CEO Of 'Russian Facebook' Says He Was Fired And That The Social Network Is...
So ends the slow unravelling of independence at VKontakte, Russia’s most popular social network.
View ArticleAereo CEO Speaks Out About Supreme Court Case
NEW YORK (AP) — Television broadcasters face off at the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday with Aereo, a company that offers live TV over the Internet. The case hinges on whether the service constitutes a...
View ArticleSecurity Takes the Stage at SXSW: Key Takeaways
Every year CSID is lucky to attend South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi), the digital portion of the technology, film and music festival that takes place in our hometown of Austin, Texas. While...
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'World's Most Sustainable Font' Wants To Save The World Through Typography
Typography is a powerful invention. It is, after all, the design mechanism that brings us the words of novelists and writers in an aesthetically pleasing fashion. But can fonts be more "sustainable"...
View ArticleJetBlue Pilots Vote To Join Union
(Adds context, analyst comment) April 22 (Reuters) - JetBlue Airways Corp pilots voted by a wide margin on Tuesday to join the Air Line Pilots Association union, sending the budget carrier's stock...
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Detailed Images Of WWII Wreck Recorded By Submarine
BOSTON (AP) -- A Massachusetts company says one of its unmanned submarines has recorded some of the most detailed images of two American ships that sank off the coast of England during World War II....
View ArticleCan Evolutionary Biology Tell Us What's Kinky?
Click here to watch the TEDTalk that inspired this post. Carin Bondar's phenomenal and learned TED talk called "The Birds And The Bees Are Just the Beginning" is one of most informative lectures I've...
View ArticleBloomberg Is Bringing Solar Power To Africa With $5 Million Investment In...
NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's foundation on Tuesday announced a $5 million investment in an artsy-looking solar-powered lamp designed for use in off-grid populations in...
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This Boy Saved For A PlayStation, But Then Tragedy Struck And He Helped His...
In the wake of tragedy, one boy from Texas found an generous way to protect his community. Hector Montoya, 9, from Grand Prairie was saving up for a PlayStation 4 video game console. However, after...
View ArticleIt's Easy Being Green with Wireless Tech
It was the great muppet philosopher Kermit the Frog who first proclaimed in 1970 that "it's not easy bein' green." While that may have been true decades ago, with the swipe of a screen to control your...
View ArticleThis 2014 Dog Vine Compilation Will Make You Want A Puppy Now
There are some pups you just can't get enough of. These Vine-famous dogs fit the bill. Thanks to PL: Funny compilations, we have a collection of them worth watching over and over and over and... While...
View ArticleThis NYPD Idea Backfired Horribly On Twitter
The New York City Police Department sent out an interesting request on Tuesday, asking followers to send photos of themselves posing proudly with officers using the hashtag #myNYPD. Do you have a photo...
View ArticleNurturing the Startup Juggernaut
In 1995, Sergey Brin was assigned to show a new student, Larry Page, around Stanford. They soon started developing BackRub, a new way to search for content on the rapidly growing Internet. Two years...
View Article51% of Americans Over 55 Own a Smartphone
If it seems like everyone you know owns a smartphone these days—perhaps even your parents and grandparents—you’re not alone. As of Q1 2014, for the first time, a majority of Americans of all age groups...
View ArticleTrain Kick Selfie Guy On Track To Make A Ton Of Money Off His Idiotic Video
It's a weird formula, for sure: Travel to a far-flung destination, get kicked in the head by a worker on a passing train, profit from a self-shot video of the encounter. But Jared Frank just might make...
View ArticleAntonin Scalia Seems Confused By HBO
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia may know a lot... but does he know about HBO? It appears not, according to a transcript from Tuesday's Supreme Court discussion over the case of ABC Inc. v. Aereo....
View ArticleBoston Marathon Bib Theft On The Rise Due To Social Media
BOSTON (AP) — A man in a white tank top with a big red heart on the front. Another wearing all blue. A woman with clothing from a St. Louis running store and one who printed "Lauren" on her shirt. They...
View ArticleHere's How 'Big Data' Can Really Hurt The Poor
WASHINGTON (AP) — A White House review of how the government and private sector use large sets of data has found that such information could be used to discriminate against Americans on issues such as...
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This Is What Heartbreak Looks Like In The Digital Age
It's often difficult to articulate the real pain and anguish involved in heartbreak. But artist Victoria Siemer seems to do it better than most, with her series "Human Error." Overlaying intimate...
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These Kids Thought Their School Lacked A Place Of Discovery. So They're...
The students of REALM charter school in Berkeley, Calif., are putting their creativity to the test. In the past, the eighth-graders have had the opportunity to create laser-etched skateboards and build...
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