End the Mobile App Guessing Game

Michael Martin, 01.06.2010

Bloggers, internet publishers, and branding pros need to take notice. You need to get mobile very quickly lest your brand falls behind and loses market share.

2010 Resolution: Slow Down For Success

Patricia Sellers, 01.05.2010

Fortune Magazine editor-at-large

I've never been big on New Year's resolutions. But instead of resolving to do more this year, I'm aiming to do less. To slow down.

Are We Too Connected to Connect?

Jasmine Boussem, 01.05.2010

Entrepreneur, Writer, Blogger

Is hyper-connectivity connecting us to more people or is it disconnecting us slightly from everyone? Are we connecting or simply connected?

Apple's 10" Touch Screen Tablet May Ship in March: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer January 5, 2010

Shelly Palmer, 01.05.2010

President, National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences, NY

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple's tablet will ship in March. To be unveiled later this month, the WSJ notes that the device will rep...

Sleep Loss in America: The Decade That Didn't Sleep and Why It's Complicated

Qanta Ahmed, MD, 12.31.2009

Board Certified Sleep Physician, International Author, "In the Land of Invisible Women"

We have been on a roller coaster when it comes to how we now sleep and what a ride we have been on.

Blackberry Mum Over Outages

Jack Hidary, 12.23.2009

Entrepreneur

Research in Motion (RIM) had nothing to say anywhere on its web site as most users across North America experienced outages.

Blackberry 9700 Review: It's a Phone, Stupid

Jim Louderback, 12.22.2009

CEO, Revision3

The new offering from Research in Motion is better at being a phone -- but a worse at being a computer -- than my last mobile device.

Are Facebook's New Privacy Settings Legal? : MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer December 18, 2009

Shelly Palmer, 12.18.2009

President, National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences, NY

Worried about Facebook's privacy changes? The Electronic Privacy Information Center filed a complaint against the...

Has The Internet Brought Us Together -- Or Pulled Us Apart?

Johann Hari, 12.09.2009

Columnist, London Independent

The internet has transformed the way we think about ourselves. The story of this decade is the story -- in all its strange sinews -- of the World Wide Web.

The Future of Mobile is Local -- Look at Yelp

Jose Antonio Vargas, 12.07.2009

Technology and Innovations editor, Huffington Post

The future of mobile? Local, local, local -- and that's exactly what the Yelp-Android marriage unequivocally signals.

Checking It Twice

One For The Table, 12.02.2009

www.oneforthetable.com

I feel a great sense of accomplishment when my Inbox is "cleaned out," and am genuinely tormented by items that cannot readily be deleted, answered or put into a folder.

Black Friday's Mobile Milestone

Jonathan Spalter, 12.02.2009

Chairman, Mobile Future

Last Friday ushered in the holiday shopping season, and while consumers were clamoring for the best bargain, this year they had a new tool in their ar...

Are You Intelligent Or Just Intellectual?

Russell Bishop, 11.30.2009

Senior Editor-at-Large, Author, Executive Coach, and Performance Improvement Consultant

Indeed, many of the negativists of the world seem to engage in an insidious game, using their intellect, but not their intelligence, to argue against the potential for positive focus or improvement.

Move Over Slow Food: Introducing Slow Media

Elissa Altman, 11.23.2009

Founder of PoorMansFeast.com

New media is about selling us the next big thing, which will be obsolete by the time it hits the stores. The only answer? Go Slow. Listen to your father's albums. Write a letter and stick a stamp on it. Make dinner from scratch. Read a book. A paper one.

Unplugging -- Turn It Off! (VIDEO)

Jose Antonio Vargas, 11.23.2009

Technology and Innovations editor, Huffington Post

Here's the biggest challenge of our hyper-kinetic, always-connected, tech-powered daily lives: Unplugging.

A Million XBox Live Users Could Be Banned From the Service : MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 12, 2009

Shelly Palmer, 11.12.2009

President, National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences, NY

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...

Just Say 'No' to Your Mobile Device

Joseph Satto, 11.18.2009

Founder of mysomeday.com

Mobile technology has made 'connectivity' easier but has made the simple ability to sustain live and meaningful exchange more difficult.

Persky on Technology

Bruce Kluger, 11.04.2009

Member of USA Today’s Board of Contributors

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.

What Really Scares Me This Halloween

Adam Hanft, 10.31.2009

Political Columnist, CEO of Hanft Unlimited

The fact that 80% of the recent jobs lost were held by men; people who have volunteered for Bloomberg's third term bid; getting Facebook invitations from people who campaigned for Eugene McCarthy.

Internet Domains To Be Available in Foreign Language Characters: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer October 27, 2009

Shelly Palmer, 10.27.2009

President, National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences, NY

For the first time in its existence, web domain names will be able to be written in languages besides English. ...

Why Our 21st Century Keyboards Retain Vestiges of the Past

Kate Kelly, 10.13.2009

Author of six-volume history of medicine and Election Day

Despite the fact that "a" is under our weakest finger, and the most-used letter "e" is off the home row, people adapt, and those who are going to become fast typists will do so regardless of layout.