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Breaking down the SEC's beef with Groupon
May 9 by Rocco Penn | add commentFew public companies have experienced the type of roller coaster ride that Groupon has been on in such a short time. From darling to dud to darling and back to dud, the social buying site has been on the top of daily deals for a while but has been embroiled in controversy more »
Driverless technology: Google gets behind the wheel
May 9 by Jim Vacey | add commentThe future is now. At least, that is what we will be saying when the driverless automobile takes to the roads. Google has been testing its driverless technology with the Toyota Prius on the streets of California and with so much success, Nevada has approved America’s more »
Cruising the internet: Is Blueseed the utopian answer for entrepreneurs or a pathway to economic ruin?
May 8 by Jim Vacey | add commentI recently read an article on Mashable about Blueseed, a ship funded by Pay-Pal billionaire Peter Thiel, which will house over a hundred starter companies, protecting them from the laws that restrict them. Immediately I thought of Jurassic Park and if memory serves me, things didn’t more »
All of this now fits in your pocket
May 7 by Connor Livingston | 8 commentsTechnology is amazing and we all know it. What we may forget or even take for granted is that there was a time around thirty years ago when we needed dozens of different devices to do the things that we do with our current smartphones. As they put more »
How to make Google Translate beat box
May 6 by JD Rucker | 2 commentsSome Google hacks are simply cooler than others. If you want to make Google Translate “beat box” like a champ, simply paste this nonsensical string of letters into it and push play. pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk bschk pv more »
The rise of the mobile employee
May 5 by Connor Livingston | 1 commentThere was a time not too long ago when the only employees who could be considered “mobile” were the high-powered executives with cellular phones in their Lincoln Continentals. The business world shifted with the rise of the Blackberry and more »
The history of encryption
May 4 by Connor Livingston | add commentSensitive data has always been a challenge to deliver securely. Even in the days of the Spartans, military commanders would use ingenious encryption techniques to communicate with each other across distances. Today, we have an ongoing battle for data security that more »
Nerds unite! Celebrating Star Wars Day with The Avengers
May 4 by Jim Vacey | add commentMay the Fourth be with you! Its Star Wars day and there is no better day than this to let your nerd hang out and go see Marvel’s Avengers this weekend. I celebrated early this year, attending the midnight premier of The Avengers in costume. I have been an avid comic fan for more »
Posted May 10, 2012 in The invaluable social media custom graphics cheat sheet
Posted May 21, 2012 in Chrome overtakes IE to become world’s most popular browser
Posted May 21, 2012 in Chrome overtakes IE to become world’s most popular browser
Posted May 21, 2012 in Chrome overtakes IE to become world’s most popular browser
Posted May 19, 2012 in A bicycle built for the digital world