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Brazil's Growing Tech Community

Robyn N. Cohen | Posted 05.30.2012

Robyn N. Cohen

One thing I miss about living in Los Angeles is the city had many different and regular tech events.

Your Start-Up Life: How to Get Flexibility at Work?

Rana Florida | Posted 05.16.2012

Rana Florida

Feel free to let your boss know that a new study released by the Center for Disease Control, National Institutes of Health, and American Cancer Society has confirmed what many have long suspected: that lengthy car commutes are terrible for your health.

Soldier's Wife Saw Bullet Hole During His Death On Skype

AP | TERRY WALLACE | Posted 05.07.2012

DALLAS — An Army nurse showed no alarm or discomfort before suddenly collapsing during a Skype video chat with his wife, who saw a bullet hole i...

Skype Knew About Security Flaw Since 2010

CIO Journal | Posted 05.03.2012

Skype was told a year and a half ago about a security flaw that allows for the location tracking of customers, but left it unfixed, the security resea...

Networking Commandments for New Grads

The Levo League | Posted 05.02.2012

The Levo League

The bad news: You have to start from scratch. The good news: You have to start from scratch.

Forget Emoticons: Humoticons Are Here

The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 04.29.2012

Don't :) -- smile! As part of its new ad campaign that rips into services like Facebook and Twitter with claims they undermine our humanity one "li...

Good Grief

Jill Robinson | Posted 04.30.2012

Jill Robinson

As I sit alone, writing with this actual Papermate pen, which writes words you can feel, words firm and clear, that we are evolving into translucent creatures; Internet sprites, who will Twitter, text and pinterest through cyberspace.

Face to Face With a New Language

The Minnesota Daily | Posted 04.26.2012

The Minnesota Daily

Learning about new and exciting cultures directly from the ones who live in it is one of my favorite facets of learning a new language. But taking a foreign language also offers a great opportunity to improve even in unrelated areas.

Man Slashes Wrists, Throat, Stomach In Front Of Girlfriend On Skype

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 04.18.2012

Julie Zalinski, a woman from Reading, Berkshire, England, was traumatized when her boyfriend, 53-year-old Adrian Rowland killed himself while talking ...

Should Students Be Allowed To Attend Class Via Video Chat?

By Angel Idowu Angel is a high school reporter for The Mash, a weekly teen publication distributed to Chicagoland high schools. Many students d...

WATCH: Soldier Skypes To See Child's Birth

Posted 03.30.2012

Specialist Brock Howland wasn't able to attend his son's birth, but he did the next best thing: Howland Skyped with his wife, Mary, throughout the del...

How Skype Changed the World

Robert Whent | Posted 04.18.2012

Robert Whent

In 2003, I was visiting some business colleagues in the Netherlands when I heard of a new technology with a funny name: Skype.

Have Skype, Will Do International Business...

Valerie Berset-Price | Posted 04.15.2012

Valerie Berset-Price

Unless homo sapiens mutate and our senses become muted, the face-to-face interaction will remain our favorite and most-needed way of building trust with one another. And trust, as we know, is the key ingredient of any long-lasting relationship.

Email Use On The Skids Among Teens

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 02.14.2012

With texts, tweets, Facebook Chat, and Skype all available as means of instantaneous communication, it's no surprise that the good ol' email seems to ...

WATCH: Couples Get Techie On Their Big Days!

Posted 01.17.2012

It's no surprise that the Internet has made the wedding planning process a little bit easier for couples everywhere -- with websites that put the brid...

Cool Icelandic Phone Technology Is Hot

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 02.26.2012

Iris Erlingsdottir

Sometimes I doubt that all the amazing communications technology the world has seen in the last decade has resulted in increased or better communicati...

Skype Offers Free Wi-Fi For The Holidays

Posted 12.21.2011

Holiday travel brings families together, but only after uncles, aunts and beloved cousins run the logistical gauntlet of delays, cancellations and lon...

The Stop Online Piracy Act: Yet Another Stealth Maneuver to Control the Internet

John W. Whitehead | Posted 02.10.2012

John W. Whitehead

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons ...

Tweet This, Deny That: Social Media and the End of Denial

Michele Weldon | Posted 02.07.2012

Michele Weldon

Digital shaming has become the newest form of public stocks, ensuring the wrongdoings of individuals are widely known and impossible to erase.

Memo to Single Men: Man Up or Shut Up

Elizabeth Tannen | Posted 01.30.2012

Elizabeth Tannen

A few weeks ago, I got a random Facebook message from an attractive man I know. I was excited for approximately three seconds before feeling, instead, furious.

Boomer Professionals Embrace Video Conferencing

Don McNay | Posted 01.30.2012

Don McNay

Video conferencing is not a new technology. But being able to do it easily and efficiently, with good quality, is new to me. It opens up new ways to communicate and grow my business.

'I Felt Like I Was There': The Undeniable Impact Of Social Media On Military Families

militarytimes.com | Mike Chalmers | Posted 11.23.2011

In previous deployments to Iraq and South America, Master Sgt. Clifford Snyder relied on letters and brief phone calls to keep in touch with his wife ...

Cops: Mom Forced Daughter To Strip For Web Cam

Posted 11.14.2011

A 41-year-old Massachusetts mother is facing child endangerment charges after she allegedly forced her daughter to pose nude in front of a web camera....

Wyandotte, MI: Guitar Teacher Gives Lessons Worldwide From The Comfort Of His Home

wyandotte.patch.com | Posted 01.11.2012

"The power of Skype is that it takes away that geographical constraint and allows you to be taught by truly talented teachers." ...

The Nature Of Reality And The Long-Distance Relationship

Wendi L. Adamek | Posted 01.03.2012

Wendi L. Adamek

I'm about to get on a plane to see my partner. We haven't seen each other in four months. Well, OK, we've seen each other virtually every day for four months. On Skype, of course.