SOPA Opera Update: Opposition Surges [via ProPublica]
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SOPA Opposition Before and After the ...
SOPA Opera Update: Opposition Surges [via ProPublica]
Hitler reacts to SOPA
Well, it had to happen eventually right? SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, has been criticized by Google, Facebook, and Adam Savage (Mythbusters). To learn more about SOPA, take a look at American Censorship Day, and what SOPA means for business. Don’t forget to learn more about the Protect IP Act too, SOPA’s little brother.
Hitl [...]
Behind SOPA: What It Means for Busine...
Click on the picture above for the full infographic.
Big Media tried to pass SOPA, and the Internet rose up. But what is SOPA, and what does it mean for us? Not to mention Protect IP.
Don’t forget to watch the SOPA discussion live, and keep up with the news here at Teknophilia, @Teknophilia and over at The Verge.
Behind SOPA: What It M [...]
How to Get More Women in Tech in Unde...
Caroline Drucker from SoundCloud gave a speech at Ignite NYC about how to get more women in the technology field. The trick? Stop calling them girls and start calling them women. Simple right?
How to Get More Women in Tech in Under a Minute, Caroline Drucker [via OreillyMedia]
[image] Caroline Drucker [via Daylife]
American Censorship Day
Fantastic infographic on the dangers of the Stop Online Piracy Act, click on the picture for a larger view.
We’ve added a banner on our site. Don’t like it? It can happen here, and on all the other websites you love and visit every day.
Today, Congress holds hearings on the first American Internet censorship system. If it passes, [...]
PROTECT IP Act Breaks The Internet
If you want to start a site, be it a forum, blog, or other online presence, this is a dangerous roadblock for you.
PROTECT-IP is a bill that has been introduced in the Senate and the House and is moving quickly through Congress. It gives the government and corporations the ability to censor the net, in the name of protecting “creativit [...]
Where Tech is Born [MIT Media Labs]
MIT is famous around the world for the people and discoveries that come out of it. But what sets it apart from colleges and universities? There are plenty of other schools that have talented people, lots of money, and fascinating discoveries. The difference, is that MIT shares its discoveries. When a discovery gets made in one field, it gets [...]
IFTTT Puts the Internet to Work For Y...
I’m kicking myself for not having broken this news earlier (it’s now all over the internet and I knew about it a few days before!), but it’s still important enough to mention, even if it’s a little late.
IFTTT is the acronym for a website named If This Then That; something which any programmer will recognize at once. [...]
Businesspersons vs. Engineers
We need more engineers. This is part opinion, part fact, and all true. The U.S., once leader in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) majors, is quickly falling behind. Business (and in particular, MBA) major rates keep rising. Both government and private institutions are asking for more STEM graduates, but we get business [...]
The TekBlog Coalition Welcomes: Linea...
That’s right folks, we have a brand new member to the TekBlog Coalition! Linear Fix is a technology journalism site, with updates every day. They cover a wide range of topics, from Apple and Microsoft to mobile devices and security. They’ve done a fantastic job at covering the tech scene, and the writing is both professional and entertaining [...]
Teknophilia Site Features
Thanks again for stopping by! This part of the series will focus on introducing you to some of the new features in Teknophilia.
Menus
We have three menus:
Top menu gives us the About page, as well as information about the TekBlog Coalition.
Main menu splits up the website into categories. Hovering over each category displays a drop-down menu [...]
Welcome to Teknophilia!
Welcome! This is the brand new Teknophilia website, which I’ve made after spending a year on wordpress.com. My old blog still lives there, but I’ve taken down the articles and put up a link to this new blog. I’m sure a lot of you came here because of that redirect, so you’ll also have to re-subscribe by using the newsletter box on the sideba [...]
The Teknophilia Twitter Newsletter
I use Twitter a lot, it’s a great way to stay up to date and keep in touch with people. I’ve decided to make it easy for you to stay up to date with tech news without being overwhelmed by tons of unimportant details. Using paper.li, I created daily and weekly newsletters. You can either visit the page when you want, or subscribe to get them [...]
Share your Desktop Sunday
My desktop
We all like to customize our desktops. It’s a way to express who we are, and it helps us organize our digital lives.
Share your desktop (either your PC’s or your real one) in the comments section below by posting a link. You can use any service, but favorites are flickr and TinyPic. You’re free to clean up before you take a pictur [...]
Saturday Suggestion Box
You know the drill: Request an article about something you don’t know about, are interested in, or think would be a good discussion topic. If you can’t come up with something, then leave an endorsement for someone else’s idea. On Monday, I’ll pick the topic that received the most endorsements and write about that.
[image] suggestion [...]
What if Social Media were a High Scho...
Flowtown – Social Media Marketing Application
To see the full size, click on the picture or go here.
Geosense adds Location Awareness to y...
Most phones now have GPS in them, but laptops are being left behind. Most manufacturers don’t offer a GPS chip, and those that can be bought are expensive. Geosense aims to bring GPS functionality to your PC without the need for any expensive GPS chips or software.
Geosense uses IP and Wi-Fi lookup powered by Google to find your location, so [...]
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