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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.
Samuel J Jackson and Zooey Deschanel promote Siri for Verizon
Celebrities are often called on by companies to promote their products by inserting their use into their "real" lives, demonstrating...
The ins and outs of hybrid technology
We know it works. We know it gets us better gas mileage than other types of vehicles. We know that...
T-Mobile’s Carly to dump pink dress in favor of leather and a Ducati motorcycle
The best mobile spokesperson for the worst mobile carrier is dropping the pink dress that helped to make her so...
Path may be the next startup to go huge after $30 million round of funding
Everyone has startup fever again after Facebook's huge purchase of Instagram last week, perfect timing for Path to announce a...
The 1950 that 1925 envisioned would have been nice
Aircraft landing fields on top of buildings. Zeppelins taking people too and fro. Self-reliant building communities with schools and businesses...
“Social Discovery” spins social networking away from the mundane
The same people. The same updates. The promise of social media being a way to find the fresh and new...
Gmale and Siri fall in love
Amongst the "big 4" tech companies that get most of the attention today, Google and Apple are two of the...
Online empires fall. Will Facebook?
It's hard to imagine the world without Facebook right now. Even people who aren't users are affected by it even...
Marketing around the collapse of the Daily Deal
When Groupon rejected a $6 billion buyout from Google in late 2010, the company clearly saw nothing but rosy skies....
To train internally or outsource: the business social media dilemma
Most businesses are getting involved in social media in some way. Whether for marketing, customer outreach, collaboration, or any of...
Population poses problems technology can’t fix
Many of the problems that face the world currently have been solved through technology. Food can be grown, raised, processed,...
Pinterest growth stalled in March. So what?
After doubling its users in February, growth slowed dramatically in March down to 1 million new users or 5% growth....
A tale of the Titanic tape
It was one of the most amazing technological feats of the day. A century ago, the most amazing piece of...
The World of Lost Smartphones
If you're like most people, you've lost a phone or two in your life. It's not as simple as the...
The Listserve: A lottery where one person a day can talk to the world
Some ideas were born to work. The Listserve may be one of them What would you say if you were...
The amazing manipulating power of the “accidental” leak
Every professional field has a set of hot buttons that allows those in it to be manipulated. For politicians, it's...
Reliability: Why I’m done with Google Docs
The cloud doesn't scare me. The future will be more secure the sooner bigger companies adopt standards on cloud computing...
Angry Birds will suck you in and steal your soul (or at least waste your time)
It's hard to walk through an airport or a coffee shop without seeing someone playing Angry Birds. The game is...
#signhereplease, a short film shot with a smartphone, reveals much about our over-connected world
The hashtag has become a symbol of sentiment in a society where the people are often so connected virtually to...
Instagram’s 17 month journey from nil to bill(ion)
There are already questions surrounding Facebook's purchase of Instagram for $1 billion yesterday. Was it a talent purchase (of 13...