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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.
Will the Daily Deals phenomenon last?
There is an inherent problem with the "daily deals" concept. At what point does saving money on items get trumped...
Pinterest grows up with 4 major changes to their TOS
As social photo and video sharing site Pinterest continues to dominate social media blogs for good reasons and bad, its...
Netflix breathes life into Hemlock Grove
On March 21st, Netflix announced plans to create their own show called Hemlock Grove.As someone who spends the majority of...
Psychologically speaking, gaming may be good for you
We've all heard the horror stories about how hardcore gaming makes us anti-social and possibly even homicidal. There are politicians,...
Kim Dotcom will be forced to live on $60,000 a month
While stuck in his New Zealand mansion, Megaupload mogul Kim Dotcom will have to make it on $60,000 a month...
The fantastic evolution of online deal platforms
One might argue that the concepts of "flash sales" and "daily deals" are very new concepts, but they have been...
Can robotic supports replace wheelchairs for many?
The Tek Robotic Mobilization Device developed by Istanbul, Turkey-based AMS Mekatronic, bridges the gap between bulky wheelchairs with the...
Should Mashable change its name to Pinterestable?
Before anyone starts attacking me for "traffic envy" or accuses me of turning other blog's follies into pseudo-news a la...
The cost of piracy
One of the most compelling reasons for the rise in piracy over the past decade is the cost. We have...
Will The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones make TV-based games “a thing”
Movies have been made into video games since Atari, while video game have been turned into movies for nearly as...
Buzzwords every entrepreneur should know
Some say the tech industry is entering a golden age where development of new products and services are yielding a...
Privacy versus copyright filters make the RapidShare ruling a catch-22
As business models go, the file-sharing business model has proven to be precarious at best in the last few months....
Another round of social media demographics data that will blow your mind
It's getting to the point where the numbers associated with the world's addiction to social media can no longer blow...
How Wikipedia is redefining research and killing off iconic encylopedias
It took Wikipedia less than a decade to take down its traditional predecessor, the Encyclopædia Britannica, a series that has...
In 1925, the view of 25 years into their future was epic
If looking ahead 25 years were easy, we'd have flying cars and hoverboards. Unfortunately, it's pretty challenging to predict the...
How living in “Instant America” has us spoiled by speed
Depending on how you view American society, you may either believe that we're moving too fast for our own goods...
The digital apocalypse is upon us as Encyclopaedia Britannica ceases after 244 years
It has been coming for a decade and it appears to have taken down one of its biggest targets. While...
Despite mainstream growth, 80% of Pinterest users are women
There has been a giant shift in the content posted to Pinterest over the last 3 months. Around Christmas, 2011,...
Are infographics ruining the web?
At SXSW Interactive, there has been a lot of discussion about data visualizations. The industry has exploded in the last...
The Windows Phone may be the best but it isn’t helping Nokia
Chances are if you're reading this article that you and most of the people you know have a smartphone. If...