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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.

Xbox and iPad soar, others plummet as desired gifts for kids

Xbox and iPad soar, others plummet as desired gifts for kids

The trends of sales during the holidays often relies on the wants of children and teens. It isn't just in...

“The Internet in 1969” was eerily correct

“The Internet in 1969” was eerily correct

Predictions of the future are often foolish and do not accurately represent reality. In this case, they got it nailed...

Where business intelligence stands in the mobile world

Where business intelligence stands in the mobile world

The concept of business intelligence has been around for decades, but only in the last dozen or so years has...

Google top execs offer to save NASA’s Hangar One… to house their private jets

Google top execs offer to save NASA’s Hangar One… to house their private jets

It is said that most acts of kindness are done with ulterior motives in mind. The offer that Google's top...

Top 5 apps in education news for making yourself smarter

Top 5 apps in education news for making yourself smarter

The iPhone isn’t just a communications tool, it’s a personal computer connected to every piece of electronic information in the...

Teens and the cruel world of social networking

Teens and the cruel world of social networking

Social networking really started with teens on MySpace. Since then, it has progressed to the rest of the world. MySpace...

Watch the blood red moon on Saturday morning

Watch the blood red moon on Saturday morning

Sky watchers on the US west coast all the way over to east Asia are in for a rare treat...

Minority Report (in real life)

Minority Report (in real life)

The Tom Cruise-driven vision of a future (almost) completely without murder worked with the concept that if we could use...

Great advice from a young Steve Jobs

Great advice from a young Steve Jobs

Even months after his death, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is still inspiring people. These words spoken in the video below...

Why crowdfunding may be the future of startups

Why crowdfunding may be the future of startups

The ebb and flow of venture capital, IPOs, angel funding, and private equity investing makes forming a feasible startup challenging...

CNN’s #COP17 Ecosphere Project displays an amazing visualization, but to what end?

CNN’s #COP17 Ecosphere Project displays an amazing visualization, but to what end?

Stunning. Intuitive. Brilliant. Worthless? The first three words in the series can clearly be used to describe the CNN #COP17...

Toyota Fun-Vii concept car is like a “smartphone on 4 wheels”

Toyota Fun-Vii concept car is like a “smartphone on 4 wheels”

It's been a long time since a concept car has really sparked the imagination of tech geeks and car enthusiasts...

Going Digital: The rise of e-receipts and paperless storage

Going Digital: The rise of e-receipts and paperless storage

Technology has been accused of ruining many things in the world and in society, but there are times when it...

The creepiest crawling robot you’ll see all day

The creepiest crawling robot you’ll see all day

Robotic science is intended to create devices that can aid humans in activities. In some case, it's to help perform...

Why I just bought 4 more Kindle Fires

Why I just bought 4 more Kindle Fires

Few devices have come along that have truly made me say, "Wow". Perhaps the last one was the first iPhone....

Amido Releases Laugh Synth App for iOS

Amido Releases Laugh Synth App for iOS

Laugh synth for iOS has just been released, compatible with both iPhone and iPad. Laugh Synth makes it possible create...

Can Frugalo single-handedly fix the floundering daily deals phenomenon?

Can Frugalo single-handedly fix the floundering daily deals phenomenon?

The only thing certain about the future of daily deals is that the industry's future is uncertain. It's not a...

Who is really using Google+?

Who is really using Google+?

Google+ is the Facebook killer. Google+ is a fad. Google+ will break records. Google+ will fall flat. These and many...

The Facebook Phone (Comic)

The Facebook Phone (Comic)

In Mark Zuckerberg's response to the FTC, we learned that Facebook is being forced to be more transparent, more privacy-oriented,...

If you invested in Groupon’s IPO, the good news is you’ve only lost half of your money

If you invested in Groupon’s IPO, the good news is you’ve only lost half of your money

In less than a month, Groupon's highly-lauded stocks have plummeted from their IPO sale price of $28 closing today at...