopping season data breach, U.S. Senate staffers...
View ArticleHome Monitoring Sytems Let You Control Devices While You're Away
Did you leave the lights on? Has your dog dug up your favorite potted plant - - - again? Home security/monitoring has become a big issue as we continue to hear about "the break-in down the street" or...
View ArticleThomas Hogan Named Presiding Judge Of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - The secretive U.S. court that considers applications for electronic surveillance and physical searches of non-U.S. targets will have a new presiding judge in May, the...
View ArticleFacebook Begins Its Quest To Replace Reality
Now, logging onto Facebook means looking at photos of a friend’s birthday party. With Facebook’s latest acquisition, it soon might mean joining the party itself. Or at least feeling as if you’re doing...
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What's An Oculus Rift, Anyway?
As you've probably heard, Facebook bought Oculus VR for $2 billion. While that's an exciting sum, it probably means very little to you if you have no idea what the Oculus Rift is. Buckle up. This is...
View ArticleKeith Alexander: NSA Isn't Spying On Jimmy Carter's Emails, So He Can Stop...
Gen. Keith Alexander, director of the National Security Agency, on Tuesday denied the agency spies on former President Jimmy Carter's emails. Carter told NBC's Andrea Mitchell on Sunday that he uses...
View ArticleStudy Finds Reasons For (Gasp!) Optimism In The Media Industry
By Jennifer Saba March 26 (Reuters) - A new wave of funding by technology-savvy investors into U.S. media companies is driving momentum in journalism, even as news organizations continue to face...
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