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Why Translators Are the New Blacksmiths

Nataly Kelly | Posted 04.25.2013 | Technology
Nataly Kelly

Just as blacksmiths helped move us into the industrial age, our modern-day wordsmiths - translators and interpreters - will help us move from the current age, in which information is merely available, to an age in which information also becomes highly relevant and useful.

Enlightened Technology for Practicing Mindfulness

Flynn Coleman | Posted 04.22.2013 | Technology
Flynn Coleman

As mindfulness becomes a hot topic in the innovation space, more and more software that combines cutting-edge technology with modern mindfulness is available, melding plugging in with unplugging. So for your yogic pleasure, here are four simple tools I enjoy

Detecting Power Theft by Sensors and the Cloud: Awesense Smart System for the Grid

James Grundvig | Posted 04.15.2013 | Technology
James Grundvig

With commercial customers on six of the seven continents of the world, Awesense appears to be leading the charge of delivery ROI to its customers by means of recouping the "cheapest watt" of power.

Great Hiring - Nothing is More Important

Keith McCurdy | Posted 05.12.2013 | Business
Keith McCurdy

Being a CEO of an early stage company, whether it is 15 people or 150 people, is far from easy and there are many pressures and requirements. But if there is one single skill and activity that the CEO can do well to increase his chances of success it is a relentless focus and effort to hire great people, especially early on.

Construction IT (Finally) Completes the 'Tower of Babel': Interview with Aconex CEO Leigh Jasper

James Grundvig | Posted 05.12.2013 | Technology
James Grundvig

Whatever the Tower of Babel may represent, one thing is clear: Construction Tech has been an IT laggard since the first Apple computer went to market.

Exposing Cyber Shills and Social Media's Underworld

Sam Fiorella | Posted 05.07.2013 | Technology
Sam Fiorella

In an economy where social proof is becoming mandatory for media exposure and sales, cyber shills will be hired in greater numbers by brand and marketing firms, despite their public opposition to the practice.

F.R.E.U.D.: Fetal Reconstructive Emotional Unalienable Deity (Or, Can a Machine Ever Love Us?)

Oren Frank | Posted 04.27.2013 | Healthy Living
Oren Frank

A good therapist will care for us, accept and even love us, in her or his own way, and thus allow us to accept and love ourselves a little more. I don't know if we can ever achieve such a relationship without a human connection.

In the Eye of the Data Center Revolution: Interview With Nlyte's CEO Doug Sabella

James Grundvig | Posted 04.22.2013 | Technology
James Grundvig

Coming from the construction industry, which is dead last of fifteen verticals investing in technology (according to a recent Gartner report), I was amazed to learn that such old tools were used to optimize space and predictive analytics for later phased expansions plague data center projects, too.

Renting, Buying, and Stealing: The Future of Software Applications

John Pavley | Posted 04.18.2013 | Technology
John Pavley

It's never been harder, or easier, for a developer of software applications to make an honest living. And it's never been more confusing, or simpler, for consumers to figure out how to get access to cool new tools and critical old ones for their computers, phones, and pads.

Why CES Is Losing Its Prominence As Top Global Tech Event

Buzzfeed | Matt Buchanan | Posted 01.08.2013 | Technology

Two overlapping trends have chipped away at CES and events like it: First, software and services have become the soul of consumer technology. Hardware...

Software Patents Have Become a Start-up Nightmare

Marty Zwilling | Posted 02.11.2013 | Small Business
Marty Zwilling

The USPTO has been overwhelmed by both the volume and the novelty of applications for software patents, and they can't maintain a qualified staff. Patents currently last 20 years, which is way too long in the software business.

Strategic Innovation Secrets: What Technology Leaders Do Differently

Scott Steinberg | Posted 10.28.2012 | Business
Scott Steinberg

Like scrappy young startups such as Flipboard and Pinterest, success isn't solely rooted in online innovations and cutting-edge electronic advancements. It's also founded in basic management, marketing and strategic innovation principles that every entrepreneur can learn from.

Startling Percentage Of Computer Users Are 'Pirates'

The Huffington Post | Britney Fitzgerald | Posted 06.01.2012 | Technology

Are you a software pirate? 57 percent of the world's computer users confess to pirating software according to a recent Business Software Alliance (BSA...

Couple Unwittingly Tries To Sells Pirated Rosetta Stone Software On eBay

The Huffington Post | Katherine Bindley | Posted 05.23.2012 | Home

A couple from Washington state who are accused of trying to sell counterfeit software say they were only trying to pay for their late nephew's headsto...

Nate C. Hindman

SXSW Insight: Yipit And Ohours Founders On Learning To Code

HuffingtonPost.com | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 03.16.2012 | Small Business

AUSTIN, Texas -- Got an idea for a hot new Web app and need a software developer to build it? You may want to consider an alternative: Do it yourself....

The Software Algorithm That Turns Hotel 'Lookers' Into 'Bookers' (Part Two)

Bill_Robinson | Posted 04.10.2012 | Technology
Bill_Robinson

The REVPAR GURU system allows hotel owners and staff to monitor many of their key metrics while in the office or on the fly.

The Software Algorithm That Turns Hotel 'Lookers' Into 'Bookers' (Part One)

Bill_Robinson | Posted 04.10.2012 | Technology
Bill_Robinson

Shouldn't the goal be the same in the airline and hotel industry: full capacity at any fare/rate? Wouldn't a better policy be "no plane leaves with an empty seat, ever" or "we'll fill every room tonight if we have to let them go for $10?"

Exclusive: Hollywood Studios Readying Common File Format for Digital Distribution (video)

Andy Plesser | Posted 03.12.2012 | Technology
Andy Plesser

LAS VEGAS - The industry consortium of five of the the major Hollywood studios, the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE), is readying a com...

Patent Reform and Patent Totalitarianism

Brian Kahin | Posted 01.10.2012 | Technology
Brian Kahin

You might think, in light of the celebration and rhetoric, that the America Invents Act of 2011 was tackling the big problems such as patent trolls, broad and abstract patents, the billions squandered in the smartphone wars, or opportunistic litigation against users. You might think that. But you would be wrong.

Click.to -- The Little App That Could!

April Rudin | Posted 12.14.2011 | Technology
April Rudin

Sometimes people write to me and ask me to blog about their cause, product or whatever passion that they have. Because blogging is an activity for whi...

What to Do When Business Breaks Down: One Guy's Tale

April Rudin | Posted 11.08.2011 | Technology
April Rudin

Last year, a friend and trusted business colleague suggested that I read the book, Rework. I bought it without hesitation. The friend suggested the ...

Standard & Poor's Slams Google For Motorola Deal

AP | Posted 10.16.2011 | Business

NEW YORK -- Standard & Poor's is saying investors should sell Google's stock because it believes the search leader's decision to buy Motorola Mobility...

Hard Innovation

Daniel Haarburger | Posted 10.12.2011 | Technology
Daniel Haarburger

If the evolution of the tablet market has proved anything, it is that physical hardware has been all but abandoned in the gold rush for new widgets, apps, and software development.

A Controversial New Way iPhones Can Be Used To Catch Criminals

Posted 09.18.2011 | Technology

A new iPhone accessory that uses facial recognition technology to help police identify suspects is raising new privacy concerns. The hardware, whic...

The Faithful Shopper: Great Gadgets

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 08.16.2011 | New York
Faith Hope Consolo

Remember when a day at the beach meant getting away from it all, including the phone? I don't either. While I'm all for disconnecting, that definitely doesn't mean leaving any of my beloved electronics behind.