Collaborate Disseminate
Social networking is the Great Equalizer. It enables anyone to gain influence based on the merit of his or her conversations.
Sadly, the quest for sustainable monetization is leading social sites to offer schemes that let people with money buy infl… Continue reading Social networks let the rich buy influence
Amazon’s Alexa won CES this week.
Amazon’s virtual assistant, which first appeared more than two years ago on Amazon’s Echo smart speaker, seemed to be popping up everywhere at the annual International CES trade show in Las Vegas this week.
Amazon … Continue reading Everything is a virtual assistant now
Silicon Valley is an amazing place of innovation. It’s a geek Mecca, a destination for professional nerds — the technology capital of the world.
Silicon Valley is the only district in the world where people know more about the Wojcickis than the K… Continue reading 7 things Silicon Valley needs to stop doing in 2017
Silicon Valley has become obsessed with “disrupting” food. Alarming headlines grab the public’s attention — stories about meat grown in labs, flavorless “Soylent” meal replacements and “chickenless eggs.”
The tech industry is “disrupting” food by … Continue reading Software is eating the food world
I just got back from Mexico City, which tourists usually avoid because they don’t feel safe there. It’s a shame, too. Mexico City is awesome — and can be safe.
Three years ago, I wrote a piece here called “Digital nomad survival tips you can use a… Continue reading Digital nomad survival tips you can use anywhere (Part 2)
Many Google users believe the company records audio through phones and computers, then applies those recordings to the AutoComplete options in Google Search.
I asked followers on Google+ about this and one wrote: “If me and my wife are talking abou… Continue reading Does Google listen in on your life?
Many Google users believe the company records audio through phones and computers, then applies those recordings to the AutoComplete options in Google Search.
I asked followers on Google+ about this and one wrote: “If me and my wife are talking abou… Continue reading Does Google listen in on your life?
An entire anti-drone industry is emerging. These new tools will enable drone detection, tracking, identification, disabling, and even hacking and hijacking the drones as they fly. By Mike Elgan
Consumer drones are gaining air superiority over our h… Continue reading How to shoot a drone out of the sky
Google Keep is probably the best Google service that most people don’t use.
Services like Keep, Evernote and Microsoft OneNote are often called “note-taking apps.” But it’s an obsolete label. They’ve grown beyond their roots, now offering collabora… Continue reading Why you should start using Google Keep right away
Lifelogging is dying, right?
Gordon Bell, who served as leader of the lifelogging movement since the 1990s, told me earlier this year that he had given it up.
A couple of weeks after I dropped the news about Bell, the former editor-in-chief of Wire… Continue reading How lifelogging will become easy and automatic