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John C. Havens is EVP, Strategy and Engagement at Yoxi.tv, an organization that discovers and elevates social entrepreneurs by leveraging their expertise for global business opportunities. He can be reached at johnchavens@gmail.com. It’s 2015 and you’re trying to get into … Continue reading →

Screens from theBlu Click here to view this gallery. Wemo Media has partnered with top animators from Avatar and Tron, the director of MIT’s Media Lab and other high profile activists for an ambitious, underwater animation project called theBlu. TheBlu … Continue reading →

It wasn’t just 60 Minutes that did a segment on Steve Jobs this weekend; Saturday Night Live celebrated the life of the Apple co-founder in its own way. In an SNL skit parodying the PBS roundtable show Charlie Rose, Mark … Continue reading →

Touch sensitivity on gadgets and robots is nothing new. A few strategically placed sensors under a flexible, synthetic skin and you have pressure sensitivity. Add a capacitive, transparent screen to a device and you have touch sensitivity. However, Stanford University’s … Continue reading →

Anonymous, the group of high-powered hackers famous for taking down websites belonging to Bank of America and Sony, has turned its vigilante brand of online activism to child pornography sites. The “hacktivists” are targeting web host Freedom Hosting and accusing … Continue reading →

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Bloggers rejoice, eh! The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously ruled that online publications and websites cannot be charged for libel for linking to defamatory material. The ruling found that the act of linking was distinct from publishing or repeating libel, … Continue reading →

Lately we’ve witnessed the intersection of content and commerce, an emerging breed of retail site that features magazine-like editorials, photo spreads and inspiring video, all designed to instruct and, ultimately, sell a product. We’ve identified three sites that best exemplify … Continue reading →

Oct. 23, 2001: The iPod The very first iPod launched with “1,000 songs in your pocket.” It had 5GB of storage space, weighed 6.5 ounces, featured a 160 x 128 pixel display and FireWire connectivity and cost $399. Click here … Continue reading →

Amazon is gearing up to introduce a new, HTML5-based ebook format called Kindle Format 8, the company announced Friday. KF8 is an improvement over the current Mobi 7 standard, with new features that allow publishers to create richer formats and … Continue reading →