In RetroTech: NetLingo Blog
Tracking tech trends and how the internet is changing our lives.
September 30, 2011
I'd wear a computer on my wrist would you?
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We may soon be wearing our electronic gadgets —from heart monitors to cell phones—as a second skin. Researchers have discovered a way to ...
September 23, 2011
Evidence Suggests that the Internet Changes How We Remember
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MIT’s Technology Review’s Kenrick Vezina writes on a recent study that says we augment our memory with the Internet. The flood of informa...
September 16, 2011
Pentagon Wants a Social Media Propaganda Machine
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You don’t need to have 5,000 friends of Facebook to know that social media can have a notorious mix of rumor, gossip and just plain disinf...
September 9, 2011
Army Seeks Social Media Gurus to Save Afghan War
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Know how to tweet? Or how to put words into the mouths of foreign security functionaries? If so, the U.S. Army wants you to help un-quagmi...
September 2, 2011
Google: Changing how people think?
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A new Columbia University study found that the use of Internet search engines alters the way the brain stores information. Is Google making ...
August 26, 2011
Tech Book Review - The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding From You
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The former director of MoveOn.org, Eli Pariser, shows how Google, Facebook, and other sites track your mouse clicks so they can filter res...
August 19, 2011
Tasty Tidbits of News from the Tech Front
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A Social Network for Seniors Proust.com encourages older users to share memories and life stories by prompting them with questions. Barr...
August 12, 2011
Handwriting: No longer necessary?
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Officials in Indiana have stopped requiring schools to teach third graders the art of cursive handwriting. In a few decades, no one who gr...
August 5, 2011
How to Avoid Scams on Craigslist
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When on Craig'slist be sure to deal locally, insist on cash, do some research, and pay cautiously. 1. Deal locally. Follow the same c...
July 29, 2011
Teamwork Can Outdo Brilliance
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America’s companies should reconsider the value of “a well-assembled team that may not dazzle with individual brilliance but overwhelms wit...
July 22, 2011
Planning on an MBA? Your tweet could be worth $37,000 - Apply by July 28
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The University of Iowa’s Henry B. Tippie School of Management is offering a full scholarship worth $37,240 to the MBA program applicant wi...
July 15, 2011
Is it the end of an era for .com? The Internet faces a domain name revolution!
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The world of website names is about to be completely revolutionized. At the moment, a Web address can only end with one of 22 suffixes — .c...
July 8, 2011
Still texting while driving? Don't do it!
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In May, 2011, Indiana joined 31 other states when it passed stiff new laws prohibiting texting behind the wheel. Under the new law, effect...
July 1, 2011
How Your Web Rep can Ruin Your Job Search
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If I've told you once, I'll tell you again, you must manage your digital footprint and keep your digital doppelganger in line! Pos...
June 24, 2011
10 Smart Ways to Use Social Media in Your Job Search
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Everyone’s talking about using social media for job-hunting. But how, exactly, should you do that? Alexis Grant of U.S. News shows 10 smar...
June 20, 2011
Cybersex: It's about narcissism
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Cybersex: Will it make monogamy obsolete? Internet connectivity and online porn have opened new ways to engage in extramarital adventures....
June 17, 2011
Is Facebook's 'like' button spying on you?
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The Facebook "like" and Twitter "tweet" buttons that appear on so many websites do a lot more than just help you share ...
June 10, 2011
Talk is Cheap: Five VoIP-Powered Services
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As seen in Conde Nast Traveler , Alex Pasquariello reports on the five most popular VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) powered services. W...
June 8, 2011
Technology and Eroticsm: The Connection
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“As our markets discover and respond to what consumers most want, our technology has become extremely adept at creating products that corr...
June 3, 2011
Should parents get to control their kids' Facebook pages?
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A California bill would let parents prune what their kids post online. Is this a victory for parents or a strangely heavy-handed law? What...
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