For a Prime Minister who’s embraced technology more so than other national leaders of sovereign states, one’s hard pressed to sympathize with a man who chose to ban Twitter to cover up a political scandal. The disruption and "going dark" incident sparked public fury and outrage. . .
If you’re a TV junkie like myself who gravitates towards fast-paced high-stakes thrillers
in this new Golden Age of television, you most likely have also been
schooled on the new lexicon of terms used to solve cases. Ever since the
award-winning FX series Damages first premiered in 2007 with intricate plot twists, red herrings, foreshadowing and nonlinear narratives. . .
As the Ukrainian Spring has escalated and boiled over with the
Crimea vote for succession from the Ukraine, it’s now clear these
altercations are not only land-based. A group calling themselves the
‘Cyber Berkut’ have also gone digital to attack their opponents in
cyberspace.
We have Tim Berners-Lee to thank for the World Wide Web – an accessible
bank of knowledge that’s hyperlinked content across the globe bestowing
upon "us mere mortals a real chance to learn as much as our brains can store." And guess what? He did it all before digital monetization. . .
Ever since the award-winning film "Social Network" caused a stir about the digerati drawn to the Silicon
Valley like moths to a flame, other would-be producers have tried to
capture the zeitgeist of this lifestyle in various forms – books, movies
and TV.
World governments and technology companies are pledging billions or dollars in to create the next generation of internet. But, they still haven’t figured out just what it will be or how it will be used.
‘ve been fascinated with the idea of a Satoshi Nakamoto ever since I began researching the Deep Web where Bitcoin’s alleged illegal transactions have run rampant. In my post, "Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Bitcoins But Were Too Broke To Ask," I compared his anonymity to the villainous fictional character Keyser Söze from the hit movie, "The Ususal Suspects."
While today’s emphasis on all-things-celebrity seems at times all-consuming, the mashups of certain couples’ names have
entered our lexicon, dating all the way back to the ill-fated
relationship of "Bennifer" [Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez]. Others like
"Brangelina" [Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie] have stood the test of
time, while the dubbing of the would-be coupling of "Kimye" [Kim
Kardashian & Kanye West] portends a short-lived hook-up. On a much
more somber note, combining the names of Hitler and Putin – to ‘Putler’. . .
Samsung and LG pair fitness technology with their new smartphones. In recent years, we have see the rise in fitness technology, like heart rate monitors and fitbands. Now smartphone companies are getting involved. The Samsung Galaxy S5 and LG G Flex will soon release their own fitness gadgets. By marketing fitness technology with smartphones, more people are being exposed to technology that facillitates an active lifestyle.
For all those naysayers out there who couldn’t help but caterwaul over Facebook’s demise before the ink was even dry on it IPO opening, May 19, 2012 — including myself [see "How Many Dumb F*cks Rocked Facebook’s IPO Like It’s 1999?"] — our subesquent rude awakening was the world’s largest social network fooled a good many of us.
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