Rachael Berkey

Bookish Booze Enthusiast

As a woman interested in things like science fiction and comic books, I run up against naysayers almost daily.

Mike Stabile

Journalist; director, 'Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story'

For nearly 20 years we've had almost unlimited access to sexual speech on the Internet -- and a blossoming of communities related to sex and sexuality. Now, in an echo of the anti-obscenity fight that followed the last sexual revolution, safe spaces for discussing sex are in danger of disappearing.

Himanshu Sareen

CEO, Icreon Tech

Modern day "App Stores" have existed for roughly 5 years. In that time, two operating systems have emerged as the runaway victors: iOS and Android. iOS, Apple's brainchild, and Android, Google's platform, each possess a little over 800,000 apps within their app store.

Sean McElwee

Writer

Stricter regulation of Internet speech will not be popular with the libertarian-minded citizens of the United States, but it's necessary.

Noah Mallin

Digital Marketer

More conversations about TV might be taking place on Facebook than on Twitter, but is that really the right way for marketers to compare the two platforms?

Jessica Rosenworcel

Commissioner, FCC

By the 2015 school year, every school should have access to 100 Megabits and by the end of the decade, 1 Gigabit. If it can be done in Mooresville, NC, we can do it in every school district in every state.

Fueled

Mobile and Web Design and Development Company Based in New York and London.

The times are a-changin' in the mobile world and Apple, the world's biggest company, may need to find better ways to once-again distinguish itself from the rest of the pack.

Josh Klenert and Otto Toth

We're thrilled to announce the newest update to The Huffington Post app for Android -- now optimized for larger tablet screens. When we relaunched our Android app for phones back in February, we promised that this was just the beginning.

Sen. Fritz Hollings

Former U.S. senator (D-SC)

Call me old-fashioned, but I don't think it's government's role to have Americans subsidize foreign companies. And it sure shouldn't favor foreign-government-owned companies over American ones.

Larry Magid

Technology journalist

The Wall Street Journal reports that roughly 1 in 5 Korean students are addicted to their smartphones. But the problem isn't limited to Korea.

Subhankar Banerjee

Founder, ClimateStoryTellers.org

Equipped with Atlases on the ground, backed by drones in the sky, and real-time global surveillance--the US government will soon be ready to announce: "Resistance is futile."

David Sim

Architect, Partner, Gehl Architects

Perhaps the most surprising thing as I consider the Brave New World I live in today is that my adult life is much more timeless than even my childhood was in neat suburbia with car travel everywhere, supermarket shopping and instant meals.

Michelle Cove

Author, I Love Mondays and documentary filmmaker

I fantasized about what was in my inbox. Some kind of acceptance letter? A note from a long-lost friend? A request for an interview or quote? I imagined these missives the way dieters daydream about chocolate chip ice cream and cheesy nachos.

Ann Stock

Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs

These young women demonstrate that forming more mentorship networks for women in girls in tech will help close the gender gap in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.

Sanjay Sanghoee

Banker, political and business commentator; author of 'Killing Wall Street' (www.killingwallstreet.com)

Financial considerations are important but so are strategic ones, and if our capital markets are to mean anything, then they need to provide the fuel for innovation rather than stifle it.

Lena L. West

Founder, Influence Expansion Academy

While you might've told yourself using social media is just too hard, that you don't have time to do it, or some other seemingly reasonable excuse, I'm here to tell you that you can use it, easily and effectively. You just need a few tips and tricks to make it manageable.

Adnan Mahmud

Co-founder, Jolkona

Having averted my gaze from a grieving Bengali father who could have used my spare change to properly bury his child, I realized even a small donation could make a huge difference for one family -- or, when combined with many other small amounts from my peers, for a whole community.