The Toyota Prius is one of the most high-tech cars on the consumer market. So many of its processes are linked up to the car’s onboard computer that you almost don’t even have to... Read more
Want to remain anonymous on the world wide web? You may want to try out the latest of the “Insta” apps to protect your identity when you share photos to Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. INTI... Read more
If you think keeping up with what’s happening via Twitter, Facebook and other social media is like drinking from a fire hose, multiply that by 7 billion — and you’ll have a sense... Read more
IN AMERICA alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the... Read more
We wrote recently about how the rise of mobile phones with built-in cameras has led to an irresistible urge to record our experiences everywhere with a digital picture. But what happe... Read more
How has the future of storytelling been influenced by Twitter? We might have fewer characters to work with, but we still hunger for narrative. New mediums aren’t destroying fiction, they’re... Read more
Chris Hadfield is an astronaut for the 21st century. The Canadian former fighter pilot and current commander of the International Space Station has shown a supreme mastery of social media. H... Read more
We typically focus on the positive aspects of online social networks – but what about their negative aspects? As we’re seeing in the investigation into the Boston Bombers, online socia... Read more
A new social network is trying to redefine how we look at emergencies. Instead of seeing them as a time when things fall apart – SF72 want you to see them as a time when people come together... Read more
Is it really, truly a good idea to consider social media and the Web a reliable source of healthcare? You wake up feeling a slight tickle in your throat. You try and shake it off and drink l... Read more
In The Nature Of The Future: Dispatches From The Socialstructed World, Marina Gorbis argues that as more and more of our activities are quantified online, your actions could become a new cur... Read more
A hi-tech bracelet could soon be helping civil rights and aid workers at risk of being kidnapped or killed. When triggered, the personal alarm uses phone and sat-nav technology to warn that... Read more
China’s Twitter generation squares off against the “Great Firewall” Barely two months after Xi Jinping was named China’s new leader, the Twitter generation seemed to be gaining t... Read more
Without getting too far ahead of ourselves, it is useful to look back at the various iterations of the Internet to see how it has evolved and where we might reasonably expect to see i... Read more
A new online petition asks the White House to repeal budget cuts that have spurred NASA to suspend many of its education and public-outreach efforts. The petition was created on Friday (Marc... Read more
