Archive for the ‘Lifestyle’ Category

In the internet ruining our brains?

Apr 4 by Rocco Penn | 1 comment

The majority of people would say that the internet has enhanced our lives. It has given us access to more information than many dreamed of a couple of decades ago and we can get it more easily than most thought possible one decade ago. These opinions, more »

As many as 1.5 million credit cards at risk through Global Payments hack

Apr 2 by Sal McCloskey | add comment

Late last week payment processor Global Payments revealed that MasterCard and Visa cardholders were at risk through a security flaw in their system.  We now know that the cards affected in the breach processing system were only in North America but that the more »

When will iBooks become the norm in schools?

Apr 1 by Scarlett Madison | 1 comment

There has been a push to replace books in the educational arena for some time now. This push hasn’t been in Washington or school board meeting rooms even though they are happening there as well. The big push is happening in the minds of students more »

Piracy cut in half in France, yet music and movie revenues fell

Mar 31 by Sal McCloskey | 6 comments

France made waves in the P2P industry by implementing a controversial graduated response program in 2010 that was designed to reduce the amount of illegal downloads by establishing progressively-harsher penalties on file sharers. The results were strong, as shown more »

Is internet infrastructure improving quickly enough to meet demands?

Mar 30 by Connor Livingston | add comment

While browsing tech posts on Google Plus (yes, I’m the guy who’s still using G+) I came across an advertorial infographic by Intel discussing the growing needs of the world when it comes to storage and connectivity. The graphic was more of a pitch more »

Facebook Assemble! How social media promotes the movie industry

Mar 30 by Jim Vacey | add comment

Lately the social media buzz in the film industry has surrounded Marvel’s new summer tent pole release The Avengers. The Avengers, a team of superheroes including, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Nick Fury and Captain America, band together more »

38 years ago Arthur C. Clarke nailed his prediction about the 21st century

Mar 30 by Sal McCloskey | add comment

We often look back at the great minds of the past in wonder as their predictions of what the future would look like. Sometimes, they are relatively accurate. Other times, they’re way off. In an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation more »

Tech needs more women

Mar 29 by Connor Livingston | add comment

Most of the gender boundaries in America have been broken down in recent decades as women are now doing more things that used to be male-dominated while men are doing more things that were once female-dominated. The technology world is one arena more »

Smartphones enabling dumbing down

Mar 29 by Amanda Rush | add comment

Recently, it feels as though new cell phones can do everything for you. Email, scheduling, GPS capabilities, games, messaging, and calls are but few of the standard features that many of us have grown accustomed to having on our phones. But more »

Does Twitter censor your Tweets?

Mar 29 by Aidan Hijleh | add comment

Twitter is one of the hottest internet tools on the planet. At the current time, however, it is also one of the most scrutinized. Once viewed as a medium that empowers the right of free speech, some are now questioning whether it has sold out to more »

When athlete Tweets become a public relations headache

Mar 29 by Eileen McGovern | add comment

Should a professional sports team’s code of conduct extend to their players during the off season? While players have been punished for their online antics during their active seasons, what, if any, control should a team have over their more »

Google's self-driving car user #0000000001

Mar 29 by Scarlett Madison | 1 comment

Steve Mahan is just like everyone else with a car. He likes to hop in the driver’s seat on a sunny California day and hit the drive-thru for a taco on his way to the dry cleaners. Unlike most drivers, Steve Mahan has lost 95% of his vision and is legally more »

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