Amazon's Fire TV Already Has A Porn Problem
Amazon announced it will begin selling a new Fire TV streaming set-top box on Wednesday. But whatever you do, do not go to firetv.com to find out more information about it, especially if you are at...
View ArticleIt's Not the End of the Internet as We Know It -- Five Myths About the Recent...
For more than two billion people around the world, the Internet is an indispensable part of daily life. Over the last five years, information created and shared online has increased nine-fold.i By...
View ArticleNASA Cuts Most Ties With Russia's Space Agency Over Ukraine Crisis
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., April 2 (Reuters) - NASA has been added to the list of U.S government agencies prohibited from contacting Russian government representatives, though operation of...
View ArticleThe Two-phone Solution Doubles the Pain, Not the Pleasure
co-authored by Dr. Stephen Bryen, Chairman Ziklag Systems As the Wall Street Journal reports, many people are using two cellphones today -- one for work, the other for pleasure. Mostly they are doing...
View ArticleTake A Ride On Not 1, But 2 New Rainbow Roads In 'Mario Kart 8'
Nintendo on Thursday released a new trailer for “Mario Kart 8," showcasing new items, tracks and features that will appear in the upcoming Wii U game. The trailer gives fans their first glimpse at two...
View ArticleJacquelline Fuller, Google Executive Resigns From World Vision Board Over Gay...
SEATTLE (AP) — A World Vision board member has resigned in protest after the Christian aid group quickly reversed its decision to hire employees in same-sex marriages. Jacquelline Fuller, director of...
View ArticleThe White House Is Not Amused By Samsung's Selfie Stunt
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is not amused that Samsung is promoting a selfie with the president taken by Boston Red Sox player David Ortiz on a Samsung phone. Spokesman Jay Carney says the White...
View ArticleHiggs Boson May Be Composed Of Tiny 'Techni-Quark' Particles, Physicists Say
The Higgs boson — a particle thought to explain how other particles get their mass — is tiny, but it may not be the tiniest particle yet. Theories have long predicted the existence of even smaller...
View ArticleHere's Everything Wrong With 'Thor: The Dark World'
"Thor: The Dark World" was a big, fat box office hit (like basically every other Marvel superhero film), but that doesn't mean it was a cinematic masterpiece. Now that CinemaSins has taken a crack at...
View ArticleAnti-Gay Marriage Mozilla CEO Resigns After Backlash
Brendan Eich, the newly named CEO of the software firm Mozilla Corporation, resigned from the post after angering gay rights activists and some in the tech industry for his opposition to same-sex...
View ArticleZunZuneo, USAID and How the U.S. Lost the Confidence of the Cuban People
A recent article by the Associated Press brought to light an intricate cover operation by the U.S. Agency of International Development (USAID) in Cuba. With the help of mobile and technological...
View ArticleChinese Investment In U.S. Tech Booms Despite Cybersecurity Fears
Chinese tech companies have splurged on major acquisitions of U.S. high tech firms in the first quarter of 2014, spending big bucks in pursuit of the markets, technology and talent found in the U.S.,...
View ArticleThe 72 Worst Internet Sayings, Ranked
The Internet has given us a lot of great things. Wikipedia comes to mind. Maybe email and online shopping make your list. I don't know (or really care). But the Internet has also created a lot of...
View ArticleHow We Research: A Look Inside the Buffer Blog Process
I often get asked about my research process for the Buffer blog. For my science and life hacking posts in particular, I rely heavily on scientific research to back up my points, so there's a lot of...
View ArticleLadies and Gentlemen, Let's Talk About Instagram
I get it. I get that we all want to look like a glamorous celebrity by posting our Cobb salads on Instagram (and let's be honest, you probably didn't really enjoy that Cobb salad). I understand that. I...
View ArticleVine Just Unleashed A Private Messaging Feature (We All Know How This Ends)
Now you don't have to worry about whether your latest Vine is appropriate for everyone. The app's latest update lets you share private video messages directly with other users. The Twitter-owned...
View ArticleNo, Russia Isn't About To Take Over Your Internet: Protecting Internet...
Let there be no mistake: the future and openness of the Internet is of paramount importance. Unfortunately, recent headlines could easily lead someone who hasn't followed Internet policy to think the...
View ArticleHow 1 Sexual Assault Victim Helped 400 Others Find A Voice
Ali Safran wanted to turn the anniversary of the date she was sexually assaulted into something positive. The Mount Holyoke College senior didn't expect the resulting project in its first year to grow...
View ArticleOkCupid 'Satisfied' With Brendan Eich, Anti-Gay Mozilla CEO, Resignation
Mozilla landed itself in hot water this week after Proposition 8 donor Brendan Eich became the company's new CEO. The fallout was inevitable, with half of Mozilla's board reportedly resigning over the...
View ArticleNASA's LADEE Lunar Probe To Crash Into Moon This Month
The far side of the moon will get a special new crater later this month when a NASA spacecraft makes a high-speed crash into the lunar surface. NASA's moon-orbiting LADEE probe (short for Lunar...
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