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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.

Does Flipboard Represent the Future of Media?

Does Flipboard Represent the Future of Media?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2vpvEDS00o&hd=1 To say that the media world - particularly print media - is in a bit of a state right...

The Biggest Waste Of Time On The Planet Just Got Wastier

The Biggest Waste Of Time On The Planet Just Got Wastier

Oh man. Guys. Check it. I've wasted too much of my morning on this already, and hopefully, you will too....

Get Down, Get Funky, Get Moist – Only In Japan

Get Down, Get Funky, Get Moist – Only In Japan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HeUixe_Lpg After this morning, a regular fountain is going to have a seriously hard time impressing me. Built by KOEI...

The Queen Is On Flickr

The Queen Is On Flickr

We are not amused. The royal family now has a Flickr account to add to their Twitter account and YouTube...

Five Apps To Declutter Your Online Life

Five Apps To Declutter Your Online Life

Quick: how many tabs do you have open right now? FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE?! You have sixty articles you wanted...

Worst. Internet. Job. Ever.

Worst. Internet. Job. Ever.

The web is littered with tales of angry designers, coders and bloggers who just can't get their due. Slaving in...

Netflix Goes North

Netflix Goes North

Every comment thread on the internet that mentions Netflix abides by one simple rule: it must have that one Canadian...

Three Ways The Web Is Changing Our Identities

Three Ways The Web Is Changing Our Identities

So often in the contemporary era, we talk about how the web is changing the world around us: of how...

Yes, I’ll Have The Chocolate Half-Caf Soy Mochaccino Hazelnut Frappe iPad, Please

Yes, I’ll Have The Chocolate Half-Caf Soy Mochaccino Hazelnut Frappe iPad, Please

It's no secret that Apple is big in Japan. That everything is big in Japan is besides the point -...

Ministry Of Sound Oversteps Their Jurisdiction

Ministry Of Sound Oversteps Their Jurisdiction

For the less trendy (and the less British) among us, I'll come right out and say it: The Ministry of...

Viral Writing Analyzer Offers No Solace For The Literate

Viral Writing Analyzer Offers No Solace For The Literate

Assuming you're down with this whole 'the internet' thing, you've probably tripped and fell over this I Write Like site...

Old Skool Super Mario, Old Skool Style

Old Skool Super Mario, Old Skool Style

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42fsPaAkcag Straight up awesome. The video says it all, so I won't spell it out, but if you've ever played...

Sony Taps a Different Market: Music Snobs

Sony Taps a Different Market: Music Snobs

Confession time: I am an elitist, judgmental, hoity-toity snobbish audiophile. I reject mainstream music. I buy 400 dollar headphones without...

Science Confirms, Once And For All: The Chicken Came First

Science Confirms, Once And For All: The Chicken Came First

We'll get back to Googles and stuff in a few minutes - this is way, way, way more important. Doubtlessly...

Death-Fearing Millionaire Commissions Immortal Robot – No, Really

Death-Fearing Millionaire Commissions Immortal Robot – No, Really

If you're not good and rested, take a nap before continuing with this article - because you're never gonna sleep...

Man Sues Facebook for 84% Ownership, Honestly Believes He Can Win

Man Sues Facebook for 84% Ownership, Honestly Believes He Can Win

Hey Zuckerberg, you'd better make way for Paul Ceglia. Who the hell is Paul Ceglia? Why, web designer / wood...

Is Your Cell Phone Fueling War in The Congo?

Is Your Cell Phone Fueling War in The Congo?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ycih_jMObQ&hd=1 In your cell phone - which you may be reading this on right now - are four things that...

Kreative Keyboards And Magical Mice

Kreative Keyboards And Magical Mice

If you use a Mac your keyboard is most likely aluminum or white. If you use a PC, your keyboard...

It’s A Tough Jobs, But Somebody’s Gotta Do It

It’s A Tough Jobs, But Somebody’s Gotta Do It

These days, Big Steve (that's Jobs, for anyone who hasn't figured out my schtick yet) is considered by and large...

How Foursquare Will Become the Google of Local

How Foursquare Will Become the Google of Local

On the web, small, seemingly insignificant things can have incredibly wide-reaching effects. A small ad placed next to a search...