‘Author Rank’ Separating Small Business Bloggers vs Small Business Ghost Writers

While the blogosphere spawned thousands upon thousands of writers who in
many instances lacked the opportunity to write for legacy publishers,
ironically the major criticism levied against them came from those
traditionalists. Traditionalists who critiqued bloggers as less worthy
of acclaim because they were not vetted by the established press.
Traditionalists, the likes of noted playwright Aaron Sorkin who agreed
with Sarah Palin when their combined condescension labeled them, "pajama people."

Anti-Snooping Apps For When Everybody’s Watching You

Anti-Snooping Apps For When Everybody's Watching YouWhen the rock group, The Eagles first penned their iconic top-forty hit, "New Kid in Town,"
with lyrics that spoke to: "talk on the street. . . everybody’s
watching you," the year was 1976, predating the Internet by almost two
decades. While spot-on prescient as to what was to come, surely Don
Henley, Glenn Frey or Joe Walsh couldn’t have known the level of
surveillance that’s blanketed the world we NOW live in…

King Robota — A Real Giant Robot?

King RobotaRanging anywhere from eight to sixteen feet in height, King Robota manufactures some amazing robots designed for corporate events and large entertainment venues.  But… how much of the robot is a robot?

Money & Betrayal Play Key Roles In Silicon Valley Tomes

Money & Betrayal Play Key Roles In Silicon Valley TomesIt appears when Ben Mezrich penned his tell-all book about the
early beginnings of Facebook and included the bon mots "money" and
"betrayal" in its title, he had paved a path for another to follow.
After all if one social network could be launched on greed and
deception, couldn’t others? Good ole Machiavellian ethics may be as old
as time, but it appears to be the common denominator for both…

Package Related Pollution: Problems And Solutions

Packages TeaserIn today’s consumerist society, almost everything we buy comes in a package. Paper, plastic or metal, for health or just visual reasons, all the things we buy come inside something. Not only this, but we usually use other packaging (i.e., bags) to carry the products. All this has a huge impact on the environment, both in the production of these packages as well as the way they are disposed of.

Nelson Mandela Apps: An Icon’s Footprints Across The Digital Landscape

Nelson Mandela Apps: Celebrating An Icon's Footprints Across The Digital LandscapeIt’s difficult to say good-bye to a man as formidable as Nelson Mandela.
TV, Radio and the blogosphere have been flooded with updates, and I
suspect this will continue for some time. Living in the digital age, as
mankind moves forward, it’s apparent that we will all be memorialized
when the time comes with what we leave behind on the Internet.

Who’s on First? Competing Santa Trackers: NORAD vs Google

Who's on First? Competing Santa Trackers: NORAD vs Google  Perhaps not as funny as the classic 1938 comedy sketch "Who’s on First?"
popularized by Abbott and Costello, but it does bring a smile to one’s
face when anybody is able to give Google a run for their money. Such is
the case when the Northern American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)
backed by Microsoft and Bing take on the Granddaddy of search engines in
a face-off that pits one Santa Tracker against another.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Image Used To Promote Chinese Online Sale

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Image Used To Promote Chinese Online Sale“I have a dream…” of great savings! The stylized image of American civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. has begun appearing in ads for Chinese internet mall Taobao’s upcoming Sales Day.

From Homeland To Home Deliveries, Drones Target Afghanistan & The Amazon

From Homeland To Home Deliveries, Drones Target Afghanistan & The AmazonFor those addicted to the HBO’s hit series, Homeland,
the writers have inserted drones into their plot lines almost as if
they were dark villainous anti-heroes. Last season, lead
character Sargeant Brody sought revenge for a drone attack gone sideways
killing innocent Iraqi children. This season the unmanned aerial
vehicle is now used as "eyes on the ground" allowing Brody to seek
covert asylum in Afghanistan…

Going Meshugenah For Thanksgivukkah With Turkey Leg & Brisket

A New Zealand break-out singer from New Zealand is out front again this
holiday season. Back in August when she released her successfully
popular top forty pop hit, "Royals," she confused the public with a
somewhat contradictory world debut. While on the one hand, she hid
behind the pseudonym ‘Lorde‘ to protect her anonymity, on the other. . .