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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.
Piracy cut in half in France, yet music and movie revenues fell
France made waves in the P2P industry by implementing a controversial graduated response program in 2010 that was designed to...
Is internet infrastructure improving quickly enough to meet demands?
While browsing tech posts on Google Plus (yes, I'm the guy who's still using G+) I came across an advertorial...
Facebook Assemble! How social media promotes the movie industry
Lately the social media buzz in the film industry has surrounded Marvel’s new summer tent pole release The Avengers. The...
A breakdown of Google’s top advertisers
Google is often viewed by the general population as a company with its hands into everything tech. They believe that...
38 years ago Arthur C. Clarke nailed his prediction about the 21st century
We often look back at the great minds of the past in wonder as their predictions of what the future...
Tech needs more women
Most of the gender boundaries in America have been broken down in recent decades as women are now doing more...
Smartphones enabling dumbing down
Recently, it feels as though new cell phones can do everything for you. Email, scheduling, GPS capabilities, games, messaging, and...
Does Twitter censor your Tweets?
Twitter is one of the hottest internet tools on the planet. At the current time, however, it is also one...
Worst IT security breaches debriefed
When the enemy is a moving target it's often only possible to look at the past to try to predict...
When athlete Tweets become a public relations headache
Should a professional sports team’s code of conduct extend to their players during the off season? While players have been...
Google’s self-driving car user #0000000001
Steve Mahan is just like everyone else with a car. He likes to hop in the driver's seat on a...
Just another indication that the Obama team “gets” social: Pinterest
If there's one thing that can be said about Barack Obama and his chances of winning re-election, it's that he's...
TIL 81% of online daters lie about their height, weight, or age
Finding love online has been big business since there was such a thing as "online". The internet has empowered people...
What do Android phones and condoms have in common?
Names. If you tell someone you're running to the store to pick up a "Touch", a "Wildfire", or a "Vitality",...
The 6 components that make Pinterest so addictive
To those of us who have been watching social media grow over the past few years, there are certain sites...
$40.5 million startup Color still failing a year later
Things didn't look good for Bill Nguyen's latest startup, Color. They announced their funding on March 23rd of last year...
Launching a missile from a boat like a boss
Warfare at sea has always had certain challenges that technology has had to overcome. Large cannons and missile launchers have...
Is Pinterest good for businesses?
The latest social media phenomenon to grab our attention (and engulf the attention of some) is Pinterest. It's getting the...
Microsoft finding success in “neighborhood watch” against botnets
While national and worldwide agencies wage a war against online crime through the criminal courts, Microsoft is finding success using...
The Onion’s satire about Facebook as a CIA tool may be close to reality
One of the best parts about the comical genius at The Onion is that sometimes their satire hits a little...