4 Strategies for Workin...

Fourteen years ago, in my first job where my title was “Information Architect,” I clashed with a designer. We were working at a large advertising agency that was known for stunning design work. The art directors wielded a level of power at the agency that I have never seen anywhere...
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Apple Admits iOS 5.0.1 ...

Apple has acknowledged that the iOS 5.0.1 update that promised to address reports of poor battery performance on iOS devices has not, in fact, fixed the problem for some devices owners. “The recent iOS software update addressed many of the battery issues that some customers experienced...
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The Elder Scrolls V: Sk...

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim , the latest game in Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls franchise, has been released, adding to the general excitement and mayhem of a blockbuster Autumn for the video game industry. The big fight taking place right now is between the world’s top-selling...
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World’s Fastest-Growi...

I became forever terrified upon discovering “ Take This Lollipop ,” an interactive video that launched two weeks before Halloween, yet still continues to haunt millions on the Internet. After giving the application permission to access my information (something my generation...
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Veterans Day 2011: Goog...

Google is remembering troops this Veterans Day by flying a yellow ribbon on its homepage. Its latest Google Doodle, a watercolor-style pastoral scene, swaps the “l” in the Google logo for a tree with a yellow ribbon tied to it. Displaying yellow ribbons is a tradition that...
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Cyborg Vision iPhone Ap...

I love Cyborg Vision, an augmented reality app that recognizes your Facebook friends’ faces and overlays their information like the vision of the Cyberdyne Systems Model 101 Series 800. Yes, this $1 app gives you Terminator’s vision. More » Go here to see the...
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Alien Invasion Not Immi...

Well, perhaps not an invasion , but the White House has issued an official statement saying that there is no evidence that life exists outside of Earth. The statement came in response to two petitions on We The People, the White House’s experiment in crowdsourced petitioning and...
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Audio-Technica AT-LP24 ...

Everyone wants to be a DJ. The parties, the women, the men, the drugs, the illegal drugs, the little napkins they wrap your glass in, those tiny stirrers that you can also sip through, the lights, the lasers, the abrupt knife attacks, the sex, the lack of sex, the bloodshot eyes, the...
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Vivid’s Streaming...

Remember Google TV ? Me neither. Maybe now you will: mega-porn producer Vivid Entertainment is launching a 24-hour porn HDTV channel, available for free to subscribers of vivid.com. Vivid says they have spent a year developing this. Whatever. ON WITH THE DEMO. More » Read...
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5 Essential Tips for Ma...

Vidya Shivkumar is director of products at Janrain and has built and shipped consumer, B2B and B2C products and services for over a decade. Online behavior tracking has been successfully employed for nearly a decade, but its tools do not uniquely identify users, and rightfully so....
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