Why the Social Media Revolution Is About to Get a Little Less Awesome
Social media, quack..quack..quack. The Facebook IPO continues to go down as a train wreck for investors and sign... Read More »
Posts Tagged ‘tech unexpected’
iPhone 4S Announced!
Today was the long awaited iPhone 5 announcement, and the gathered masses anxiously awaited the introduction of the next Apple iPhone. The announcement was met with a mix of applause and disappointment, because instead of a step forward to the iPhone 5, it was a sidestep to improvement with the release of the iPhone 4S. Read More »
Strange But Functional Devices
Do you ever just look at products and wonder, who the hell would buy that? Well here's a... Read More »
Heinz Kicks Ketchup in the Knickers
Ketchup is so old school, that Victorians were eating it before it was cool. But that isn't the point. This is America. And because of that, we all know too well the pitfalls of trying to eat fast food while driving. So, Heinz decided to reinvent the ketchup packet. Read More »
Track Cons. Win Prizes. No Dog the Bounty Hunter
Augmented reality platform GoldRun makes its first foray into the entertainment sector, working with A&E Network to launch the "Catch A Con" Sweepstakes. To bolster interest in the premiere of the new A&E series, "Breakout Kings," which centers on an unconventional partnership between the U.S. Marshals' office and a group of convicts, the "Catch A Con" promotion invites iPhone users to hunt down augmented-reality fugitives hiding out in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and San Francisco. Read More »
10 Careers that Didn’t Exist 10 Years Ago
Every so often, you meet someone with a job title that makes you go, "Huh?" Either it's too technical to understand, too hard to describe or in some cases, people just may not have heard of it. But, why would someone not have heard about a job's existence? Read More »
Angry Birds Birthday Cake
Play with your food already! Those are words I never heard from my father. He also never asked me what my high score was in NBA Jam. Jerk. Luckily for children around the world, there are some dads out there who are so cool, they make elaborate birthday cakes for you! Read More »
Your Blender. Yes, Your Freaking Blender
Seriously, your freaking blender. And we aren't talking about smoothies here, we are talking about hacking attempts. Home networks are expanding at a wild rate, and many families are integrating their appliances onto a mainframe networking system. The idea is grand in its own simplicity. But, while mom may be able to turn on the washing machine, preheat the oven, and turn down the A/C while watching Desperate Housewives, the technology does bring forth a myriad of destructive possibilites. Read More »
Blast from the Past: take ‘that’ technology!
Well, everyone knows technology is increasing at an alarming rate. What this article presupposes is... maybe it isn't? Bonus points if you catch the reference. If not, that's cool. But it's true, we think that we are so great for advancing technology by leaps and bounds during our generation. But the fact is, things aren't as great as we would like to believe. Out of fear for turning into a world becoming of H.G. Well's The Time Machine, I think we need to prepare ourselves and our children for the future. Read More »
10 Ways Technology Would Change Fairy Tales
Everyone likes to look at technology in terms of how it will change the future. But I want to go one step further and ask, "how would it change the past?" Even more, how would some of our favorite fairy tales be different had they been written during the golden age of technology? Would Sleeping Beauty really lay in wait? or would the prince simply have seen that her status had gone to 'sleep'? I do wonder.... Read More »
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