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Three misguided fears about the web

Three misguided fears about the web

Every so often, almost like clockwork, someone will come out and say that the internet is ruining everything. This week,...

Report: new MacBook Airs will arrive in June

Report: new MacBook Airs will arrive in June

According to reports, Apple’s new MacBook Air is slated to be launched in June or July. In typical Apple fashion,...

iPhone 5 dropping on November 21st?

iPhone 5 dropping on November 21st?

According to British gadget mag T3,  the iPhone 5 (or 4S, depending on which rumours you're believing) could be on...

New memoir paints less than positive portrait of Bill Gates

New memoir paints less than positive portrait of Bill Gates

Although he’s not quite the household name as Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is undeniably an incredibly influential technology...

Google asks Nevada to allow self-driving cars

Google asks Nevada to allow self-driving cars

According to the New York Times, Google is secretly lobbying for legislation that would make self-driving cars legal in the...

The best ways to beat information overload

The best ways to beat information overload

There once was a time on this grand internet of ours that finding information was hard. You knew there was...

Microsoft grabs Skype. Now what?

Microsoft grabs Skype. Now what?

Microsoft announced this morning that they are moving forward with plans to buy Skype for $8.5 billion in cash from...

Tumblr launches its own share button

Tumblr launches its own share button

Microblogging platform Tumblr has finally launched its own 'Share on Tumblr' button, following in the footsteps of other popular blogging...

Facebook fuels advertising growth with new social video ads

Facebook fuels advertising growth with new social video ads

Facebook’s latest attempt at monetization includes video ads that are embedded inside games. The ads can be closed, but users...

Four Conditions Necessary For a REAL Tablet Market

Four Conditions Necessary For a REAL Tablet Market

So, let's get this out of the way now: there is no 'tablet market'.There is no huge demographic out there...

The anatomy of a newborn tech company

The anatomy of a newborn tech company

Building a startup represents the 21st century equivalent of the "American Dream." It's not a direct comparison, as it has...

Ladies, prepare to get wet (and men too)!

Ladies, prepare to get wet (and men too)!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwoeYTddVz0 In what could only be described as Mario Kart meets ocean's bottom, these HydroBOB suits will allow a user...

Apple: new iMacs with Thunderbolt, FaceTime HD, and more power

Apple: new iMacs with Thunderbolt, FaceTime HD, and more power

Apple, while keeping up with the times, has decided that it is time to unveil a new set of iMacs...

Your personal Uno transformer can now be pre-ordered

Your personal Uno transformer can now be pre-ordered

What began as a high school science fair project has quickly turned into an international sensation. The innovative self-balancing two-wheeled...

The Cost of Fragmented Communication in the Enterprise

The Cost of Fragmented Communication in the Enterprise

Your employees are the DNA of your business. When lines of communication are broken or fragmented, the value and efficiency...

136 years of failed tech predictions

136 years of failed tech predictions

When people make predictions about future technologies that come true, they are seen as visionaries. When people miss terribly with...

MIT makes solar-cell technology go viral. Literally.

MIT makes solar-cell technology go viral. Literally.

Researchers at MIT have genetically modified a virus that helps carbon nanotubes self-assemble along solar cells to improve efficiency of...

Users furrow their class-action brows at Google over privacy… again

Users furrow their class-action brows at Google over privacy… again

Good luck, guys. Two Michigan residents are filing a class-action suit against Google over the sudden location-tracking brouhaha that's been...

The Apple ad machine through the years

The Apple ad machine through the years

If there's one thing that Apple has done exceptionally well over the past decade, it's advertising. They have built a...

BMW says electric vehicles are great…for some people

BMW says electric vehicles are great…for some people

In addition to developing its own all-electric powertrains, BMW has recently formed the new "i" brand to sell next-generation EVs...