Adam is a writer at Tech.co and has worked as a tech writer, blogger and copy editor for more than a decade. He was a Forbes Contributor on the publishing industry, for which he was named a Digital Book World 2018 award finalist. His work has appeared in publications including Popular Mechanics and IDG Connect, and his art history book on 1970s sci-fi, 'Worlds Beyond Time,' is out from Abrams Books in July 2023. In the meantime, he's hunting down the latest news on VPNs, POS systems, and the future of tech.
Video Is Going to Replace All Internet Content, So Just Accept It
Well, the future of video looks great, though the future of the internet might not be. Facebook's head of operations in
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How Demo Days Can Kill Startups
Fans of HBO's Silicon Valley should be familiar with a recent plot that the show developed for the first half of the
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Mark Suster: Video Is Eating the Internet
This morning, entrepreneur Mark Suster voiced a fascinating opinion on the future of video-hungry social networks and the
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How to Save Local News: Event-Hosting
Local newspapers are a topic that I've been personally interested in for a while. An old college roommate of mine is making
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Online Abuse Follows a 14-Step Pattern
The rise of the internet has changed how community works. Back before the web was worldwide, people were forced to interact,
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Kickstarter Started Paying Dividends to Investors This Year
Kickstarter provided an undisclosed amount as dividends to its investors, beginning in early March.
It's a move
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You Can Repel Mosquitoes with This New TV
LG Electronics is now selling a mosquito-repelling TV in India. Though the set was in development before the Zika virus
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Railroads Predicted the End of an Open Internet
You know that hacky saying about those who don't study history being doomed to repeat it? Sadly, if you do study history,
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ESPN Is Slowly Shifting from Cable to Streaming and Apps
Watching sports live is kinda the point of watching sports at all. A highlights reel is fun, but when you can Google the
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Micro App Company Sapho Raises $9.5M, Proves Apps Are Still Cool
Sapho, a company that makes micro apps, just raised $9.5 million in a Series A funding round. New investor Alsop Louie
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Dropbox CEO Says Startups Are in ‘Post-Unicorn Era’
Unicorns — startups valued at a billion dollars — used to be rare. You know, like their namesake. But valuations kept
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The Internet Is Becoming Video and So Are Ads
A little video streaming service you may know, Netflix, currently stands responsible for one third of the entire internet's
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Stock-Compensated Startups Should Be Scared of LinkedIn’s Acquisition
LinkedIn sold itself to Microsoft for $26.2 billion. By my count, that acquisition is in the top three biggest tech
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ThinkUp Shuts Down Due to Social Network API Constraints
Social analytics company ThinkUp has announced that their service will shut down at the end of this week. Co-founders Gina
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Irregular Work Hours Boost Your Stroke Risk
The startup world is notoriously fast-paced, with all the irregular work hours that go along with it. Some people enjoy
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Crowdsourced Ride-Sharing Is Replacing Uber and Lyft in Austin
Ride-sharing startups Uber and Lyft stopped all services to Austin, Texas, on May 9 due to a city law requiring them to run
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These Are the Average Designer Salaries Per Industry
Invision recently released a report that looked at product design trends for this year. A good portion of that reported
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What Comes After the Attention Economy?
The app boom just ended. Internet growth has officially slowed. People are on social media less than they were at this time
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Facebook Hires CollegeHumor Cofounder Ricky Van Veen for Video
Ricky Van Veen, co-founder of comedy site CollegeHumor, is Facebook's head of global creative strategy. The position was
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Your Search Results Tell Microsoft If You Have Cancer
In some cases, Microsoft researchers can tell if someone has pancreatic cancer by analyzing search queries. Only for those
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Monster Acquires Mobile Job-Search Startup Jobr
Jobr, a mobile app-based job search startup, picked up $2 million in seed funding in 2014. Now, they're already exiting: