Twitter is a powerful tool. It can be used for good or for evil. Whether to enlighten the masses as to who JBieb’s latest crush is or for potential GOP candidates to spew nonsense about whatever they desire, tweeting is an extremely influential social media tool and, sometimes, weapon. As is the current trend of […]
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Obama Promises Not To Remain Neutral On Net Neutrality
For only the third time during his presidency so far, President Obama expects to veto upcoming legislation when he strikes down a bill that would otherwise dismantle the net neutrality provisions adopted by the FCC last year. The bill at the crux of the issue is Senate Journal Resolution 6, which states Congress disapproves of […]
Segues: Night Of The Living Tech
Can we find immortality? It looks like technology might be catching up to this long sought-after goal of not kicking on to the afterlife (or absence of one).
Obama Brings Down Congress (AKA Techcitement Gets Political)
It’s not uncommon for sites to be slammed when a major aggregation site like Digg links to them. On Twitter, there’s even a specific hashtag when popular author Neil Gaiman brings down a site. This week, we saw the same sort of thing happen in the political arena when President Barack Obama addressed the nation […]
Segues: The Future Is Here And It’s Horrifying
Each Segues column starts with something tech-related before quickly branching out from there into a tangentially related thread. These articles are born from my thought and speech patterns that regularly contain quickfire transitions. For one of my birthdays, a friend made me a crown that said “King of the Segues”. Actually, it said “King of […]