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Let me make a confession: I kinda like media and technology. I work with it, I play with it, I write about it for a

The Age of Technology

The New York Times recently posted an article about mothers and technology, using a study from Parenting magazine and a woman’s social media Web site

Talk to Me, Baby!

Just in case you were looking for another generational bone of contention between baby boomers and millennials, here it is: the common telephone. Cell phone,

Movie Monday: The Other Guys

Salt couldn’t do it. Dinner With Schmucks couldn’t do it. But, after three weeks on top of the box office, a couple of Other Guys

The Eyes of Facebook Are Upon You

It looks like there’s another way that Facebook is serving mankind: By helping fix traffic problems in India. Hey, don’t underestimate the little social network

Jumping the Shark … Literally

I’d like to begin today with a simple confession: My wife and I have always liked Shark Week. Ever since we met in 2003, Discovery

Swearing Off the FCC’s Ruling

Here’s a fact: If you don’t watch TV for about a year, it’s amazing how weird turning it back on feels. Your once desensitized self

A Christian by Any Other Name …

So is Anne Rice a Christian or not? The novelist—author of Interview With the Vampire and other supernatural bestsellers—says she’s not. Though Rice made a

Movie Monday: Dinner for Schmucks

Inception has been, for the folks over at Warner Bros., a dream of a movie. For the third straight week, the Christopher Nolan/Leonardo DiCaprio thriller

Plugged In Parent’s Guide to Today’s Technology

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