It's Facebook question of the week time and, this week, I managed to get a video recorded. I don't know about you, but I missed you guys! This week's question comes from Steve Birkett, who you may know as Above the Static, which is his Twitter handle. He writes at Above the Static and for [...]

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It's Facebook question of the week time and, this week, I managed to get a video recorded. I don't know about you, but I missed you guys! This week's question comes from Steve Birkett, who you may know as Above the Static, which is his Twitter handle. He writes at Above the Static and for [...]

Read More: Staying On Top of Technology

Have you ever found yourself sprawled on the sofa in front of the TV, with either your laptop, tablet, mobile phone – or maybe all three – by your side...

Read More: Media multitasking: 75% of the UK use other technology while watching TV

Last night, I attended a gathering of some of the smartest technology minds focusing on Education for grades K-12. I didn't know what to expect, other than Newark Mayor Cory...

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You might have seen Marco Tempest's video on TED where he fooled the audience with three iPhones. But do you know how he did it? (You should watch his TED video first, because if you watch my video first it'll blow the illusion). I visited his studio in New York last week to get a [...]

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Whenever reps from the big digital behemoths take to the stage to discuss their respective companies, people tend to listen. Whether that's Apple, Twitter, Microsoft, or Facebook, folk want to...

Read More: Facebook VP talks technology, data privacy & the London riots

While we in the tech world are still celebrating the life of Steve Jobs, I've seen numerous articles over the past few days that talk about the things he's accomplished, the impact that he's had and where we go from here. I've had conversations through Twitter, Google+, over the phone and otherwise wherein everyone from [...]

Read More: Who is the next great leader in technology?

While we in the tech world are still celebrating the life of Steve Jobs, I've seen numerous articles over the past few days that talk about the things he's accomplished,...

Read More: Who is the next great leader in technology?

PepsiCo picked 10 start-up companies from across Europe that will make up PepsiCo10 – a program designed to discover and support emerging technology companies. Looking over the listed I picked from the list my own top 5 start-up companies. Although all 10 start-up companies were pretty impressive, the ones below are each original in some special.


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As new technologies are developed, it is becoming easier and easier for couples to make long distance relationships work.  Today we’ve got social media sites, texting, chatting, web phones and webcams to help us keep in touch with our distant loves.  Imagine what things must have been like in the days where long distance couples could only communicate via telegram or homing pigeon or, even worse, back in the Stone Age when they couldn’t communicate at all!


Read More: Love & Technology: The Evolution Of The Long Distance Relationship [Infographic]

We often write about different smartphones, apps, or accessories that are really cool, but none of them are the most important part of mobile technology. The most important part of mobile technology is the batteries that enable the device to run so that we can do all of the things we like to do with them. Do you think the iPad would be nearly as popular if its battery only lasted four hours?


Read More: Professor Develops Battery Life Extension Technology

Today Jinni, taste-and-mood based discovery engine for TV and movies, has announced that Microsoft has licensed their semantic video discovery technology.  Jinni’s technology is a one-of-a-kind service that allows viewers to easily find content according to mood, plot, style and more and now Microsoft has access to the technology as well.  But what will they be using it for?  Only time will tell…


Read More: Microsoft Licenses Jinni’s Semantic Video Search Technology…But What Will They Use It For?

Sure, you're a busy person. But, you are also a dog owner. So, you have, as a good friend of mine say, a "first world problem." How do make sure the dog walker is giving your dog much needed exercise? One solution comes from:Pet Check Technology


Read More: Pet Check Technology Lets Dog Walkers Ease Pet Owners’ Minds with GPS Tracking

The past few weeks has put the attention of those of us in the tech world onto the evolution of social networks with the field test of Google+. We've been thinking about what it would take for Google to topple Facebook in this space: the immediate next steps in the social technology market.But making predictions further out than the near future requires us to define what the ultimate goal for social technology is, and that's something that's very hard to do.The differences betw [...]

Read More: Online games: where the real key to the future of social technology lies

When my friend Trey Ratcliff (he's a great photographer who builds iPhone/iPad apps, among other things) begged me to come to the Shuttle launch I never imagined I'd be standing on the grass in front of the countdown clock with tears streaming down my face. So, why was I here? Well, I got a special [...]

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