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Impact assesses the role of technology and its effects on evolving industries, society and environment. It explores moral conundrums, environmentally friendly fixes, and revolutionary technological uses that tackle world issues. This section emphasizes how technology has the power to change people’s lives and create a lasting impact.
Will “Banks” For Data Solve Our Privacy Woes?
For years now, what web sites do with our data has become a serious problem in the online world. From...
The War On Privacy Goes Even Higher Tech
It's well known that Facebook and Google are in a war to see who invade their users privacy to the...
The Internet is Serious Business: Conservatives Conspire to Rig Digg
Who said the internet was a sunshiney liberal wonderland of free speech? In an attempt to steer the internet, a...
Facebook Literally Shows You The Door
Oh, hey, that was slick, Facebook. Go to your account, guys. Right now. New tab. Check out your account options....
The Ultimate Privacy Issue: Facebook Hassles Your Friends After Death
Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg's own personal privacy invasion tool is known for failing to properly handle issues of security and personal...
Imagining A World Without Google
Google. It is unquestionably one of the most well-known companies in the world. It has empowered everyday people with information...
New Bike Add-On Allows For Phone Charging… The Green Way
The green movement has stopped being just about saving our dying planet and has become the fashionable thing to do....
It’s Quit Facebook Day! You Ready?
Alright people, time to pack it up. It's Quit Facebook Day, and it's time we all banded together and showed...
We’re Not Fooled: Ignoring Privacy Is Facebook’s Business Model
After a slew of loud criticism, Facebook have rolled out new, more understandable privacy controls. At the core of the...
Green Phone Relieves Your Nerd Guilt
As a gadget nerd, it's important to carry only the very latest cell phone, mp3 player and camera. But poor...
A Matter of Trust: 10 Places Google Collects User Data From
By now, everyone in the tech world and beyond has heard about Google's data collection from unsecured Wi-Fi networks...
Facebook’s New Privacy Controls Due Tomorrow
This week will see a bunch of changes to Facebook's privacy controls, addressing the ongoing concerns that Facebook is unconcerned...
Facebook Privacy: Zuckerberg Sheds Some Light
The plane has all but crashed into the goddamn mountain for Facebook, but Zuckerberg is still hoping against hope to...
Facebook vs. Canada. It’s about to get ugly.
It looks as though Facebook might face a court appearance before a federal judge in Canada real soon. This ongoing...
Disgracebook: NOW What?
While I don't like Facebook due to its stance on privacy, I believe that the outright witch hunt against Facebook...
Google Infringes Upon Facebook’s Business Model: Invading User Privacy
Privacy is a hot button issue right now, but Facebook isn't the only big player vying for a piece of...
Spokeo: The Internet White Pages For Stalkers
Concerned about the security of your personal information on the internet? We all are, and thanks to Mark Zuckerberg, we're...
Has Facebook’s Evil Genius Gone Too Far?
"Do no evil." That was the now famous philosophy that Google portrayed to the world, claiming that a business doesn't...
Solar Waterfall Planned For the 2016 Olympics
Going green can be beautiful. By the time of the upcoming 2016 Olympics, being held in Rio de Janeiro, a...
Apple’s Green Thumb Gives Other Companies Black Eyes
Apple is well known throughout the industry as being on the forefront of eco-friendly design and production. That is respectable,...