The Federal Republic of Germany has cancelled a telecommunications contract with Manhattan-based Verizon Communications, a decision the German government has made in response to the NSA spying scandal. The government of Chancellor Angela…
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“Everyone serious about their career should have a LinkedIn account.” – PC Magazine The world of social networking has been upon us for a while now, with Facebook and Twitter leading…
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We, the People, own the broadcast airwaves. Large multinational companies send out signals that can be easily received and shown on your television in the privacy of your own home. Yet…
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In yet another instance of government regulators being unable to respond to new technology in a timely or intelligent way, the Federal Aviation Administration has announced its intention to ban…
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The reason I talk to myself is I’m the only one whose answers I accept. — George Carlin You hear lies every day, don’t you? When you shout upstairs “Are you ready…
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You can use it to make your own milling machine. You can make a padlock and key. You can even make a gun. They’re all possible as the 3d printer…
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“There are many ways of getting strong; sometimes talking is the best way.” — André Agassi Since Freud practically invented the art (or science) of talk therapy single-handedly in the late…
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“I am part of everyone I ever dated on OKCupid.” — Slash Coleman, The Bohemian Love Diaries: A Memoir She hadn’t been this nervous since her Sweet 16 party thirty-one years before.…
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They call it the “gig economy” or the “sharing economy.” It’s made up of people who cobble together a living based on multiple part-time and/or temporary jobs, stitching together the…
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For a brief time the NASDAQ was outperforming both the S&P 500 and Dow on a yearly basis. That was before the big bummer where the tech-heavy NASDAQ got hammered,…