There's more to Filipinos than a man who can throw punches in a ring, of course, but Manny Pacquaio's success, in ways big and small, has unified and validated a sizable minority group from a country that, with 92 million people, is the 12th most populous in the world, just one spot under Mexico.
Microsoft may ban as many as one million XBox Live users for modifying their consoles or playing illegal games. The company believes that between 6...
After reading Moneyball, I saw parallels between what the A's were doing in baseball and what we had done in the casinos -- this was my big chance to work in sports.
Brilliant, talented, successful women sacrifice their lives and dignity to male mentors. What are they thinking?
Today, the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America is premiering a new PSA on their Facebook fan page to coincide with Veterans Day 2009. And you can be among the first to see it.
You can see authors smiling on our websites, taking questions on our publisher's web page, chatting on Facebook. And now the author video.
This work/life frappe has created a blended experience in which it's harder than ever to compartmentalize. Public image should equal private reality.
I'd just had an event at a popular L.A. bookstore. I saw old friends, answered great questions, sold a good amount of books. But that next morning I realized: I hadn't tweeted it.
In yet another twist of irony, in a case already replete with it, Maj. Nidal Hasan, 39, the alleged gunman in the November 5th Fort Hood shootings, se...
Considering that Skype is under attack from Facebook, the largest telcos and Google, how can it be good business to buy Skype? The key is whether it will be worth more than what investors paid for it.
Wall Street ethics are alive and well on Facebook. In early October I wrote a post on social games and examined the hype vs the reality. One of th...
There ought to be a law preventing the computer hardware and software industry from shortchanging consumers, so that we get the full use of our equipment.
Peace Dot is a campaign put on by Stanford University and is the brainchild of Stanford's Persuasive Technology Lab -- which markets itself as an attempt to harness computing power as a force for social change.
Earlier this week, we heard from more than 100 advocates and Latino community leaders from throughout the nation who participated in a national call h...
I don't mind if you tweet about bowl movements or your latest sexual escapades, but why would you disclose information about your health, or your fami...
Losing friends can be particularly difficult for introverts because we don't surround ourselves with people. We prefer a few intimate friends to lots of less-intense friendships.
Gary Vaynerchuk built his brand using these free tools (Facebook, Twitter, Ustream, Tumblr, etc.) and he used the tools that he wrote about in the book to succeed with the book itself.
For as much as Barack Obama has brought change to Washington, it's also us, the people participating and engaging with politics using technology , that have changed, too.
My fear is that my son's future won't include the rapid pace of innovation that we have enjoyed in recent years. What if decades roll by and innovation stands still?
If the Republican Party had half a mind, they would look at Palin's history of party divisiveness, polarization and destruction and take heed.
Permit me to share a wonderful piece by legendary writer-producer-director Bill Persky on modern technology. It appears in the today's edition of USA Today.
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