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Inspiration highlights innovative initiatives and people influencing the tech industry while narrating the tales behind the ideas. It’s a place to honor originality, tenacity, and ground-breaking concepts that encourage others to pursue their dreams and make them a reality.

How Christian Bale won the role of Batman

How Christian Bale won the role of Batman

There have been many complaints about Christian Bale's use of "gruffy Batman voice" throughout the most recent Batman trilogy, but...

Is it time to adjust to the technological nature of our society?

Is it time to adjust to the technological nature of our society?

According to Google's Chairman of the Board, spying is part of the nature of society. He's right. That much isn't...

Assume that no personal data is safe from the NSA, GCHQ, and others

Assume that no personal data is safe from the NSA, GCHQ, and others

Passwords. Encryption. Firewalls. Secure networks. None of these are out of the reach of the US National Security Agency (NSA),...

Confessions of a binge viewer: how technology took the cliffhanger waiting period away

Confessions of a binge viewer: how technology took the cliffhanger waiting period away

I can't wait until House of Cards, Netflix' award-winning series, comes to an end. When the final season is announced...

Top 5 videos to boost your mood

Top 5 videos to boost your mood

Everyone could use a lift now and then. YouTube is more than just a treasure trove of silly Korean music...

The cost of being Batman, 1939 vs 2013

The cost of being Batman, 1939 vs 2013

Wouldn't it be great to be Batman? Rich playboy by day. Gadget-toting crime-fighter by night. It's the type of lifestyle...

Even Congress can’t get access to NSA information

Even Congress can’t get access to NSA information

If you feel like you're being left in the dark about the practices of the NSA, you're not alone. Even...

Casting call for Batman: top 5 candidates for the new film

Casting call for Batman: top 5 candidates for the new film

Comic Con has been making headlines the past few weeks. At Comic Con, producers are known for releasing film, TV,...

The 4 biggest tech innovations in cruise travel

The 4 biggest tech innovations in cruise travel

We sometimes forget about how technology pervades everything we do. We are much more keen to the differences in technology,...

MLB All-Stars on the field and the web

MLB All-Stars on the field and the web

For 162 games a year, baseball is taken seriously by players. There is no fooling around in the dugout, no...

Cookies and social media

Cookies and social media

We’ve seen it many times before. Once a year, Girl Scouts around the country market and sell different types of...

Can social media save a life?

Can social media save a life?

In this day and age people use their various social media networks to get their voice out, or even talk...

Foursquare and MoMA team up for a NYC scavenger hunt

Foursquare and MoMA team up for a NYC scavenger hunt

The Museum of Modern Art currently has exhibitions for Henri Labrouste and Le Corbusier, two architects that had a huge...

Space voyage to launch in December and feature an odd mix of individuals

Space voyage to launch in December and feature an odd mix of individuals

It has been announced and verified through various social media agencies this year that Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Atlantic...

New app brings Likemind-ed people together

New app brings Likemind-ed people together

A new iOS application is bringing people with common interests together through rather simple and traditional methods. The app Likemind...

5 inexpensive hobbies that pay for themselves

5 inexpensive hobbies that pay for themselves

Want to get a job in something you like? Most folks will tell you to take a class in it....

The Snowden snowball effect: why one man started an avalanche

The Snowden snowball effect: why one man started an avalanche

His is a face that will be remembered for years and a name that will be remembered for decades. It...

The history of social media

The history of social media

Do you remember having to pick up a phone book? When was the last time you licked a stamp? Did...

RIAA hits milestone: 25 million Google takedowns

RIAA hits milestone: 25 million Google takedowns

Despite massive public disapproval, questionable techniques, disingenuous motives, and disputed effectiveness, the RIAA continues to plod along in their quest...

8 must-have tools for traveling freelancers

8 must-have tools for traveling freelancers

When you get started in the freelance world, it’s not always as easy as it looks. You need a lot...