Post-SOTU Google+ Hangout and TweetUp Show Why President Obama Should Rely on Social Media in 2012 Campaign

Sehreen Noor Ali in Social Media 1 year ago

President Obama's social media blitz around SOTU displays his commitment to bringing citizen engagement into politics, something he should emphasize in the 2012 election.

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Jon Stewart Nearly Quit the Daily Show on Day 1 Due to "Asshole Coworkers"

Tom McKay in Media 5 months ago

The Daily Show apparently wasn't such a rosy place to work back in 1999.

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3 Ways 3D Printing Anxiety Resurrects Unfounded Fears From 2D Printing

Mark Nelson in Technology 1 week ago

In the hope of stopping crime before it happens, politicians want to ban offensive 3D models from the Internet. Similar fears of 2D printing caused a flurry of laws that has impacted tech before.

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Eesha Khare: California Teen Invents Life-Changing Instant Phone Charger

Christian Rice in Gadgets 12 hours ago

Eesha Khare recently presented the "super-capacitator" at an international science fair. This could change everything.

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Google April Fool's Day Pranks: Google Nose, Treasure Maps, and Four Others Test Your Savvy

Andrea Ayres-Deets in Internet 2 months ago

A look at some of the other pranks Google has devised for April Fools Day.

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New Survey Says Many Americans Willing to Try Sex With Robots

Meg Miller in Gadgets 1 month ago

The Huffington post and You Gov have joined forces to run a poll featuring human and robot interaction and the results may shock you. Military bots, servants , and sex bots were all fodder.