Colleges have always been a venue for the latest and greatest in technology to not only be used, but often created as well. Today’s and tomorrow’s college students are “ultra-connected” and many do not even know what life would be like without constant contact with the internet, their friends and family, or the devices that bridge the real world to the virtual existence that often lives in our pockets. This infographic explores the way that American students and the colleges they attend have integrated technology into education in ways that were unfathomable just a couple of decades ago. Click…

We have everything we need. The technology has been around for over a decade. The adoption of smartphones and other advanced mobile devices makes it easy to integrate the consumers. Businesses from local to corporate are starting to offer mobile as a method of payment. The one thing left is trust. We don’t trust the mobile connections. We don’t trust the security component at the local businesses. We don’t trust ourselves (more importantly, our ability to keep our smartphones out of the hands of the nefarious). This infographic by our friends at Intuit shows exactly what makes people happy as…

Few developments, notions, or facts relating to green technology surprise us anymore. Alternative energy continues to expand while oil consumption slowly drops (perhaps too slowly for most). The alternative energy industry seems to be heading in the right direction (other than some notable failures recently). It’s for this reason that the huge acceptance of solar power in Germany blindsided us a bit. It’s common knowledge that they lead the world in solar, but the extent of their domination is mind boggling. The infographic below by 1bog looks at the top 10 countries from a solar perspective….

The concept of business intelligence has been around for decades, but only in the last dozen or so years has it become an essential tool that businesses use to make major decisions about directions and strategies. The rise of the internet has made it the central focus of companies around the world whether they’re internet-based or not. As a result, BI’s important has continued to rise. Society is transitioning towards using mobile devices as primary tools for day-to-day life. Many of the purchases and other transactions occurring in the world are shifting towards promoting mobile interactions…

Social networking really started with teens on MySpace. Since then, it has progressed to the rest of the world. MySpace may be virtually gone, but teens are still hitting up their computers and mobile devices to social network more than ever before. The world of teen social networking, as we now know, is cruel. This infographic by our friends at ZoneAlarm breaks down the world of teen social networking as we know it. Click to enlarge. …

The Tom Cruise-driven vision of a future (almost) completely without murder worked with the concept that if we could use precognition to know when a murder was going to happen in the future, we could prevent it from ever happening. It was a science fiction concept that has tantalized the imagination on different levels with other concepts introduced in the film. Floating visual computer interfaces and iris-recognition technology aside, the crime-fighting components are well out of reach. Or are they? According to this infographic, we may actually have somewhere to go with all of this using…

The ebb and flow of venture capital, IPOs, angel funding, and private equity investing makes forming a feasible startup challenging at times. It often depends on recent successes; when startup success stories start heating up, the money flows. When things start looking bad or people lose money, the cash often dries up quickly. Crowdfunding might just be the answer that will allow for a consistent flow of funds for startups. Sites like Kickstarter and IndieGogo give access to investing to those wanting to dabble while startups get access to minor investment money, often enough to seed the ideas….

Technology has been accused of ruining many things in the world and in society, but there are times when it helps to preserve the natural elements around us by replacing things that once hurt the environment with more eco-friendly solutions. Such is the case with paper – more specifically, the ability to keep a few (million) more trees sprouting up and keeping oxygen levels at a sustainable level. E-receipts, paperless storage, and other forms of technology that have reduced the need for paper are poised to start making a difference. There are trade-offs of course; every device that replaces…

Google+ is the Facebook killer. Google+ is a fad. Google+ will break records. Google+ will fall flat. These and many other opinions are floating around and, depending on who you ask, fall under the category of personal preference and level of trust in Google and/or Facebook. In other words, nobody knows what Google+ is going to be and whether or not it will be successful, but there are definitely people using it today. Who are they? That’s the question that our friends at Flowtown answers in their most recent infographic. Click to enlarge. …

Two trends in American culture contradict each other. On one hand, technological and scientific fields are struggling to find qualified people to fill jobs. On the other hand, the education system are not focusing on producing more STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) enriched students. Nearly 3/4ths of students talented in math and science decide to pursue STEM degrees in college. Can bringing these two trends more in line with one another fix many of the growing problems in America? To answer that question, it’s important to have a more clear understanding of what STEM really is….