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Cruising the internet: Is Blueseed the utopian answer for entrepreneurs or a pathway to economic ruin?

Cruising the internet: Is Blueseed the utopian answer for entrepreneurs or a pathway to economic ruin?

I recently read an article on Mashable about Blueseed, a ship funded by Pay-Pal billionaire Peter Thiel, which will house...

All of this now fits in your pocket

All of this now fits in your pocket

Technology is amazing and we all know it. What we may forget or even take for granted is that there...

Monitor your site for free with MonitorScout

Monitor your site for free with MonitorScout

If you don’t know you have a problem, how in the world are you supposed to fix it? Knowing if...

If you could take your Facebook friends and put them all on Google Plus, would you?

If you could take your Facebook friends and put them all on Google Plus, would you?

"It's a ghost town." "I'm used to Facebook." "I already have all of my pictures and stuff on Facebook." "The...

The $200 million “Draw Something” fad is ending

The $200 million “Draw Something” fad is ending

Someone should have seen this coming. Someone should have said something. After forking over $200 million to buy OMGPOP for...

The rise of the mobile employee

The rise of the mobile employee

There was a time not too long ago when the only employees who could be considered "mobile" were the high-powered...

A smart, huge company should buy Yahoo immediately

A smart, huge company should buy Yahoo immediately

There is value in Yahoo. It's real and tangible. While conventional wisdom would look at the trends and the follies...

The history of encryption

The history of encryption

Sensitive data has always been a challenge to deliver securely. Even in the days of the Spartans, military commanders would...

iPad is to “tablet” as Starbucks is to “coffee shop”

iPad is to “tablet” as Starbucks is to “coffee shop”

When a product becomes synonymous with the general term for the item itself, it can own the market. To paraphrase...

BRAD: The ridiculously automated dorm room at Berkeley is much cooler than yours

BRAD: The ridiculously automated dorm room at Berkeley is much cooler than yours

The dorm rooms that are often the most visited by friends are the ones with a fridge, a Playstation, and...

How to create an intuitive drill-down interface?

How to create an intuitive drill-down interface?

What happens when a stream of water hits a big enough obstacle? It moves towards right or left to pass...

Is Yelp spending too much money?

Is Yelp spending too much money?

They say you have to spend money in order to make money. The problem for Yelp is that they may...