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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.
Are smartphones killing digital cameras (and photojournalists)?
It was once an essential component of the media that helped millions to be able to visualize the world from...
The ultimate #SXSW party guide
Some people go to SXSW to see the latest and greatest in interactive, music, and film. Others go to see...
The DARPA “Cheetah” is fast and freaky
There have been many innovations in recent months that have blown us away from the world of robotics. If there's...
In a social media minute…
The digital age is loaded with activities that we can perform any second of any day. As long as there's...
The first 45 years of Star Trek
Space may or may not be the final frontier, but the television and movie series Star Trek and its subsequent...
Visualizing a day on the internet
As the internet and mobile technology enter more aspects of our lives in this digital age, the activities we perform...
The (rapid) decline of the media industry
Those of us who have been classically trained in journalism (from back in the days when journalism was more than...
Is gamification the key to education?
Anyone with kids (and many adults, for that matter) are aware that achievements garnered through performing certain activities in games...
A lack of social media understanding is killing @RickSantorum and @NewtGingrich in the primaries
Assuming that Mitt Romney gets the GOP nomination to take on Barack Obama in November, most will attribute his success...
The latest reality of online safety: we’re all being watched
There are so many threats to online security and privacy that many have simply given up on the notion of...
Mercedes invisible car campaign is relatively brilliant
Some say less is more when it comes to marketing. Mercedes takes "less" to a new level in the marketing...
Is the promise of social media for small businesses actually a unicorn?
For the last 3 or 4 years, social media has been the hot topic that businesses have been told will...
Synchronized technology highlights Apple’s latest iCloud push. Is it really that unique?
Simplifying life has been an unofficial mantra of Apple for years and their marketing ha proven to be effective in...
SXSW: The fear of missing out
The parties. The entertainment. The latest and greatest in geek, music, film, and more geek. That's what happens every year...
Nike + GPS app might actually get you moving
Almost every time gets a new iDevice, they download LOTS of apps, especially fitness ones. They see apps that will...
You’ll never look at Darth Vader the same again
Some have said he's the greatest villain of all time in movies. Other say he was more likeable than the...
If you want privacy, social media may not be for you
Western society has always had certain expectations of privacy that have been disturbed or reaffirmed at various times in history....
Should LG really be pushing for a future Google Nexus phone?
The world's third-largest mobile phone maker has seen some recent success, posting their first profit in mobile for the first...
Catlin Seaview Survey will be like Google Street View underwater
Climate change has been a hot topic on land and in the air for some time now. We have data...
8 tips for improving your Facebook EdgeRank
For most, Facebook is an internet tool for keeping up with our friends and family while broadcasting the "interesting" things...