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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.
Does Klout really measure clout?
For those of you that don’t know, Klout is a way of measuring digital influence through social networking platforms. I’ll...
The taming of big data
Collecting data is easy. Storing it is even easier. Taking it in massive amounts and understanding the complex relationships that...
Using Facebook to find deals on coffee might help you live longer
In the news, there was a recent study providing evidence that drinking coffee may help you live longer. The study...
Ramblings of an adman: Guinness pint glass QR code makes the bar scene a little more social
It seems that BBDO New York has come up with another way for bars to become a different kind of...
NDCAC: The scariest thing the FBI has done since before 9/11
The words "National Domestic Communications Assistance Center" sound harmless enough. It could be a call center for a tech support...
Patent wars: The convoluted battlefield of tech IP
Patents shift hands almost as often as companies change their lunch menus. Mobile, software, and hardware patents are of particular...
Little Monsters: The social network
She already dominated the pop world, but now with over 51 million fans on Facebook and 24 million Twitter followers,...
Which kind of geek are you?
There was a time not too long ago when being called a "geek" was considered derogatory. People avoided geekiness as...
Schools begin preparing the next generation of app developers
Google’s Android system for smartphones and devices quickly outpaced anyone’s expectations within its few years of operation, at least in...
It’s one giant “Leap Motion” for mankind as company unveils gesture-control with 200x accuracy
Play Angry Birds with chop sticks. Browse web pages without a mouse or touchscreen. Sign a document within 1 centimeter...
Uberconference has a heritage of “voice” behind it
If you're going to build a startup, you have a better chance of success if you have a proven track...
Microsoft gets social with so.cl
Microsoft is throwing its hat into the niche-social arena by going after students in a bold and likely-futile move with...
Facebook is better than McGruff
“Take a Bit Out of Crime” is a phrase that was often uttered by McGruff the Crime Dog, a fictional...
Life on Planet Facebook
Now that the company is public, the employees are rich, and the CEO is married, Facebook is ready for some...
Social news, networking combine to form a “game” with Thruzt
It looks like Pinterest. It acts like Digg. The newest player in the social media sphere adds some features from...
A bicycle built for the digital world
E-mails, eBooks. and e-cigarettes. Now e-bikes? According to a recent press release from Audi, the automobile makers will be displaying...
The microscope stays on as Facebook’s IPO needs further analysis
The best that could have happened in tech blogging would have been for Facebook's IPO to "pop". We still would...
Why retail loves Pinterest
It's all a matter of expectations. When we go to Facebook, we expect to see our friends and family detailing...
How the internet changed society
Social networking, file sharing, and open source software production are all a result of the internet. The width and depth...
Beware of ‘Smartphone face’: How technology is causing complexions to drop
You thought you had 'smartphone problems’ while dealing with needing a new phone charger or having those tech-addicts who are...