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LIKE MANY PEOPLE in San Francisco, Sasha Robinson is working on a startup out of his home.
View ArticleLawmakers Introduce Bill To Tackle Misleadingly Photoshopped Ads
In an effort to shield young children and teenagers from the damaging effects of photoshopped images, Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) and Lois Capps (D-Calif.) have co-sponsored legislation to...
View ArticleWikipedia Use Could Give Insights To The Flu Season
By Agata Blaszczak-Boxe, Staff Writer Published: 04/17/2014 05:50 PM EDT on LiveScience By monitoring the number of times people look for flu information on Wikipedia, researchers may be better able to...
View ArticleThe Three Internet Devices That Shook Up Algeria's Election
Thursday's presidential election in Algeria did not play out in the usual way. The Internet's sudden boom has changed the situation in the country and has brought about changes in communication,...
View ArticleSomething Fishy Has Happened At Amazon Over The Last 2 Years
By Tom Bergin LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) - The amount of money Amazon.com Inc reports through a tax-exempt vehicle in Europe has dropped sharply in the past two years, even as European sales jumped,...
View ArticleSpaceX Rocket Launches To Space Station After Long Delay
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A SpaceX supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station on Friday, setting the stage for an Easter morning delivery and urgent spacewalking repairs later in the...
View ArticleNewspaper Industry Revenue Continued To Fall In 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. newspaper industry revenue fell last year, as increases in circulation revenue weren't high enough to make up for shrinking demand for print advertising, an industry trade group...
View ArticleWatch This Student Set Music On Fire With Help From Freaky 'Pyro Board' (VIDEO)
Talk about a hot beat! With the help of a "pyro board," Sune Nielsen, a masters student in physics at Denmark's Aarhus University, uses fire to represent music visually. The result, displayed in the...
View ArticleHow Video Games Can Improve Dialogue on Mental Illness
Co-authored by Doris C. Rusch, Ph.D., assistant professor for game design, and Anuradha Rana, MFA, MA, instructor in digital cinema at DePaul University. The darkness is closing in around you. You know...
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You Can Better The World By Watching Cat Videos. Seriously
Get ready for the best news ever. You may want to sit down ... are you ready? Okay, here it is: You can save the world by watching CAT VIDEOS! We know what you're probably saying: "I'm already watching...
View ArticleGet A New iPhone 5S For Zero Dollars, Just By Finding A Surviving Radio Shack
Looking to buy a brand-spanking-new iPhone 5S on the cheap? Your best bet might be to go somewhere you haven't been in a long, long time: a RadioShack. The struggling electronics chain has a new...
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Instagram for Business: Engaging Content Ideas
Instagram is a challenging place for brands. Analytics are currently non-existent, ads are extremely expensive, off-app content is nearly impossible to link to and ideas for new content can be...
View ArticlePrivate Spies Deserve More Scrutiny
It turns out being the only imprisoned journalist in the United States doesn't get you on CNN or MSNBC. If you're Barrett Brown, a firebrand with an outlandish style, a penchant for insulting those...
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Intertwingled: The Work and Influence of Ted Nelson
Forty years ago Ted Nelson published a book called Computer Lib. In it he wrote: EVERYTHING IS DEEPLY INTERTWINGLED. In an important sense there are no "subjects" at all; there is only all knowledge,...
View ArticleBryant University Begs Students Not To Take Selfies At Commencement
BOSTON (AP) — Rhode Island's Bryant University is asking students to resist the urge to take selfies with its president while receiving their diplomas. University President Ronald Machtley (MAYK'-lee)...
View ArticleHow the Touch Screen Became So Out of Touch
The touch screen -- interface of the future or gimmicky marketing headache? When the first touch screen interfaces came out (at least in a big consumer kind of way) it was in smartphones. Sure there...
View ArticleWe're Ready For Our Robot Poet Overlords
A survey released this week revealed the American public to be skeptical that teleportation, lunar colonies or automated weather control will be achieved in the next 50 years. Yet another sci-fi...
View ArticleTranscending Complacency on Superintelligent Machines
As the Hollywood blockbuster Transcendence debuts this weekend with Johnny Depp, Morgan Freeman and clashing visions for the future of humanity, it's tempting to dismiss the notion of highly...
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What Type Of Pot Smoker Are You?
Like snowflakes or THC crystals*, no two pot smokers are truly the same. But even in a group as diverse as marijuana users, certain patterns do emerge. For example, does your pot use lead to endless...
View ArticleFacebook's 'Nearby Friends' Is a Really, Really Bad Idea
Co-authored by Dr. Stephen Bryen, Chairman, Ziklag Systems Facebook has introduced a new feature for its mobile users allowing them to share their location with friends. It is an "opt in" feature,...
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