American students need to be educated in an innovative system that brilliantly and elegantly integrates the same technology required to succeed in their lives.
Finding new ways to reduce congestion will help reduce stress in our lives, improve economic productivity and help cut harmful emissions.
This summer I hung out with a bunch of students and professors who do exactly that: imagine men and women like us and create digital products that meet our needs.
Domains cost anywhere from a few dollars to a few hundred, depending on who's in charge; in secondary markets, valuable domain names can sell for hundreds of thousands. Enter Juan Diego Calle.
I've now had a couple opportunities to play with with Galaxy Tab Android tablet that Samsung announced at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin. My initial reaction is mostly positive.
The Wilderness Downtown is a revelation about how music videos, like so many other media forms, have not fully understood or adapted to the platform on which they're now viewed.
A transparent society delivers levels of information and service that were never before possible and are highly desirable. The price is a loss of privacy.
Who is Mark Zuckerberg? Accidental Billionaires and The Facebook Effect help answer the question, but they leave room for other biographers to follow.
"Mohawk Matt" of Bolt Barbers in downtown Los Angeles loves his negative reviews. In a brilliant act of brand judo, he's turned the critiques of his service into nuggets of pure marketing gold.
Until there is an adequate Internet regulatory system to safeguard user privacy the Web's boundaries, and personal rights, will continue to be fought out in case law -- lawsuit by lawsuit, social program by social program.
In FCC Commissioner Michael Copps' letter to the editor in the Washington Post, he not only savaged the Post editorial about Internet policy, but noted the cruel reality of his agency.
The FCC has now announced a 30-day comment period in this important matter. This extension also recognizes the important reality that in both the short-term and long-term, technologies change and that some level of evolutionary rulemaking is required.
Once artificial intelligence becomes integrated into the cloud, the effect will quickly be felt by far more than just IT professionals. Anyone with a knowledge-based job will be highly susceptible.
I recently talked with Tom Standage, online and digital editor of The Economist, about emerging technologies of the 21st century and the future balance between personal and professional life in the digital age.
If people really knew what marriage entailed and then wisely chose a companion for life, then we would not need to scapegoat Facebook for the failure of one in five marriages.
Entertainment and technology is not only a hobby; it's been my job for 15 years. That love is rooted in my admiration for the creativity and art that propels all forms of the industry -- music, television, movies, video, games and apps.
In your mind, poor performance is now part of a website's image. This can be just as damaging as a physical store, restaurant or other business that is known for its poor service.
Google and Apple have been circling each other. Apple has been winning in music, devices, and mobile. Google has been winning in search, advertising, and web apps. But today, the gloves come off.
Are you shocked and appalled by the fact that every aspect of your biography and consumption patterns is tracked, mined, mapped, and sold? Everyone should have the option to opt out of this process.
Seth Shostak, 2010.09.05
Shane Snow, 2010.09.03
Claire Gordon, 2010.09.03
