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TECHi Inspiration spotlights the founders, startups, and visionaries building the future. From billion-dollar funding rounds to bootstrapped breakthroughs, this section tells the human stories behind the technology. The ambition, the risk, and the execution that turns ideas into industry-defining companies.

Understanding relativity in 4 minutes or less

Understanding relativity in 4 minutes or less

For over a century, people have tried to cope with understanding Einstein's special theory of relativity and his famous equation,...

The best of Google’s 8-bit April Fool’s Day maps

The best of Google’s 8-bit April Fool’s Day maps

Google has become one of the biggest pranksters every year for April Fool's Day. Over the years they've put out...

Piracy cut in half in France, yet music and movie revenues fell

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

$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

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?

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...