A History of America's Military-Industrial Complex Highs and lows in the relationship between the U.S. armed forces and the corporate world.
Sat May 1, 2010
Bebo and the Death of Start-Up Culture at AOL Look how happy these Bebo users are. Smiling, listening to music, hanging out with their dog, giving sexy eyes. They may soon be forced to find another outlet, though, as AOL announced today that it is looking to sell the social networking site. And if there are no buyers? It's bye-bye Bebo, bye-bye sexy eyes.
Tue Apr 6, 2010
iCrash: Is In-Car iPad Installation Really a Good Idea? The best thing about the iPad is it lets you take rich media anywhere, including your car. Forget built-in DVD players, now the kiddies can watch movies, play games, listen to music, or even read books (people still do that, right?) on the go.Some people, like Doug from the Santa Clarita, California-based car audio shop the Sound Man, are taking the idea to the extreme by actually installing the iPad into the car's dash. See a step-by-step how-to in the video below.
Tue Apr 6, 2010
Log On and Learn: Devices, Sites and Apps for Kids A look at some of the coolest devices, sites, and apps for kids to log on and learn.
Thu Apr 1, 2010
Angela Benton, founder of BlackWebMedia Benton is doing her part to change that with her focus on the technology and new media. Since 2007, she has built up a portfolio of sites, including the flagship Black Web 2.0 blog, the Young Black Professional Guide, the career-based Vocay, and the new politics site Politic365.
Mon Mar 29, 2010
Jill Tarter, Director of SETI When astronomer Jill Tarter was awarded the TED Prize in 2009, she was given the opportunity to make a wish big enough to change the world, and she did: "I wish that you would empower Earthlings everywhere to become active participants in the ultimate search for cosmic company." Now Tarter is laying the groundwork to make her own wish come true.
Mon Mar 29, 2010
Laura Fitton, founder of OneForty Under her Twitter handle @Pistachio, Fitton found her niche as Twitter's expert marketer and started her company, Pistachio Consulting, later popping out a little book called "Twitter for Dummies." Now she's flexing her tech-trend-spotting skills once more by founding OneForty, an app store for Twitter.
Wed Mar 24, 2010
Addison Berry, Documentation Team Lead for Drupal Since joining the Drupal community in 2006, the open-source advocate has become a prominent presence: traveling the world to speak at events (from local high schools to international conferences); leading a group of codehead volunteers in logging all things Drupal; and, in 2009, snagging a Knight Foundation grant to improve Drupal documentation.
Wed Mar 24, 2010
Susan Scrupski, founder and CEO of the 2.0 Adoption Council To help ease that transition in big corporations, Scrupski founded the 2.0 Adoption Council last June at the Enterprise 2.0 conference (of which she also sits on the board).
Wed Mar 24, 2010
Pamela Jones, founder of Groklaw Groklaw, set up in 2003 at the beginning of the SCO-Linux controversies, quickly became a go-to resource for tracking legal issues surrounding open source and the Web.
Wed Mar 24, 2010
Foursquare Offers Analytics to Businesses, Enables Easy Customer Stalking Wondering how that barista knew your name before asking you? Check-in-based social networking game Foursquare has taken another step toward relevancy by adding analytics tools for businesses that participate. The new dashboard feature, still in alpha testing, gives data such as total number of check-ins, unique visitors, gender comparisons, and breakdowns by time. It also shows how people are sharing (over Twitter, for instance) and can differentiate between customers and staff members.
Tue Mar 9, 2010
Is Streaming Music Service KKBox the Chinese Spotify? Media companies worldwide are struggling with ad sales and budgets, desperately trying new business models like online pay walls to scrape by. But what if they moved into selling something other than journalism -- like, say, music?
Tue Mar 9, 2010
Pew Survey: Teens Love Facebook, Hate Blogging, Are Always Online, and Don't Use Twitter
Everybody goes online, everybody has a cell phone, and kids hate blogging and Twitter, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project.
Wed Feb 3, 2010
Netflix Adds New Streaming Indie Films, Moves Closer to Worldwide Streaming Domination
Indie film buffs rejoice: Netflix announced it has secured agreements to stream films from several independent and foreign film companies, including The Criterion Collection, Gravitas Ventures, Kino Lorber, Music Box Films, Oscilloscope Laboratories, and Regent Releasing. The move adds some 300 new films to the online streaming selection that tops more than 17,000 films and TV shows.
Tue Feb 2, 2010
The History of Volkswagen 1933 - 39
Adolf Hitler approves Ferdinand Porsche's design for the "people's car," or volkswagen. A town called Stadt des KdF-Wagens, now Wolfsburg, is established for factory workers in 1938. Full-scale production is planned for September 1939, but war intervenes.
Mon Feb 1, 2010
Get a Free Bagel With Friendship in Facebook's First Digital Coupon Campaign Be my friend, get a free bagel! That's the message Einstein Bros. Bagels is telling potential customers on Facebook, and, at least in visible numbers, it's paying off. The bagel-and-schmear giveaway started less than three full days ago, and already the bagel chain has increased its Facebook fan count from a measly 4,700 to a massive 336,000-plus.
Thu Jan 28, 2010
Attention Stop & Shop Customers: There's a Sale on Fig Newtons, Gouda, Re/Max Homes on Aisle Five! Let's see, what's on my grocery list today? Need some tomatoes, and some lettuce for that salad. Also need some chicken to grill. Funyuns, Clamato ... Oh, and a house. I keep forgetting to pick up that friggin' house. Is it on aisle five...?
Thu Jan 28, 2010
