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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.
Street Fighter stop motion: Ryu vs Ken as you’ve never seen before
There have been many renditions of fights between Street Fighter primary characters Ken and Ryu. Cartoons, CGI, even real-life movies...
The four most annoying things about email
Despite being the most used form of online communication, email has major drawbacks. Since the dawn of spam, email has...
What, exactly, is video?
As a society, we have become so accustomed to videos on the internet that we simply don't get amazed by...
Meet the robot that learns as it goes
The concept of robots that learn may seem relatively simply. We see robots and machines that are able to perform...
The growth of “social business”
A very large majority of people on the internet are using social media in one way or another. It's surrounding...
Meet the microbes living in our beds
In the 21st century, most people are aware that there are little creatures living in or on everything that we...
Google asks people to have an “email intervention” with their friends
In one of the most aggressive attempts Google has made to promote one of its products, the "Email Intervention" campaign...
How things would change if every roof had solar panels
Solar power has long been perceived as the answer to many of our energy woes. It is relatively efficient, extremely...
Microsoft goes after Google with humor (that actually worked)
When it comes to funny competitive attack commercials, many have tried and failed to capture the magic of "I'm a...
Is the “daily deals” phenomenon just a fad?
The easiest way to get people to use a service is to save them money. That fact has been the...
Knowledge management, the evolution
There is a well-known transition of thought that has been singularly clear since the beginning of human existence: Data becomes...
If tech news is boring, blame the free market
"Tech news is so phenomenally boring!" said Gawker's Adrian Chen, in the classically confrontational, controversial style of the site.And oh...
Why Comic-Con is not the place to build buzz about movies
When Scott Pilgrim vs. The World hit Comic-Con last year, many declared it a hit before it made it to...
The Apple Store allows nearly anything, even goats
It seems like there are two things without limits: Mark Malkoff's ability to pull of crazy stunts in New York...
How to move your Facebook photos over to Google+
Here is a quick tutorial on how to transfer your photos from Facebook to your Google+ account. It's possible that...
Do we even need to ask how Facebook is making money?
With Google+ ramping up (and in some cases recently, ramping down) in its battle against Facebook, many are looking at...
Deleted scene from the Lost season 1 finale would have explained a lot
Had this "deleted scene" been aired during the season 1 finale of Lost, it would have answered a lot of...
Duke Nukem Forever whiteboard drawing is epic
Most modern games offer in-game features that add to the overall experience in ways that have nothing to do with...
The skinny on Silicon Valley salaries
Many who have graduated from college and headed towards to the promised land of Silicon Valley in the last few...
Browser Wars
Apple vs PC. Facebook vs Google+. Digg vs Reddit. There are always going to be wars that happen as competition...