August 2012
159 Stories
Let concerts find you with the SongKick app
Music soothes the soul and it is something we can all relate to, we love a good tune to turn...
DNA of a successful book
Who doesn't enjoy sitting down to read a good book? However, have you ever thought about what it takes to...
Dear Internet this puppy is pulling a cat move
Cats are loved by the Internet, perhaps it is their sassiness, their independence or their purrfect way of getting what...
6 cool facts about Neil Armstrong
When celebrities die, we often get the disappointing surge of dirt and mud that shows that they may not have...
Clash of the titans: Google and Apple CEOs talking behind the scenes ahead of public battle
If you thought the battle between Apple and Samsung was big, you may be in for a mobile device war...
Status updates should not be novels
I have a confession to make; I am guilty of writing too much when trying to explain something via Skype,...
Get people reading your blog through social signals
As bloggers we want our written articles to be seen, read and commented on. We want to provoke thought, teach...
Yes please, I want a Treepee!
Oh what it would be like to be young again… jumping in bouncy castles, on trampolines and swinging off that...
BaR2D2: The robotic bar upgraded
Looking for an awesome DIY project to impress your dorm mates? Or throw a killer party for the first weekend...
The collision of pop culture and academia
In recent years, there has been a much stronger focus at an academic level when it comes to pop culture....
Twitter has become the Dark Defender
It seemed to me that Twitter was the quiet social network of the bunch, never openly in hot water like...
How social media is helping grow Gen Con
From August 16th to 19th, I attended Gen Con, a hobby game convention held in the Indiana Convention Center in...
Say what, an Instagram cam?
Tis’ true my friends, hipsters and photographers of the world, soon we will be able to use a tiny camera...
Awesome Mortal Kombat vs Street Fighter fan video
Every time I hear about a fan-made real-life gaming video, I get discouraged. There have been some pretty good ones...
Reddit: another example that Obama gets it and the GOP doesn’t
The Obama camp knows social media. They realize that Twitter is big and Facebook is bigger, but Reddit is the...
The one thing I would change about the G+ app
I could go on for days about the Facebook app, but since their latest update the app has been less...
Never sacrifice clarity with this USB micro blue microphone
If you love to voice chat on your PC or Mac using Skype or load up your YouTube channel with...
By market cap, Apple is bigger than Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon. Combined.
How 'bout them apples. With a market cap of over $632 billion, Apple is huge. That's common knowledge. What may...
Can’t sleep due to the heat? Use a bed fan
It seems like summer is getting hotter each year, so much so that ceiling fans and fan stands just don’t...
Smartphones to beat projections, account for half of all mobile phones by 2013
It wasn't supposed to happen until 2015. Smartphones accounted for 35% of the worldwide market last year but they are...
Stop the presses. Google has an ad on its homepage.
Having the cleanest homepage on the internet has often been attributed to much of Google's early success. Before they were...
Don’t have your mobile design flunk, test it using Plunk
Designing for an audience can be tough, especially when time spent online is moving heavily to mobile. You need to...
Should two-factor authentication be utilized for all your accounts?
The fear of hackers and privacy peeping toms has been quelled for the moment due to the unveiling of a...
Pinterest is now bigger than Tumblr in the US
It may not be bigger worldwide, but Alexa shows Pinterest is now ahead of Tumblr in overall US traffic and...
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