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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.

Can Google Hangouts get enough traction to make it worthy of its function?

Can Google Hangouts get enough traction to make it worthy of its function?

This is what social media was designed to do in the first place. Heck, it's what the internet promised to...

Watching popcorn popping at 10,000 frames per second

Watching popcorn popping at 10,000 frames per second

The Slowmo Guys often find interesting things to capture on video and play back for us in super slow motion,...

As Google makes driverless cars a reality, who will actually “drive” them?

As Google makes driverless cars a reality, who will actually “drive” them?

While Google takes on the role of trailblazer in Nevada, there are questions that surround the technology behind their driverless...

Google’s Project Glass could change our views

Google’s Project Glass could change our views

Every time there is a new smart phone put on the market, millions of people flock to the release in...

Suicidal prevention tools for military service members launched by Facebook

Suicidal prevention tools for military service members launched by Facebook

With all the Facebook apps and social media resources being launched daily, it’s hard to believe that something like this...

30,000 dominoes used to pay tribute to Nintendo

30,000 dominoes used to pay tribute to Nintendo

As Alfred put it in The Dark Knight, "Some men just want to watch the world burn." Then, there are...

BYOD: The truth about telecom expense management

BYOD: The truth about telecom expense management

BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) is quickly becoming the new norm in business. In fact, 75% of all businesses already...

The exception: Why Rovio should not go public

The exception: Why Rovio should not go public

In the tech world, companies are often encouraged to go public for many reasons, not the least of which being...

Breaking down the SEC’s beef with Groupon

Breaking down the SEC’s beef with Groupon

Few public companies have experienced the type of roller coaster ride that Groupon has been on in such a short...

Driverless technology: Google gets behind the wheel

Driverless technology: Google gets behind the wheel

The future is now. At least, that is what we will be saying when the driverless automobile takes to the...

Dear Hollywood: If illegal downloads hurt your industry, Avengers should have flopped

Dear Hollywood: If illegal downloads hurt your industry, Avengers should have flopped

The math is pretty straight forward. It was likely the most widely-downloaded camcorder recording of a movie ever. Following the...

Remote tablets: Revolutionizing your world

Remote tablets: Revolutionizing your world

The advent of the tablet has already changed our perspective on what can be accomplished with a personal computer. Within...

Cruising the internet: Is Blueseed the utopian answer for entrepreneurs or a pathway to economic ruin?

Cruising the internet: Is Blueseed the utopian answer for entrepreneurs or a pathway to economic ruin?

I recently read an article on Mashable about Blueseed, a ship funded by Pay-Pal billionaire Peter Thiel, which will house...

All of this now fits in your pocket

All of this now fits in your pocket

Technology is amazing and we all know it. What we may forget or even take for granted is that there...

Leverage LinkedIn To Take Your Job Networking Online

Leverage LinkedIn To Take Your Job Networking Online

More and more people are taking to the world wide web to expand their job search, and the web is...

If you could take your Facebook friends and put them all on Google Plus, would you?

If you could take your Facebook friends and put them all on Google Plus, would you?

"It's a ghost town." "I'm used to Facebook." "I already have all of my pictures and stuff on Facebook." "The...

How to make Google Translate beat box

How to make Google Translate beat box

Some Google hacks are simply cooler than others. If you want to make Google Translate "beat box" like a champ,...

The rise of the mobile employee

The rise of the mobile employee

There was a time not too long ago when the only employees who could be considered "mobile" were the high-powered...

The last ROFLcon

The last ROFLcon

Had I known it was going to be the last ROFLcon, I would have made it my first. Unfortunately for...

A smart, huge company should buy Yahoo immediately

A smart, huge company should buy Yahoo immediately

There is value in Yahoo. It's real and tangible. While conventional wisdom would look at the trends and the follies...