Facebook Upside Your Head
In spite of all the bad press Facebook has gotten lately over leaking-like-a-sieve privacy concerns, it seems that the youthful set is still flocking regularly to that social media stopover and other venues like it. The latest compiled numbers from sources such as the Associated Press and the Pew Research Center suggest that: Nearly 90% […]
How to Fix the Oscars
Well, here we are, nearly a week after the 90th Academy Awards sported record-low viewership numbers. Nielsen suggested they were seen only by a handful of wandering channel-surfers and that strange guy down the street who collects antique dog bowls. No, seriously, only about 26.5 million people tuned in. As reported on Wednesday, that’s a […]
Talking About the Oscars
It’s Academy Awards season. And since we Plugged In types so often find ourselves in a theater seat with a popcorn bucket and notebook in hand, it’s only natural that we’d have an opinion or two about the Best Picture noms. But this year, while in mid-rant over a cubicle wall, we all suddenly paused […]
The Gamer in the Olympic Laurel Leaves
If you’ve been watching any of the Winter Olympics, you’ve undoubtedly noted that, in some events, the difference between a winning run or a losing one can come down to mere seconds. No, sometimes just hundredths of a second. What you may not have been aware of, though, is that some of the competitors have […]
CES 2018 and Its Quirky Joys
The Consumer Electronics Show of 2018 is already in our rear view mirrors, and Las Vegas is still buzzing over all the glorious gadgetry goodness that inventors from around the globe presented there in hopes of making our lives so much better in the very near future. But just in case you haven’t been flocking […]
You’re Taking Your Kid to That Horror Movie? Really?
As a movie critic, I’m encouraged to be judgmental. But when it comes to other people’s personal lives or the choices I see somebody make day-to-day, well, I tend to pull out my imaginary fishing rod and just reel that opinionated, faultfinding side of my psyche back in. Really, I do. Hey, I’ve made more […]
Truth About the Truth or Dare App
OK, let’s start with Truth, shall we? Many of us have probably played a game of Truth or Dare at some point in our past, right? Sure, we didn’t have all of today’s high-tech gadgetry to draw upon, but it’s possible that some of you still doled out those boundary-pushing teenage challenges in some antiquated […]
Game Goods 2017: Bob Hoose’s Year-End Picks
We all know that it’s a pretty common thing these days to see families playing video games together. Games can be interactive, fun, and even educational if you find the right ones. Of course, finding the video games that fit your family room is the real challenge. And that equation can have as many variables […]
Cyberbullying Themselves
Fourteen-year-old Hannah Smith lived in Leicestershire, England. Fifteen-year-old Natalie Natividad lived in a little town called Hebbronville, Texas. Neither girl knew of the other, but they had a few things in common. For one, they were both bombarded with hurtful messages online, some saying nasty things about the way the girls looked, others going so […]
Crowdsourcing the Future?
We do indeed live in a Brave New World. And even though things haven’t yet turned out quite as bleak and dystopian as Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel may have imagined they would, his title still feels apropos in some ways. The internet has made this a time when information zips around the world in a […]