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Crunching the numbers: iPads vs texbooks
Some day in the (very) near future, we may no longer need a traditional backpack at school. Rather than carrying...
Geek vs Hipster: The battle for the coolest of the uncool
As terms of classification of humans goes, hipsters and geeks have been battling for the title of the "coolest of...
iGEM makes science cool for students
For nearly a decade, the International Genetically Engineered Machine competition has put the sharpest minds in high school and undergraduate...
The Steam Store: How Valve’s ingenious digital store has taken over gaming
If you ask a non-gamer about steam, they'll describe boiling water or the stuff that comes out of an iron....
A comprehensive comparison of online video players
The online video world is dominated by YouTube with others such as Vimeo and Metacafe picking up the scraps. They...
Pinterest may be changing the social commerce game, but why?
Pinterest is starting to enter into the social media in ways that most sites only dream about. Other than Google+,...
Is online banking as safe as people think?
More US adults bank online than use social networks (for now, at least). It has become such a common activity...
Yelp users are easier to spot than most
There are definite distinctions between users of various social sites. They're often easy to spot based upon their look (Tumblr),...
As the workforce goes mobile, security concerns rise
As more offices become virtual and more employees work from home or on the go, the logistics of keeping devices...
The growing reach of social media’s election impact
Social media and the internet in general had dramatic effects on the election in 2008. This year is proving to...
Smartphones on pace to near 1 billion by 2015
The mobile-device explosion may be getting fueled in recent months by Kindle Fires and iPads, but smartphones continue to be...
Online payments may be the future, but today consumers are still concerned
It's clear that online payments are the future. Many pay for nearly everything online, but there are still security and...
Making the internet more open… in education
Over the past few decades starting with the computer revolution and continuing through the digital age, the Massachusetts Institute of...
The Silicon Valleys… of the world
Just as movies are made outside of Hollywood and cars are built outside of Detroit, entrepreneurs, startups, and venture capitalists...
Predators versus prey in the startup ecosystem
The "Startup Sea" is broad and loaded with life. There are those who are considered predators, which means someone has...
Modern language wars: PHP vs python vs ruby
There are several questions that programmers must answer when deciding on their language of choice. Depending on who you ask,...
Visualizing the answers to the ultimate showdown: “Geeks vs Nerds”
For much of the 70, 80s, and even 90s, "nerds" and "geeks" were synonymous for most who used the terms....
Internet killed the outlet store
The concept of "Factory Outlets" was a brilliant one. For better or for worse, they are dying a rapid death...
What trended in 2011 (and what to expect from 2012)
Tech exploded this year. There's little to argue that gadgets and gizmos, social media and apps all had huge years...
The social media disruption of advertising (is a good thing)
The internet took us by storm and changed the way we live our lives. Social media came along and had...