Reports of the Telegram’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
Instead of bidding the telegraph a patronizing farewell and making wisecracks about extinct media, we should be hailing it as a dogged, miraculous survivor.
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Rdio Bridges the Gap Between the Record Collection and the Cloud
It’s taken me years, but I’ve finally acknowledged that there is no longer any reason to own music. But I still want to collect it.
Apple Taps Saint Laurent CEO Paul Deneve As a VP
Deneve will be working on special projects and will report directly to Apple CEO Tim Cook.
6 Tools for Collecting Music in 2013
When it comes to the most efficient way to collect music, here are some of the best bets so far.
Law Would Let Police Search Your Phone After Accidents
A new law proposed would empower cops to seize drivers’ phones so long as “reasonable grounds” existed to suggest a driver may have been distracted.
This Is the World’s Quietest Place
The room, in Minneapolis, Minnesota’s Orfield Labs, is so quiet that clapping your hands sounds weird, because you hear almost zero reflected sound.
Inside Reddit’s Hunt for the Boston Bombers
As rumor and misinformation circled traditional and new media alike, some Reddit users gathered information from primary sources.
Taxing E-Tail: How the Senate Plans to Tax Online Shopping
Americans are supposed to pay state taxes on goods purchased online. Only 1.6% of taxpayers do. A new Senate bill could help states change that, and collect billions of dollars in new revenue.
The Real Significance of the Bitcoin Boom (and Bust)
Online currencies like the Bitcoin are one day likely to alter Government policy, just as the bond market did in the 1990s.
6 Apps That Make Managing E-Mail Easy
Even if you don’t get hundreds of messages a day, most people feel some frustration with e-mail. Here are several good apps that can help.
Google’s Dance
Is Google a benign and helpful information company, or is it a massive advertising agency that spies on consumers and puts our privacy and civil liberties at risk? It’s all a matter of perception.
The Super Bowl of Video Games. Literally.
In its 19th year, the Madden Bowl gives actual football players tiny controllers and lets them compete three days before Super Bowl Sunday.