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What my dog taught me about the new Surveillance State

Low-cost home security systems mean that we can now train our voyeuristic tendencies on our own family members, and even pets!
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‘Following’ just got funkier thanks to Spotify’s music-ification of social media

Spotify’s new follow function has created one of the best music discovery engines yet, not to mention a bonafide social network built around music, musicians, and fans.
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Kickstarter’s Hollywood crush is great for independent film

That Zach Braff and Veronica Mars have led successful financing efforts on Kickstarter is being derided by purists as polluting the spirit of the site. Those critics have it all wrong.
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Gut check time, boys: Why do we make it so hard for women in tech?

The month of March was a banner one for women being made to feel unwelcome in the tech industry. It’s an old problem, and not a complicated one: men need to grow up.
March Madness at Work

In an always-on world, March Madness is no joke

With every game of the NCAA basketball tournament available on TV, phone, and computer, plus a gazillion apps feeding real-time bracket information, information overload doesn’t begin to describe our hero’s experience on Day 1.
Return to Cubicles

For those returning to cubicle captivity, we salute you (and recommend the following)

Thousands of Best Buy and Yahoo! employees are about to return to the workplace for the first time in a while. Here are 11 rules to live by now that you’re amongst other people all day long.
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How technology helps a sick boy (while secretly plotting to destroy us all)

The story of Devon Carrow, a sick 6-year-old Connecticut boy who attends school with the help of a robot called the VGo, is heartwarming – until the Robopocalypse begins.

Confessions of a straight male: Why I’m done with online shopping

I’ve been snookered with promises of false conveniences in exchange for a wardrobe that makes me look ridiculous. It’s time to return to the warm embrace of the mall.
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Athletes make Twitter incoherent, Twitter makes athletes mortal

The stuff coming out of the keyboards of athletes on Twitter is absurd and often embarrassing, but in the long run it's a blessing.
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