From Timeline.com Brace yourselves, a memes timeline is coming.  Catchy to the point of being contagious, a meme is any idea, behavior or style that spreads from person to person within a culture — a tune, for example, or a catchphrase. Web culture re-appropriated it to mean a joke or piece of media that goes viral, mutating […]

By Tim Hoch Thought Catalog 1. You ascribe intent. Another driver cut you off. Your friend never texted you back. Your co-worker went to lunch without you. Everyone can find a reason to be offended on a steady basis. So what caused you to be offended? You assigned bad intent to these otherwise innocuous actions. You took […]

By Glenn Fleishman Macworld.com With iCloud Photo Library on, clearing storage space isn’t a trivial task. I recently wrote a Mac 911 column titled, “Yes, if you delete your photos from iCloud Photo Library, they’re deleted everywhere.” I thought that might close the door on the question. Instead, I continue to get perfectly reasonable variants on […]

By Mike Snider , USA TODAY LAS VEGAS — 4K TVs had a coming-out party here five years ago. Now, the ultra high-definition format is hitting its stride. 4K Ultra HD televisions have experienced a successful slow burn since the first units went on sale in October 2012. Then last year, consumers embraced the TVs, which display four […]

By by Rich Brown writing for CNet How about a good, old-fashioned technology arms race? You could just buy a smart light bulb set, but for a lot of consumers (reportedly more than 5 million of you, as of November 2016), it’s Amazon‘s voice-activated Alexa that will be the entry point for controlling devices around your home. […]

By: Weston Williams writing for The Christian Science Monitor DECEMBER 29, 2016 —As 2016 draws to a close and excitement ramps up for the new year, many people are looking forward to the final countdown of 2016 into 2017. But this year, that countdown could be a little off, due to a pause known as a leap […]

BY RICHARD JONES In recent weeks ghosts, dozens – maybe even thousands – of them, have been appearing in my front room. I have, you see, been watching the many film versions there have been of the Charles Dickens classic in an endeavour to find the best movie adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Every year, […]

BY Brett & Kate McKay |writing for The Art of Manliness It was a time of carnage and darkness: the Age of Wars, when the land was torn by bloodshed and the only law was the law of the sword. A peasant wandered the countryside alone, seeking his fortune, without a coin in his pocket. He […]

by Ryan Scott writing for Causecast.com High employee engagement is a goal shared by most company leaders, as it’s widely viewed as an indicator of a healthy corporate culture that many believe breeds higher levels of productivity, retention and recruitment. Deloitte reports that 87% of executives rate culture and employee engagement as their biggest HR related […]

By Chris Jacob writing for Gizmodo Thomas Edison was known for his wacky publicity stunts, but during the Christmas of 1880 he went for the sentimental rather than shock value. That year, instead of electrocuting an elephant, he brought us the first electric Christmas light display. The Wizard’s Light Show By the time 1880 rolled around, Edison […]