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Tracking tech trends and how the internet is changing our lives.
May 26, 2011
Social Couponing Explodes in NYC
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It wasn't long ago that clipping coupons was something you'd picture your parents or grandparents doing, maybe sitting in a rocking ...
May 23, 2011
Planking: Top 10 Facebook Crazes
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A 20-year old man, Acton Beale of Brisbane, fell seven stories to his death last week while trying to lie facedown on a narrow balcony rai...
May 19, 2011
Getting Energy from a Silicon Leaf
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A silicon “leaf” that mimics photosynthesis could open the possibility of an entirely new source of cheap and abundant electricity. MIT r...
May 10, 2011
Track me to the Islands then, I may never come back
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I've been telling you this for years, and it's not like you can do much about it, but I just want you to know: the iPhone and other...
April 30, 2011
Blocking Someone on Facebook is like Blocking Them Out of Your Life
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As seen in AM New York , "Some kids definitely have a church/state feeling when it comes to Facebook, and they want to keep their paren...
April 25, 2011
NSFW = Not Safe For Work (or School)
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Talk about denial, a conservative Indonesian lawmaker in Jakarta resigned last week after he was caught on camera watching online porn on ...
April 22, 2011
They're Compiling Detailed Profiles of You
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To experience a profound violation of your privacy, you need not opt for the "touch my junk" line at the airport. Just go online....
April 19, 2011
Google’s Scary New App
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The app would link an image search engine to a face-recognition program, so that photos could be matched to personal information. The conc...
April 18, 2011
Time to Start Using Your Earbuds, as in Always
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It's official, pressing your cell phone to your ear can at least temporarily alter your brain. That’s the disturbing finding of resear...
April 6, 2011
Why Gadgets cause Junk Sleep
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It's official: Viewing light-emitting TVs , smartphones, computers, and video-game players less than an hour before bed interferes wit...
April 4, 2011
Google +1 takes on Facebook
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Google will begin allowing users to personally endorse search results and Web pages , its latest attempt to stave off rival Facebook while...
March 26, 2011
A Sex Scandal for the Internet Age
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Michelle Cottle of The DailyBeast.com writes, "For generations, congressmen and senators have cheated on their wives in Washington, ...
March 19, 2011
The Top 25 Online Ads Everybody Should Know
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Online advertising has morphed into so many features and sizes, should online advertisers still consider measuring it in traditional marke...
March 16, 2011
I Am Number Four
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Linguists have often wondered, "Is our understanding of numbers innate or cultural?" New research provides stronger evidence than...
March 8, 2011
Online Ad Lingo: from 1:1 to CRM
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1-to-1 a.k.a. 1:1, one-to-one A marketing concept created by authors Don Pepper and Martha Rogers and turned into a marketing consultancy...
March 5, 2011
Are Facebook and Twitter tools of revolution?
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Social networking played a key role in the popular uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, and Iran over the past year. “Did Twitter make them...
March 2, 2011
Humans still have the edge over AI
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AI as in artificial intelligence . Jeopardy fans were mesmerized when Watson, the IBM computer that was programmed to play the trivia gam...
February 25, 2011
Listen to Erin on Martha Stewart's Radio Show - Tuesday, March 1st
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Listen in as Erin Jansen, Founder of NetLingo.com, discusses " The NetLingo Top 10 Internet Terms of 2010 " and as she reveals ne...
February 21, 2011
How to Get Rich Off the Internet
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The bloggers who provided free content for the HuffingtonPost.com won't receive any of the $315 million AOL paid for the website. You ...
February 17, 2011
Online Advertising Lingo: social media
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social media Social media can take many different forms, including social networks , blogs , vlogs , social bookmarks , user reviews, video...
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