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5 reasons why the smartwatch really will be the next big thing

5 reasons why the smartwatch really will be the next big thing

Every time a shift in gadget technology is in the works, tech bloggers hit their keyboards with every reason they...

Unexpected ways Google Glass can enhance your life

Unexpected ways Google Glass can enhance your life

No piece of new technology this year has attracted as much interest, controversy, parody, and speculation as Google Glass. Wearable...

Does hiring a CMO mean a new chapter for Facebook?

Does hiring a CMO mean a new chapter for Facebook?

For the first decade, Facebook hasn't needed much marketing. It spread like a virus once it was unleashed onto the...

13 signs that social networking has taken over your life

13 signs that social networking has taken over your life

It’s hard to imagine a life without social networks. I mean, what would we do without access to Facebook and...

RIAA hits milestone: 25 million Google takedowns

RIAA hits milestone: 25 million Google takedowns

Despite massive public disapproval, questionable techniques, disingenuous motives, and disputed effectiveness, the RIAA continues to plod along in their quest...

Hey Google and Facebook: where’s the outrage? #NSA

Hey Google and Facebook: where’s the outrage? #NSA

The Fourth of July is about celebrating the freedom of the United States. This year, it's marred by PRISM scandal...

Tiny technology: smallest and best photo, paper printers

Tiny technology: smallest and best photo, paper printers

Tiny technology makes high-resolution, high-speed inkjet printers possible, affordable and energy efficient. There may be truth in the assumption that...

The quiet approach to cuts and streamlining seems to be working for Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer

The quiet approach to cuts and streamlining seems to be working for Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer

There are a couple of ways that a company can go about making staffing reductions. They can rip the bandaid...

Best Android phones of 2013

Best Android phones of 2013

The Android phones of 2013 come with cool new features that will make your mobile world a lot more enjoyable....

Restaurant searches just got more interactive on Google

Restaurant searches just got more interactive on Google

Google innovated the way people find their next meal or drinking hole yesterday by adding a carousel of local restaurants...

An out of this world project

An out of this world project

Google has added a brand new venture to its roster, Project Loon. Loon allows people to connect to internet, not...

Is Microsoft crazy to offer $100,000 for Windows Phone 8 apps?

Is Microsoft crazy to offer $100,000 for Windows Phone 8 apps?

The short answer: no. The longer answer is that they have to do something. When Microsoft first made the jump...

Ground-breaking technology to reduce shocking US burglary figures

Ground-breaking technology to reduce shocking US burglary figures

It’s an unfortunate and startling statistic: by the time you’ve finished reading this opening paragraph, someone in the US will...

Understand the basics of #socialmedia posts on each network

Understand the basics of #socialmedia posts on each network

In my recent exploration of various social media profiles being used by local businesses, I found a disturbing trend. While...

The video-sharing war: Microsoft battles Google for equal YouTube rights

The video-sharing war: Microsoft battles Google for equal YouTube rights

Since January, Google and Microsoft have been clawing each other’s eyes out over YouTube.  The trouble started way back in...

This is what Google Glass looks like when you take it apart

This is what Google Glass looks like when you take it apart

It's not that it's disappointing or anything. In many ways, it's anticlimactic to see what the little device that's causing...

The current (and future) status of driverless cars

The current (and future) status of driverless cars

We've seen them in movies for half a century. The concept cars have been popping up for decades. Some of...

The Joy of Tech takes an unpopular but sadly realistic take on the NSA Verizon controversy

The Joy of Tech takes an unpopular but sadly realistic take on the NSA Verizon controversy

With Verizon vans rolling down the road being called "NSA Surveillance Vehicles" and every tech and political blog on the...

Which Big Brother do you prefer?

Which Big Brother do you prefer?

The hot news item this week is that the National Security Agency is perusing millions of U.S. customer phone records...

Comparing the coveted internships of Google and Facebook

Comparing the coveted internships of Google and Facebook

In a world where people are often having trouble getting full-time jobs, there are a few internships in the tech...