Digital Age
Match.com Fails Greek Goddess
My sister describes her co-worker Celia as “Greek, in a goddess kind of way.” No one needs to see that everyday at her place of […]
Don’t Know What Foursquare Is? You’re Not Alone
The Foursquare-based iPhone app Girls Around Me has been the subject of much media attention and controversy for the last few days, ever since the website […]
Some Philly Cops Need a Crash Course in the First Amendment
Over the past 18 months citizen-photojournalists have managed to document—with little controversy—the killing of a dictator, the downfall of a fashion icon and an unprovoked […]
PA Man Sues Google Over Privacy Policy
At the beginning of March, Google changed its online privacy policy, in case you somehow missed that news. The Internet behemoth announced the move in […]
Suddenly, Fact-Checkers Who’ve Toiled in Journalistic Obscurity Are Trendy
“Fact” is a real buzzword these days. Ever since a remorseful Ira Glass retracted a This American Life episode about Sinclair-esque working conditions in Chinese […]
10 Reasons Why the New York Times Is Worth the Dough
Yesterday the New York Times announced that it will cut back the number of articles it allows nonsubscribers to read free, from 20 a month […]
Does the Punishment Fit the Crime in the Rutgers Webcam Case?
The unprecedented verdict in the Rutgers webcam case has unleashed all manner of ethical dilemmas, none of which can be neatly resolved. The most pressing […]
College Students Finally Start to Worry About Facebook Profiles
Every once in a while, you read something that gives you hope for America’s future. That’s what this story from the New York Times recently […]
So You’ve Stopped Texting While Driving, Right?
We’ve all done it. You’re cruising along in your car and paying more attention to something other than the road in front of you. Maybe […]
SXSW’s Homeless Hotspots Exploit Disenfranchised Americans
South by Southwest’s technology conference usually gets props as one of the cooler geek-fests in the country, but this year, most of the dispatches from […]
Is Amazon.Com Perfecting the American Sweatshop?
So Amazon.com is building a new warehouse in Middletown, Delaware, with a promise of more than 850 new jobs by September and potentially over 2,000 […]
Will CNN Buying Mashable Echo AOL’s TechCrunch Debacle?
Here we go again. By the time you read this, it’s possible that CNN, as per the news out of SXSW, may have purchased the […]
Do You Read the New York Times, or Skim It?
The other day in class, one of my students said, “As I’m sure you saw in this Sunday’s Times … ” Her insightful comment was […]
What You Need to Know About Apple’s New iPad
You may have heard about a little shindig Apple held yesterday. The tech giant, as is their wont, built up a mighty buzz for their […]
You Watch Television? How Very Lowbrow of You.
I was at a dinner party on the Main Line two weeks ago with a group of people I didn’t know that well. And like […]