You want accountability for your exercise, eating, and weigh loss goal? You got it. This past week I tested out the BodyMedia armband. BodyMedia claims to improve weight loss three times by tracking calories burned, calorie intake, physical activity level, steps taken, and sleep habits. The armband doesn’t in any way actually burn calories or […]
There is a long and ugly history of society dictating to women what our bodies should look like. In ancient Greece, women were supposed to be lithe and muscular with small breasts. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, fuller bodies were considered ideal, as captured by Rubens. Ads from the past century in America showed an aversion to […]
With the release of the latest eBay for iPad app, the company introduced the new “Watch with eBay” feature, which allows users to browse and buy eBay items related to the shows they’re currently watching on their TV. Does this sound ridiculous? It is. So far, Watch with eBay has failed to turn up any […]
As part of Microsoft’s latest update to Xbox 360, you must first sign off on a new terms of use agreement, which contains a mandatory arbitration clause for U.S. users. That means if you sign off on the clause, you can’t sue Microsoft for any damages. Of course, if you don’t sign off on the […]
Last night, in ridiculous news that isn’t really news, reports came in that Alec Baldwin was kicked off of an American Airlines plane for refusing to power down his airplane mode set device. The FAA requires that most electronic devices get powered down for take-off and landing while the FCC bans the use of wireless devices […]
My kids, ages 1, 3, and 5, are all tech-obsessed. Whether it’s using our cell phones, computers, or the TiVo, it’s hard to keep their hands off of tech geared for adults. We make a point of finding tech for the kids at their level, and there’s plenty to choose from. There’s also a lot […]
Every company needs an email system, right? Wrong. At least according to French tech firm Atos who launches an initiative to eliminate corporate email within the next year. CEO Thierry Breton claims only ten percent of the emails his employees receive each day contain any useful information, and eighteen percent is simply junk mail. Middle […]
Remember July of last year, when the U.S. Copyright Office said it was totally cool for you to jailbreak your iPhone and there wasn’t squat Apple could do about it? It’s time for the rest of the tech industry to shake in their collective boots, because the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the group that was at […]
Remember The Last Starfighter, where aliens used a video game as a recruitment tool for intergalactic fighter pilots? Apparently someone at GHCQ, a British government intelligence service that works with MI5 and MI6, remembers this 80s classic, because they’re using the same basic technique to recruit new intelligence agents, according to The Guardian. (It’s also […]
Topeka, Kansas high school senior Emma Sullivan found herself in uncharted territory last week when she posted a tweet to her fifty-odd followers during a visit from Kansas Governor Sam Brownback to her school. “Just made mean comments at gov brownback and told him he sucked, in person,” she tweeted, adding, “#heblowsalot.” The governor’s communications […]
