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Tracking tech trends and how the internet is changing our lives.

October 8, 2012

Screen-Viewing Blues: Why You Should Unplug at Night

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Spending evenings in front of a glowing computer, TV, or cellphone screen can put you at risk of depression, Science News reports. Nightti...
October 1, 2012

Are social media making us lonely?

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For all the connectivity offered by social media, we “have never been more detached from one another, or lonelier.” Do you agree? It’s the ...
September 26, 2012

It's History in the Making: Google's Self-Driving Cars Are Now Legal In California

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California governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law on September 25, 2012 that clears Google's driverless cars for use on state-ow...
September 20, 2012

Amazon Shifts Tactics on Sales Taxes

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Tax-free shopping on the Internet may soon come to an end, said Monica Langley in The Wall Street Journal . Republican governors in budget-...
September 19, 2012

The Smiley Emoticon Turns 30 Today!

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The official birthdate of the smiley is September 19, 1982. It was created by Scott E. Fahlman at Carnegie Mellon University. The two ori...
September 17, 2012

5 Web Tools Every Student Needs to Know

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It’s back to school time, and though most of us have mastered the use of social media to enhance our personal lives, what about mastering I...
September 10, 2012

It's Back to (Online) School Time!

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Advances in technology, coupled with increased demand for educational services, have given birth to a wave of new online learning options. ...
September 3, 2012

Awesome Android Tips and Tricks

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You don't need a degree in software engineering to get more out of your Android smartphone . Regardless of the kind of Android phone y...
August 27, 2012

Hi my name is Erin, I'm a binge TV viewer

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Tech-savvy young people have come up with a whole new way to watch TV, said John Jurgensen in The Wall Street Journal . The “binge viewer” ...
August 20, 2012

Are you a tech slave or a tech master?

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When William Falk, Editor-in-chief of The Week mused on the last of his summer vacation and wondered whether are we tech masters or tech ...
August 13, 2012

Technology: Is it making addicts of us all?

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Next year, for the first time, “Internet use disorder” will be listed in the appendix of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental D...
August 6, 2012

That’s not my phone, it's my tracker!

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The device in your purse or jeans that you think is a cell phone —guess again. It is a tracking device that happens to make calls. Peter Maa...
July 30, 2012

The SEC has a Porn Problem

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One senior SEC attorney looked at porn eight hours a day, burning the files to CDs and DVDs when he ran out of hard drive space, said Tobin...
July 16, 2012

It's Summertime: Keep your tech in check!

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How many hours a week do you work? Chances are, about 7 more than you think. According to a new study by Good Technology , Americans are wor...
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