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Iran’s awesome new stealth fighter that nobody will see in the air

Iran’s awesome new stealth fighter that nobody will see in the air

Should the world be scared because Iran's new stealth fighter is impossible to see in the air? On the surface,...

Projections show a zettabyte of annual data transfers by 2016

Projections show a zettabyte of annual data transfers by 2016

A zettabyte. Let's put that amount of data into perspective.That's 1024 exabytes. An exabyte is 1024 terabytes. Now it's starting...

Hospitalized children can play in a virtual playground with interactive walls

Hospitalized children can play in a virtual playground with interactive walls

At the Royal London Children’s Hospital, the children who must be there are treated to amazing technology to make their...

Google Glass may be the ultimate distraction that could kill any of us

Google Glass may be the ultimate distraction that could kill any of us

When Google first announced the Glass Project nearly a year ago, it looked like a nice enhancement to life that...

3 things businesses need to know about their Twitter strategy

3 things businesses need to know about their Twitter strategy

Twitter is still the most used social network by businesses. This surprises some, but the latest statistics showed that 77%...

Google is officially the 800-dollar gorilla

Google is officially the 800-dollar gorilla

Forget the 800-lb gorilla. Google has billions of dollars more to worry about now that its shares have surpassed the...

7 iWatch concepts and why most of them won’t work for Apple

7 iWatch concepts and why most of them won’t work for Apple

As we said when we first brought up the rumor, the Apple iWatch represents a much-needed infusion of fresh technology...

@BurgerKing learns the hard way that your password must be secure

@BurgerKing learns the hard way that your password must be secure

It may never stop happening. Twitter accounts are hacked every hour of every day. Every now and then, a big...

The biggest reason parents join Facebook: yep, monitoring their kids

The biggest reason parents join Facebook: yep, monitoring their kids

There's a strange change that has been happening since the dawn of social media and that continues to accelerate every...

Strange designs in China are optometry charts for spy planes

Strange designs in China are optometry charts for spy planes

How can you tell if your spy planes and satellites need corrective eye wear? You have them read an optometry...

Social trendsetters are the ones that brands are reaching through social media

Social trendsetters are the ones that brands are reaching through social media

Do you remember the person who consulted with you about social media and told you that brands are having tremendous...

If you want to learn how to use Vine, Adam Goldberg is the master

If you want to learn how to use Vine, Adam Goldberg is the master

If it's possible to be a true filmmaker using only the 6-seconds allowed on Twitter's Vine app, actor Adam Goldberg...

It was the best hacking Facebook could have hoped for

It was the best hacking Facebook could have hoped for

No harm, no foul, lesson learned, you're data is safe. That's the message that Facebook gave its users with a...

Posting only links on Twitter means posting nothing at all

Posting only links on Twitter means posting nothing at all

Anyone who has been on Twitter as long as I have (6 years I believe) knows that the site has...

Five fast and furious years of Facebook

Five fast and furious years of Facebook

It's hard to believe that Facebook is nearly a decade old. I can remember when it was just a social...

7 things Google+ could do today to make it less of a ghost town

7 things Google+ could do today to make it less of a ghost town

It was hot, then it was cold, then it was hot, then it was cold. Google+, the search giant's 54th...

In defense of Monsanto (no, not really)

In defense of Monsanto (no, not really)

For the sake of full disclosure, let me state up front that I supported California Proposition 37 which would have...

If you see it, you can feel it even if it isn’t there

If you see it, you can feel it even if it isn’t there

There's a connection between what we see and what we feel according to recent experiments with tactile sensations and how...

Interning at Google through the eyes of Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson

Interning at Google through the eyes of Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson

It may not have the award-winning scope that The Social Network had when it explored the early days of Facebook...

Has drone technology made the art of war too impersonal?

Has drone technology made the art of war too impersonal?

Proponents of drone warfare say that any technology that allows the United States to achieve its military goals without risking...