Technology & Innovation

In a new book, two technologists paint a rosy portrait of our future, describing how cutting edge technology could benefit large industry–as long as humans don’t muck it up in the mean time, that is. 

Evernote has gone old-fashioned, creating a sister company called Evernote Market that sells physical goods like office supplies, new technology hardware, and technology accessories.

Wences Casares is one of the most remarkable technology entrepreneurs of the past 20 years. The son of a Patagonian sheep farmer, Casares has founded and sold several major startups […]

Attracting talent is important for any business. Teaming up with a university allows a company to identify and court promising new employees.

You wouldn’t likely shop online for new shoes or look up baseball stats at a meeting held in your office, but what about on a conference call? The cloak of invisibly is powerful freedom…

Is it better to set aside office time for team training activities or to take advantage of digital technology, allowing everyone to learn at the their own pace and in their own time?

Want a career shift? Learning to code could be your ticket to a better life. With computer programming booming in popularity, you’ve got a bevy of educational choices to choose from.

How do you find out if all that money you’re investing in social media is paying off? The keys are knowing which tools to use and which metrics have value.

Don’t panic if you’ve lost your phone. Most devices have built-in retrieval features. Other strategies and approaches can help you get yours back in a flash.

Make sure before you press the red button that you’re using the best device or app and are well-versed on consent.

Twitter is experimenting with ways to infuse your feed with “relevant content” by people you don’t follow. Is this the end of Twitter as a democratic platform?

Technology in the classroom is an often talked about goal that has shown few results to date. But that may change as certain high school students in Houston begin receiving artificially intelligent digital textbooks.

What many of us have long taken to be the measure of scholastic success–our college grade point average–is of relatively little concern to most employers.

Photo credit: Richard Allaway / Flickr (2010) Photographer Richard Allaway’s description: “Glocalization is a term that was invented to emphasize that the globalization of a product is more likely to succeed […]

Bill Nye is a lot of things. He’s the world-famous Science Guy, for example. He’s also Executive Director of the Planetary Society and one of the nation’s most fervent bow […]

As a leader, your words and actions have a major impact on office culture. If you want your office to run well, you have to be prepared to lead by example.

Facebook is currently testing a prototype “satire tag” that users can add to shared media. While one could argue satire is best left unencumbered by warnings, not all sites promoting satirical content are as well- ntentioned as The Onion.

How do you get the attention of your dream employer when you’re currently employed? Alerting them to your availability is not unlike an act of seduction.

As the economy seems to ask for ever-more productivity, coffee’s limited ability to keep us concentrated have become clearer.

While previous studies have found that people who overshare personal information on social media have a stronger need to belong to a group, the same doesn’t appear true of those who share about their relationship. 

Big decisions made now can open up future paths toward working again with a past employer. This means that, in one respect, you can be like LeBron James.

It may not be surprising that links exist between the amount of debt you’re in and how often you feel ill. Enacting a plan for better living — both with regard to health and finance — isn’t as hard as you think.

LAGUNA BEACH – The world has changed considerably since political leaders from the 44 Allied countries met in 1944 in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, to create the institutional framework for […]

The business world today bears little resemblance to that of 40-50 years ago. Yet for some reason many companies still clutch to the archaic dogmas of strategy developed during that […]

A surprising amount of studies have tried to pinpoint the particular physical traits, styles, and characteristics that exude the essence of intelligence… even if those characteristics don’t necessarily indicate of the existence of intelligence.

Producing capable candidates for the increasing number of STEM positions means getting children interested in those subjects while they’re young. For the children’s publishing company Cascade Pass, it also means inspiring children who, even in their imaginative early years, may harbor doubts about their opportunities.

When I first discovered 3D printing several years ago, I instantly knew it was magical.  My mind was blown by the technology: an almost infinite amount of shapes can be […]

If work isn’t making you happy, you can always try talking with your supervisor about how to make things better. The key is to remain positive even when discussing negative topics.

An important part of being an effective manager is gauging when you need to make a major personnel change. Terminating an employee requires the right balance of firmness and compassion. 

The U.S. Department of Education is now in the business of rating colleges and universities. If these ratings were to attempt to measure learning, would they favor overall knowledge or development and growth?