Apple and the Bikini Parable
Aaron Levenstein, a business professor, compared statistics to bikinis: what they show is important but what they hide is essential. The same applies to the… Read More »Apple and the Bikini Parable
Aaron Levenstein, a business professor, compared statistics to bikinis: what they show is important but what they hide is essential. The same applies to the… Read More »Apple and the Bikini Parable
Failure to address the threats posed by nuclear proliferation and climate change has moved forth the long hand of the Doomsday Clock: the symbolic countdown… Read More »Three minutes to midnight
It was only a matter of time before the economy of the Internet era gave rise to the equivalent of a popular movement, if not… Read More »The sharing economy and the rise of “techno populism”
According to convention, the digital age, or the fact that the economy and our lives now run on or by the Internet, represents the Fourth… Read More »The Fourth Industrial Revolution, and what will become of us
A team of scientists has discovered a new species of bird in India, the Himalayan forest thrush. It outwardly looks like its kin—they are literally… Read More »Of one feather, but the song tells them apart: New bird species found in the Himalayas
A recently widowed 72-year-old woman in British Columbia, Canada, took to playing cards on the iPad she shared with her deceased husband. But one day… Read More »A widow’s ordeal to reset an Apple password
The purchase by Univision of a 40 percent stake in the satirical publication “The Onion” was met with incredulity, mostly because the acquired media company… Read More »What Univision’s stake in The Onion means
Astronaut Scott Kelly tweeted the photo of a zinnia he grew at the International Space Station. There are some disputes about it being the first… Read More »The first flower born in space
A scientific article published by the International Journal of Obesity said that diet sodas helped with weight loss. It turned out, however, to have been… Read More »“Scientific Research: Brought to you by (Name Sponsor)”
With the many good things that come with technology so do the restrictions. One of the most annoying ones is the inability of Netflix subscribers… Read More »Netflix will no longer turn a blind eye, and it explains why