Basically Every Big Internet Firm Signs Letter Against FCC's Net Neutrality Plan
By Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 100 technology companies, including Google Inc, Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and Amazon.com Inc, have written to U.S. telecom regulators to oppose a new...
View ArticleTweet or Die
I was dragged kicking and screaming into the social media age. Had I not been a professional writer, warned by publishers to become my own platform, I would never have issued a tweet, posted on...
View ArticleGuo Xing Chen Arrested For Link To Target Data Breach: Report
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Texas police have arrested a man named Guo Xing Chen they say is linked to the devastating data breach at No. 3 U.S. retail chain Target Corp last year, USA Today cited a...
View ArticleCreating Value In Your Startup
If you have a startup you should be obsessed with creating value. If you are just getting going it can be a difficult path to work out what to focus on and where the value lies. This blog should help...
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New Sunglasses Turn Your World Into An Instagram Photo
Forget rose-colored glasses. It's time to see the world through an Instagram filter. And thanks to a new start-up, you'll soon be able to do exactly that. The company, Tens, has launched an IndieGogo...
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The Modular Shoe: Children's Footwear Designed for Developing Countries
KJ Lee, Alex Kowalski, Claire Usiak and Eli Zauner are students at Carnegie Mellon University. Juan Carlos lives in the Dominican Republic in a town called Cabarete with his mother, Cassandra and his...
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U.S. Air Force: We're Not Afraid Of Godzilla
The U.S. Air Force believes it could bring down Godzilla. But as they say in monster movies, "They clearly don't know what they're up against." Look, it's pretty awesome that the Smithsonian's Air...
View ArticleVermont Becomes First State To Require GMO Labeling
By Carey Gillam May 8 (Reuters) - Vermont on Thursday became the first U.S. state to mandate labeling of foods made with genetically modified organisms as Governor Peter Shumlin signed a law that is...
View ArticleThe Secret to Building Teams at a Tech Startup
Being fast and nimble is important to us at Shutterstock, and one way we accomplish this is by working in small teams. This approach has yielded tremendous benefits over the years, but it comes with...
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How to Use Twitter to Create a Social Network
There has been a lot of news about Twitter in the last few weeks, most recently the post from The Atlantic, "A Eulogy for Twitter." The article argues that although Twitter's users are increasing,...
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This Amazing Time-Lapse Video Proves That Packing For A Space Voyage Is...
Packing for a space voyage is out-of-this-world complicated. If you have any doubts, have a look at this new time-lapse video from the European Space Agency. It shows cargo being loaded aboard the...
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Of Course Jack White's New Album Has A Floating Hologram
When Jack White releases an album, you can bet it won’t be ordinary -- and the "Ultra LP” version of his forthcoming album is really something else. “Lazaretto,” set to be released next month, is...
View ArticleStates Pass Smartphone 'Kill Switch' Bills That Wireless Companies Hate
NEW YORK -- California and Minnesota took steps on Thursday toward becoming the first states in the country to pass laws requiring smartphones to feature stronger anti-theft technology. The California...
View ArticleTime Warner Cable Makes Hilariously Absurd Argument For Comcast Merger
Anybody who's ever tried to stream a movie or use the web on a 3G or 4G LTE network knows it is no competition for a Wi-Fi connection, at least in terms of cost and reliability. And yet Comcast and...
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Prosthetics Just Got Much More Comfortable, Thanks To This Forward-Thinking...
U.S. Army Sgt. Gary Walters was actually relieved when his lower right leg was finally amputated because it reduced the excruciating pain. But when his prosthetic started causing him problems, the...
View Article5 Online Games From Childhood That No Longer Exist
If you were born anytime in the 1990s or later, chances are you've spent a good amount of your childhood on the computer, playing online games. Some of those online games may still be around but there...
View ArticleNew York City Seriously Wants To Turn Pay Phones Into WiFi Hotspots
The City of New York has issued a request for proposals to turn its aging public pay phones into a citywide WiFi network. The Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications wants help...
View ArticleObama's Relationship With Silicon Valley Remains Complicated
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Silicon Valley recoils at the government's cyber data-gathering done in the name of national security. It bristles at new potential Internet rules. It's fast-paced ethos doesn't...
View ArticleApple Close To Buying Beats Electronics For $3.2 Billion: FT
Apple Inc is close to buying headphone maker Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion, the Financial Times reported. The purchase of Beats, which also runs a streaming music service, would be Apple's largest...
View Article17 Mothers' Day Cards That Are Sure To Make Your Mom Laugh
Mothers' Day really snuck up on us, didn't it? Just in case you forgot to get that card out in the mail, here are some funny e-cards you can send right away. We went ahead and picked out the funniest...
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