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Blog Of The Nation
Addicted To Netflix Streaming? Me Too.
April 27, 2011 I just found out I have a disease. It's called, "Netflix Streaming Syndrome." Actually, to be fair, it's more like Netflix/Hulu/Xfinity/Amazon/YouTube Streaming Syndrome. While our streaming obsession is easy to laugh off, there's something to be said about our addiction to immediate media content.
Blog Of The Nation
Politicians Take To Technology For 2012
April 8, 2011 President Obama kicked off his re-election campaign earlier this week with a videoposted on his website and an email and text message blast to supporters stating, "Today, we are filing papers to launch our 2012 campaign – because we've got more work to do."
Blog Of The Nation
Websites Get In On April Fools' Day
April 1, 2011 Welcome to April Fools' Day in the Internet age! Ever since last year's April 1st, when Google changed its name to Topeka for the day, I have been anxiously awaiting this year, to see what kind of shenanigans the web's most popular sites would pull.
The Two-Way
Survey Says We R Rude; How About U?
February 25, 2011 When it comes to using mobile devices to talk, text and surf, our manners are getting worse, Americans say. Where do you think you rate? "Rude as you can get" or "an angel"?
Blog Of The Nation
"Once Upon A Time ... Vintage Technologies."
January 11, 2011 What happens when children of the current generation get to play with record players and computer parts from the past? Confusion. Hilarity. And a sense that the times are a changin'.
All Tech Considered
From Our Flickr Pool: Escaping Technology?
December 3, 2010 Man versus machine is the timeless theme of sci-fi books and movies, but many of us fight the battle in our everyday lives. Where do you go or what do you do to escape technology overload?
Blog Of The Nation
Bringing Technology To The Hardwood
November 18, 2010 Vivek Ranadive, the new vice chairman of the Golden State Warriors hasn't played a lick of pro basketball. But the first Indian-American NBA team owner is out to prove that a techie can solve a struggling team's woes.
Blog Of The Nation
So Long, Sony Walkman
October 27, 2010 The iPod may be the popular portable music player in 2010, but Sony broke that ground with the original Walkman. Now, after three decades, the Sony Walkman vanishes into the recycling bin of history.
The Two-Way
Google TV Hits A Snag, As TV Networks Block Access To Shows
October 22, 2010 America's old-line broadcast networks — ABC, NBC and CBS — are blocking their shows from appearing on Google TV, the service that aims to integrate Web videos with TV shows and make all of the content available on both TVs and computers.
Inside NPR.org
API Decisions : Introduction
September 12, 2008 Over the coming weeks, my colleagues and I will blog about the various decisions that we made while developing the API. The purpose of this series is to continue to be as transparent as we can be and to be an active, engaging part of the technica...
