#Infographic: How to make responsive web design work
If you're like most web designers, you've probably embraced the art of responsive web design. It's elegant, effective, and makes perfect sense when you...
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Drone-killing laser could be the future of missile defense
The US Navy released a video yesterday that demonstrated its new LaWS (Laser Weapon System). With it, they were able to destroy a drone heading in the...
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Pre-pivot work
23 articles from Chastity Mansfield's earlier era on TECHi (pre-2026 financial-coverage pivot). URLs still resolve and Google can crawl them, but they're not on the current beat.
Branded video continues to be the hip way to market
People love watching videos. More time is spent on YouTube and other video channels than just about any other online activity. Branding is the way that...
#Infographic: The evolution of the mobile phone
It's hard to remember what the world was like when you had to use a land line at your house or even a payphone while out and about. We've had devices...
Precision Guided Firearm: Hit animals at 1000 yards with 10-minutes of training
If you were to believe video games and movies, you'd think that sniping at great distances is all about steady nerves, steady hands, and lining up the...
#Video: Google+ automated movie maker looks sort of cool
Google is trying. They're trying real hard to make their social network better than Facebook. In many ways, it already is, but that has yet to translate...
#Video: The stats behind the online video explosion
Blame it on social media. Blame it on mobile phones. Blame it on attention span. Whatever you want to blame it on, American adults are spending more time...
Samsung's ballyhooed ads: are they worth the hype?
It isn't often that an advertisement is the top story on the tech news aggregators. Usually when it is, there's an Apple product being advertised.Samsung...
#Infographic: Apps on the right side of 'free'
Do you know what's better than paying for something? How about getting it for free?Do you know what's better than getting something for free? How about...
Does hiring a CMO mean a new chapter for Facebook?
For the first decade, Facebook hasn't needed much marketing. It spread like a virus once it was unleashed onto the public and despite misstep after...
Putting the byte on a scale
Data has been a hot topic for more than a decade now as the accumulation of the good ol' byte has increased exponentially. It's not just the data itself...
The Joy of Tech takes an unpopular but sadly realistic take on the NSA Verizon controversy
With Verizon vans rolling down the road being called "NSA Surveillance Vehicles" and every tech and political blog on the internet complaining about the...
As Home fails, Facebook tries a lifeline with dock feature
The primary goal of Home, Facebook's Android app that basically takes over your phone, was to keep people more connected on their mobile devices than they...
72,000 posts per hour leaving Tumblr shouldn't worry Yahoo one bit
As Tumblr users cope with news of a new overlord, many are voicing both concern and annoyance at the $1.1 billion deal. The most vocal are getting their...
Do you have what it takes to be a graphic designer?
It's a digital age. The worlds of advertising, branding, and art are all flooded with creative people trying to make their mark in the realm of graphic...
Synthetic drugs may be a bigger concern than traditional narcotics
The war on drugs has had its share of ups and downs. On one hand, there seems to be a lightening of the regulations around the country when it comes to...
The most epic Helm's Deep LEGO recreation you'll see in this lifetime
We've seen the Minecraft treatment done to Game of Thrones that blew our minds with the digital effort put into it. Now, we get to see physical effort at...
I'll wait for Google Glass II (if it makes it that far)
The reviews are rolling in. For the most part, they're not good. Google may have laid a major egg with Google Glass by building a device that has such a...
Monkeys demand equal pay for their labors
Monkeys seem to have the ability to share the sentiment of the #OccupyWallStreet when it comes to equal pay. Grapes and cucumbers are not equal and these...
A 450-foot tall game of pong played on the Cira Centre Building in Philadelphia
It's the grandfather of all video games. Pong has been played on many grand stages, but according to Dr. Frank Lee, gaming professor at Drexel University,...
Google Fiber's 1Gbps doubled up by Japan's Nuro 2Gbps service
That didn't take long. Just as Google announced that Austin would be the second recipient following Kansas City as the having the fastest home internet...
Age 3 marked as milestone in media usage
You have a couple of choices here. You can either mark this down as part of the advancement of society, one that heralds a shift for this generation to...
YouTube stars, then and now
YouTube makes stars out of ordinary people. It happens every day. In many cases, it's not intentional, such as with the case of Antoine Dodson and the...
Lines at T-Mobile stores show Apple's clout
The iPhone 5 is six months old. That isn't stopping happy T-Mobile subscribers from lining up to get it as part of the T-Mobile's bold new pricing and...
Hyundai lays a mobility egg because walking is overrated
Egg. Evolution. Electricity. Eco-friendliness. Those are the four E's of Hyundai's E4U, which they unveiled at the Seoul Motor Show. The most prominent of...