Communication Overload

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The call to prayer is normally delivered by a sea of voices from minarets across Cairo. Now there are plans to transmit a single broadcast to reduce the cacophony.

Thousands of artists leverage Facebook and Twitter to raise money for creative projects. But crowdfunding isn't just for hipsters anymore; it's moving into all kinds of other spheres, like research and personal causes.

Hikers are increasingly hitting the trails with devices capable of sending out distress calls, but a liability to the technology has arisen as the inexperienced tend to over rely on it, and in many cases cry wolf.

A new niche social network brings people together with the same intestinal bacteria, providing a forum for sharing diet tips and digestive anecdotes.

Maybe your co-worker accidentally let the cat out of the bag. (It happens.) In any case, your boss got wind that your last few “doctor’s appointments” have actually been interviews. Can you walk away unscathed?

Maybe your co-worker accidentally let the cat out of the bag. (It happens.) In any case, your boss has gotten wind that your last few “doctor’s appointments” have actually been interviews. Can you walk away unscathed?

The online store ThinkGeek annually comes out with an April Fool's Day page to test some of their most zany products without the regular marketing mumbo jumbo.

The Philadelphia Police Department is adding Twitter to its crime-fighting arsenal. Supporters say the real-time information-sharing could help cops on the beat build a stronger rapport with residents and better protect them.

We often tune out others to help us focus. Besides, everyone is connected online through Skype, IM and email. But all these snippets of information, texts and posts are connections, not conversations.

Twitter's new video app Vine allows users to shoot brief videos and directly tweet them. Users can comment, like and apply hashtags to posts.