President Obama's attempts to reform NASA have been gestures in the right direction, but he has been tepid in this, as in so many other things. But a President Gingrich might be able to get real money for space.
Debates in the United States in response to these disclosures have been how to assign blame or whether consumers can force Apple to be more ethical. This is not enough. The problems are certainly not limited to Apple or Foxconn.
Something is very wrong when good jobs go overseas because American corporations can't find enough qualified Americans to fill them here.
The best way to protect and even promote democracy is to protect the freedom of the Internet. While SOPA has created a stir publicly, we must be vigilant about even some of the "conveniences" we are presented with, lest we all break the law of unintended consequences.
In my experience of documenting professional reinvention, I've found that it's often not really starting over; it's more revisiting a dream deferred.
Highly skilled immigrants are America's competitive advantage, and it is critical today more than ever that we woo and welcome them to our shores.
As we celebrate Data Privacy Day, we bear witness to a number of new privacy policies which are being presented, dare one say thrust, upon user populations for major online social networks.
"Are you on Twitter?" If your answer is "No," then this is for you. And if you're over 45, chances are that's your answer.
Facebook is big, and getting bigger. So don't feel despondent about the fact that you're having trouble managing the stream of data that Facebook is sending at you. It's not you -- it's them.
For the most part, teens' experience on Google+ will be just like adults, but there are some special safeguards for users under 18. Google didn't put any major breaks on teens -- it's giving them freedom, but it did make some default settings for teens more restrictive.
Parents and educators alike are buzzing about this new cure for our distracted, multitasking children. The name of the app? SelfControl.
However, I am not one of those commentators who preach all day without providing a solution -- I think Twitter should simply charge for its service and become totally advertising-free; it is true that countries will still ban it but people will find a way to connect.
Soviet central planners, whom Brin's family sought to escape, tried to predict demand for goods and services with catastrophic consequences. American immigration officials shouldn't harbor the same conceit. It's time to end this charade.
The stream of regularly refuted garbage churned up in the AEI think tanks and Fox newsrooms for confusion's sake is spewed everyday into our culture and subsequently, Twitter. How difficult is it to keep your head straight when you're paranoid and threatened? Oh, very.
If entrepreneurial education is important to America's economy and global competitiveness, and good for its students, why don't we recruit entrepreneurs for our colleges the way we do athletes?
A social media skill set is valuable to anyone entering the job market or looking for career advancement. But is everyone who uses Twitter or Facebook a pro? Not even close.
It was not Facebook, Twitter or YouTube that brought down Hosni Mubarak. The Egyptian people did that. But this does not mean that social media and Internet‐based technologies played no role, or that their role was insignificant, as some have alleged.
Social networking is about having an audience and being an audience. You make friends for entertainment purposes. It feels good. And then it becomes a lifestyle, an addiction.
Google, you want to be all things to all people. It won't work. Stop it and go back to doing what you once did well: totally unbiased search, excellent email, great photo storage, wonderful voice mail, and so many other useful services.
Brian Fox, 2012.30.01
Yu Zhou, 2012.29.01
Christopher Burgess, 2012.29.01