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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.
Sesame Street YouTube Channel Hacked, serves Adult Content
For 22 minutes, viewers unexpectedly encountered unauthorized content when they went to the Sesame Street YouTube channel, and certainly not...
How local search has evolved
There was a time not too long ago when a search on Google for "ice cream parlor" done in Newark,...
For this one-year-old, a magazine is simply a broken iPad
It's hard to decide whether this is a testament to how technology is advancing and making things more accessible to...
Is Facebook changing the entire college experience?
There is little doubt that Facebook has emerged as a dominant form of communication for college-age people. For many, it's...
The technology behind Acura
When people think about luxury cars and the technology behind them, they often look to the German vehicles as the...
Television time is smartphone or tablet time for 40% of American owners
It has been speculated that home entertainment would meld with online and app-based engagement more and more over time. Today,...
The softer side of social helps women stay professional: @HybridMom
In the fast moving world of tech (and the faster moving world of social media) finding the happy medium between...
Cali. Gov. Brown to allow police to search phones without a warrant
Despite heavy support from both parties and an outcry of the people, California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill passed...
Creating drugs with the mind
It's easy to trick the mind. We've seen some amazing examples of this in the past, but what about the...
Netflix aborts Qwikster
And just like that, it's gone. Netflix is quickly turning into the faux pas kings of the entertainment world with...
Banners aren’t dead. They just suck.
Most people have grown accustomed to ignoring banner ads. There are browser plugins that block them and filters that hide...
Was Solyndra the exception or the rule for the solar industry?
Many politicians in both parties are pointing to the Solyndra debacle as proof that we're either handling the solar energy...
How social media has evolved the role of the ad executive
Social media has had a tremendous effect on many aspects of life and work over the last couple of years....
6 basic online college courses you can listen to as podcasts
Sometimes the hardest part of getting a degree isn’t the final exam or the big midterm project. It’s getting started....
Tech jobs in high demand as the talent wars heat up
The down economy is keeping many people across America and the world unemployed. One area that is not seeing the...
Star Wars “Imperial March” (as performed by 2 floppy disk drives)
Few songs are more sinister or invoke a deeper geek reaction than Imperial March, the musical interpretation of the domination...
Airbnb faces new controversy, this time over financing
Just when we thought the controversies about Airbnb had softened and reports of crack pipes and damages had become old...
The only cat video worth watching today: Schrödinger’s Cat
When people think of "cat videos" on the internet, most assume that it will be some sort of funny or...
Amazon Silk is just another invasion of privacy
Amazon is getting a lot of attention based upon the Amazon Fire tablet, but now that buzz around the initial...
Rich people spend 30% more time online than everyone else
The way we all consume media has changed dramatically over the last decade and even more so over the last...