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Yes we are aware that these are bookshelves which are meant for actual books, but many of us are now reading from tablets, smartphones and e-readers that although it would look great to have perhaps some of our old books hanging on the wall, it would be sort of a waste when we could use it to display our beloved DVD’s. …

There’s something particularly creepy about Google Now that not only makes it superior to Siri and other voice- and location-based digital personal assistants, it makes it worrisome to those who take their privacy seriously. For the first time, we get to see the full breadth of how much Google really knows about us as individuals. It knows us from our Gmail accounts. It tracks our activities online. It knows where we are at any given moment. It’s aware of our real-world activities. In essence, it knows more about us than many of our significant others. That should be a little disconcerting. Strangely,…

When a company so new and so fresh off of a cash infusion from going public starts to make cost-cutting decisions surrounding their primary product, it doesn’t bode well for the future of the company. That seems to be the direction that Zynga may be heading after shutting down 11 of their titles. According to Techcrunch: The San Francisco-based company had overextended itself. During its heyday on Facebook it built dozens of games, then aggressively launched mobile games as smartphones gained popularity. It didn’t seem like a problem when the company was preparing for a big IPO. The “big IPO”…

The world of technology in general is often associated with computers and geeks behind them typing away at equations. The jobs in the tech sector are often considered boring and without risk. Some are riskier than others. For most, the video below would fall under the category of “Nope”. As you can see from the image above, any fear of heights would prohibit you from doing this job. Better stick to computers and equations. …

At first when I saw this I had to scratch my head, wondering what it was, the image alone is what peaked my interest and then I found out that this is a vehicle of sorts and was awed by its conception. Surprisingly, the original design began back in 1869 in France and since then has taken an unimaginable design to turn into reality. The motorized monocycle, made in the Netherlands, propels a single rider up to 25 MPH. …

Taking old pieces of technology and turning them into art is a nifty idea, and the older the pieces the more worthy they become within the steampunk world. It is not easy to mix match items and have them actually look like something recognizable. Although I have seen many steampunked items, this doll named Charlotte has caught my eye, not because she is steampunked on the outside (she’s not) but instead, she is on the inside. …

We were so close. A non-controversial bill,  the Video Privacy Protection Act, flew through the Senate and was sent to President Obama last week. The bill itself isn’t important; it allows people using services like Netflix to post the movies that they were watching directly from the service onto Facebook and other social media sites just as they can do now with music sites like Spotify. This is currently against the law because of legislation from 1988 when Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork’s video rental history was leaked. That’s not the important part. What was important was that a section…

In less than a week the world was supposed to end (according to the Mayans) and many of us celebrated something (to some that would be Christmas) and that is how we are beginning to round out the year. To those who will be vacationing it out, cheers, and to the rest of us worker bees, we will be enjoying living vicariously through the staycationers. …

Having the ability to paint is pretty impressive within itself, not everyone has the creative gene. Watching an idea go from thought to art is an amazing process to witness and even more so when someone can turn a photograph of a real cat and finger paint it on an iPad artistically is simply a mind-blowing experience. …

Every few months, it seems that Klout makes changes to try to bring its importance to a higher level and push itself into the mainstream consciousness. Every few months, the changes that Klout makes push them further into obscurity and away from mainstream consciousness because they try too hard to appeal to the people that simply don’t care. When they do this, they reduce the very thing that could actually make them better known and talked about more often: overall usefulness. The last algorithm change seemed to set “caps” on how “influential” people could be based upon their position in the real…