Communications Major

What do Lyft, Airbnb, Uber, Pinterest, Wanelo and Anki have in common? It seem they share a similar purpose that could help describe the current era of consumer technology: Bringing the online world to the offline world.

Google is launching huge balloons to bring the Internet to remote and difficult terrain -- think mountain ranges, archipelagos and jungles...and New Zealand, where the first 30 "Internet-enabling" balloons have been launched.

People now spend 37% of online time on mobile devices - smartphones and tablets.

Think you have a pretty good idea of what's coming next in tech? Then you probably haven't talked to a teen recently. - What's what with Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, Twitter, IMs and SnapChat.

All hail the quick, reliable taxi SINCE last month the citizens of Johannesburg have been able to hail and pay for taxis through SnappCab, a local start-up. A tap on...

While the real-time Web presents events as they happen, the “replay Web” supplies discussions and dissections in the aftermath....The replay Web, in many ways, exists because information is coursing through sites like Facebook and Twitter with knock-you-down force. But no single event can emerge from that stream of information unless it is amplified by the replay of voices.

As Google and other companies begin to build wearable technology devices, an industry not known for its fashion sense faces a new challenge.

Millennials are stuck navigating a new romantic landscape in the age of technology and the hookup.

Traditional courtship — picking up the telephone and asking someone on a date — required courage, strategic planning and a considerable investment of ego (by telephone, rejection stings). Not so with texting, e-mail, Twitter or other forms of “asynchronous communication,” as techies call it. In the context of dating, it removes much of the need for charm; it’s more like dropping a line in the water and hoping for a nibble.

Let's proclaim 2013 the year of the "Ph" - since we all know no one ever looks back at these statements at the end of the year to see if anyone was right. But if we were the type of blogger to make big predictions (we are), here are three for 2013, and they all start with what should become the 27th letter in the English alphabet - the "Ph": Phablets, Photos (Vaporizing) and Photos (Printed for (Posterity).

Can a Snapchat-like app be built to deal with email overload?

If you're over 25 (or under 13), you are forgiven. Those carefree, youthful years between 13 and 25 are the sweet spot demographic for our connected culture's latest cause célèbre. Snapchat is an app that lets you send a photo to one - or hundreds - that has a shelf-life of about 10 seconds. You set the limits, but once your friend(s) see the image it will vanish from the online ether before you can even think to share it.

To get adults' attention, the typical stories making the rounds are that Snapchat can really up your sexting game. If Anthony Weiner had Snapchat instead of Twitter, he'd be President by now (or at least still have his seat in Congress).

Why is it that between 25% and 50% of people report feeling overwhelmed or burned out at work? It's not just the number of hours we're working, but also the fact that we spend too many continuous hours juggling too many things at the same time.