Makerbot Digitizer Will Let Anyone Scan and Print Physical Items in 3D

Makerbot CEO Bre Pettis excitedly announced a new Makerbot Digitizer Desktop 3D scanner on stage Friday at SXSW in Austin. Currently a prototype, the next-generation scanner will allow anyone to scan a physical item, digitize...

Money matters: why women founders struggle in Silicon Valley

Last spring and summer, Kathryn Minshew, co-founder of The Muse and Inc’s “15 Women to Watch in Tech”, was trying to raise money for the...

Should TED Ban Marketing Pitches? Google Glass Talk Was Pure Promotion

Sergey Brin’s Google Glass presentation at last week’s TED2013 conference came off as little more than a product pitch. Wearing his “Google Glass” throughout the presentation,...

The February Jobs Report in Two Simple Charts

The U.S. economy added 236,000 jobs in February, beating expectations, and the unemployment rate fell to 7.7%, its lowest level since December 2008. Here’s the...

Why Android Takes Forever to Get Cool Apps

Even though there are more Android phones than iPhones in the United States, the number and variety of Android apps lags compared to Apple’s offerings....

Married Couple Wanted for Private Mars Voyage in 2018

A new nonprofit led by the world’s first space tourist is mounting an ambitious plan to launch the first manned mission to Mars in 2018,...

Tablets vs. TV: Which Screen Time Is Better For Your Kids?

If your kid asked if he could watch TV or play on the iPad for an hour, which would you let him do? Naturally, it...

Videogame makers discuss LGBT acceptance at ‘Full Spectrum’ event

Despite efforts made by recent games, LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) gamers still face a long road to equality in the community. To address...

‘Star Trek’ Mobile App Kicks Off Super Bowl Campaign

The app was designed to be a one-stop shop for Star Trek fans. It includes a news feed feature that shows off Star Trek news articles from around the web. When the film gets closer...

5 Ways to Improve Your Time Management

Research shows small business owners consider time to be a more valuable asset than computers, mobile phones and the company’s office or storefront. In addition,...

Brand Marketers Totally Miss Social Media Influencers

Any illusions that marketers have gotten this whole social media thing down pat will be blown away by the latest findings from Technorati Media’s 2013 Digital Influence Report, which suggests that for everything the media...

‘Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2’ Trailer Debuts Online

In the original, hero Flint Lockwood invents and eventually destroys a machine that causes chaos in his hometown by turning water into food. Number two...

Meet Maddie, the Acrobatic Dog Who Launched a Dream

Typically, we think of dogs as sidekicks, best friends, perhaps even confidantes. But rarely do we discover a dog who is a also a lucrative...

Why Can’t Johnny Write? Don’t Blame Social Media

Books were my best friends, when I was growing up. I read all the time, but wrote little. It wasn’t until I hit my teens...

Facebook’s Big, Bright Redesign = More News Feed Junk

Social networks like Facebook and Google+ are suddenly more image-happy than ever. And that’s awesome, in theory. But images ≠ photos. And that’s an important distinction....

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