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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I’m not really sure why there is such an outcry over Rush Limbaugh’s latest remarks. After all, this is hardly something out of character. He […]
Last Saturday night—Sunday morning, really—I was lying in bed, groggily listening to a couple fight in the middle of the street. “Who is she?!” a […]
Ever wish you could pick a route home based on how bad traffic will be 15 minutes from now? Waze, the GPS-based navigation app that […]
