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After writing a positive review of Roy's Hawaiian Grill on Yelp, Matt Siltala received a "thank you" from the company and encouragement to visit the restaurant again. It's that kind of active involvement with Yelp that Siltala, president of Avalaunch Media, recommends to his own clients "I love Roy's Hawaiian Grill because it's done that for me," S...
It's natural to reach for a pad and pen when you need to take notes, but the end result can be frustratingly limited. Handwritten notes have to be transcribed or scanned to become part of a permanent digital record On the other hand, clicking away on a keypad doesn't quite cut it for all situations....
Lexicographer Erin McKean gave a TED talk in 2007 called "The Joy of Lexicography," in which she pointed out the limitations of print dictionaries. After that talk, she decided to make her vision of a new kind of dictionary a reality. Thus was born Wordnik "Our mission with Wordnik is to put all the words in the dictionary, and show as much data as...
Mark and Lesleyann Coker wrote a novel called Boob Tube, based on her experiences and observations as a soap opera reporter. They found an agent, who shopped it around to traditional publishers to no avail. Rather than give up, however, they decided to start their own e-book publishing company, Smashwords, to give their book -- and others -- a chance.
You don't need much to become a serious runner. There's no big investment in gear or apparel required. "Running is definitely a low-cost sport, which is why it is so attractive," said certified strength and conditioning specialist Scott Greenberg.
The right diving gear makes all the difference. Here's what's trending in underwater technologies Scuba divers always have relied on gear that lets the essentially fragile, air-dependent human body descend into oceanic depths. While air tanks, regulators, buoyancy control devices and dive computers have been around for years, digital technologies a...
Skiing technologies have undergone a revolution in recent years, with skis, gear and gadgets changing how a new generation experiences the sport. These new technologies are making skiing safer, greener and more connected Rocker design is one trend that has been finding its way into the skiing world over the last several years -- with lift and curva...
In 1999, Chris Baty was looking for inspiration to write a novel. He got together with some friends in coffee shops and started writing, with rewards of coffee for those who reached their word counts It was the birth of National Novel Writing Month, which the following year would become NaNoWriMo, a Web-based community of writers who commit to writ...
This story was originally published on Oct. 1, 2013, and is brought to you today as part of our Best of ECT News series A teacher standing at the front of the room at a chalkboard is one of the iconic images of education. Smartboards and other digital technologies, however, are changing how classrooms are structured, how teachers teach, and how stu...
Artists are using social media to market their work, communicate their ideas and even create new forms Kiran Umapathy's Headphones Project, for example, documents what randomly selected headphone-wearing strangers are listening to with a story, photo and link to the song. This project -- like many other art projects these days -- lends itself well ...
This story was originally published on July 9, 2013, and is brought to you today as partof ourBestofECT News series Shopping for groceries might not be top of mind for many rail commuters -- at least, not until they see one of Peapod's virtual supermarkets in a train station....
New technologies are transforming how artists make and market their work. Google Earth sometimes makes mistakes: Freeways look like they are upside down or waterfalls flow sideways. For engineers or programmers, these might seem like things to fix. For artists like Clement Valla, however, they're artistic opportunities. Valla's project Postcards ...
Robotic instruments that could be programmed to play music, respond to human musicians, and even improvise were a source of fascination for Steven Kemper during his graduate student days at the University of Virginia, where he studied music composition and computer technology. To bring to life his machine music vision, Kemper and colleagues Scott...
Social media is changing the way teachers teach and students learn When students from the Montclair Kimberley Academy visited Ireland a few years ago, they blogged about their experiences on Wordpress, posted photos on Flickr, uploaded videos to YouTube, and tweeted.
A teacher standing at the front of the room at a chalkboard is one of the iconic images of education. Smartboards and other digital technologies, however, are changing how classrooms are structured, how teachers teach, and how students learn "We're all about increasing student engagement and achievement," Neil Currie, director of education marketi...
Augmented reality and other interactive technologies are changing what it means to play, read and interact ...
Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs, are served up by a variety of companies, organizations and educational institutions, including Coursera, Udemy, Iversity, EdX and many others. Together, they're garnering millions of students from around the world ...
From programmable robots to robotic family pets, toy robots are pushing the limits of interactive technologies "Robotics is definitely influencing toys, and there are plenty of robots to talk about," The Toy Insider's Laurie Schacht told TechNewsWorld.
Barbie's gone digital. She's wearing a new dress outfitted with programmable LED lights that let her change her look on a whim "Today's girl is tech-savvy, and we created a Barbie doll that utilizes technology to provide a new way to play with Barbie," Mattel said in a statement provided to TechNewsWorld by Ketchum's Jamie Haley. "Girls will like ...
Remote-control vehicles once primarily inhabited the territory of hobbyists. People would take their planes out to a field on a Saturday afternoon and spin a few lazy circles in the sky With the advent of unmanned aerial vehicles, drones and other high-tech applications, however, it has quickly become a brave new remote-control world, where the li...
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