It appears that students aren’t the only ones “dropping out” to found start-ups in Silicon Valley. The Chronicle of Higher Education ”Wired Campus” blog reported Sebastian Thrun, a professor of computer science at Stanford University, “who taught an online artificial intelligence course to more than 160,000 students has abandoned his tenured position to aim for an even [...]
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Oprah Winfrey just may be the world’s most powerful woman. A featured obscure product on an episode of “Oprah’s Favorite Things” can turn revenue the likes of a million dollars in a matter of hours, the mere mention of a book can skyrocket it into the top spots of the bestsellers list, and her approval [...]
Success…How Bad Do You Want It?
On occasion we all experience defining moments that have the potential to alter the course of our lives. Sometimes they come in the form of personal triumphs, words of wisdom or just flat out taking punches thrown by life. I experienced one of those moments early yesterday morning. It came to me in the form [...]
Is This What Technology is Coming To?
I found this video on Plugged In, a blog by Yahoo. It gives a preview of augmented reality glasses that are currently in testing by Google. A team within Google started this project dubbed “Project Glass” to build “technology that helps you explore and share your world, putting you back in the moment.” I guess it’s [...]
Mary J. Blige Burger King Commercial Pulled!
A Burger King commercial featuring Mary J. Blige singing about chicken was recently aired and then pulled. The video went viral and immediately caused an uproar among the hip-hop/R&B diva’s fans, but BK is claiming the ad was pulled due to licensing issues and not criticism. In the video, which debuted earlier this week, Mary [...]