May 27, 2009

Power Texting: There's a Time and a Place

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Sending short text messages from mobile phones have become arguably the most popular method of instant communications among teenagers and yo...
May 26, 2009

Goodbye Baby Boomers, Hello GenXers

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It was recently reported in Time magazine that in 10 short years, more than 40% of the work force will be Independent Contractors. Not only ...
May 17, 2009

Lessons from the Online Dating Front

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Dating can be bumpy. Everyone agrees that unless you met your partner organically and had chemistry from the start, you've got a series ...
May 11, 2009

Tuned In or Tuned Out? There's a Time and Place for Texting

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A friend was telling me how he longs for the day when he'd see a woman sitting at a restaurant table, alone with her coffee or cocktail,...
May 3, 2009

Coping Skills: Because We All Know, Spam Sucks :-(

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31 years ago this week, the first spam , an invitation to a computer demonstration, was sent to users of Arpanet, the Internet's predece...

Caught Facebooking or Twittering at work? It'll Make You a Better Employee

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Caught Facebooking or Twittering at work? It'll make you a better employee, according to an Australian study that shows surfing the Inte...
April 28, 2009

Why Twitter is Sinking Some Relationships

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In the age of Twitter, it may be necessary to lay down some rules - such as, don't let your personal gadgets interfere with your persona...
April 13, 2009

Do you think the net is dumbing us down?

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Recent research suggests that men and women use the Internet differently. The results strengthen stereotypes that men are visual and focused...
April 9, 2009

5 Times You Shouldn't Text

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As seen in Cosmopolitan magazine, firing off too many text messages can kill a budding relationship. Casual electronic notes have become a ...
March 31, 2009

Three-Quarters of the World's Messages Sent by Mobile

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According to TNS Global, 74% of the world's digital messages were sent through a mobile device in January 2009, a 15% increase over the ...
March 27, 2009

Sexting: 14 -year-old Girl Arrested for Porn

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In a bizarre case in New Jersey, a 14-year-old girl was arrested and charged with child pornography after posting nude photos of herself...
March 23, 2009

I'm Here to Make You Feel Better

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Meet Bandit-II a "socially assistive" robot being developed at the University of Southern California. Robots can already perform ...
March 17, 2009

Becoming Web Dead: How to Erase Your Online Identity in 10 Steps

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Because what happens in Vegas, stays online . I've talked to you before about your digital doppelganger and your digital footprint , no...
March 10, 2009

Privacy and Google

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It's not a winning combination. First came the use of Google search engine results as evidence in court to convict a man of murder beca...
March 2, 2009

Lessons from the Online Job Front

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Checking out job sites? Surfing around looking for possible new career opportunities? Don't become the victim of an online scam in the p...
February 24, 2009

Would you kiss a robot? Your grandkids might!

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Robotics expert David Levy, author of Love + Sex with Robots says in five years, people will be having sex with robots and in forty years...
February 16, 2009

Lessons Learned from the Online Dating Front

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Like many people who use the Internet to communicate with friends and connect with people, I'm continually amazed at how rude and insinc...
February 9, 2009

New NetLingo site is LIVE!!

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I'm absolutely thrilled to announce that after 6 months of hard work, my team and I have launched the new and improved NetLingo website!...
February 6, 2009

Love in the Age of Texting

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It's official, technology is slowly killing romance. And many are ready to hit "delete." Take Natalie, she had a boyfriend who...
January 26, 2009

Critics are out of touch, what else is new?

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Many social critics have blamed the distractions of technology for weakening family ties, but that's simply not true. According to Pew I...