Lisa Belkin, 2/16/12

Senior Columnist on Life/Work/Family, Huffington Post

An iPad is simultaneously our children's source of communication, procrastination, education and entertainment. What rules to make, then, for this hydra-headed tool?

Daniel Gulati, 2/16/12

Author, 'Passion & Purpose'

Social networks are altering the fabric of friendships, turning you into a business, and your friends and followers into customers of your content.

Susannah Meyer, 2/17/12

15-year-old freshman at the Hewitt School in New York City

Insurance and convenience are two practical reasons for why my school chooses Dell products, but the state of Apple's factories may now serve as an ethical reason to support the school's choice.

Tijana Milosevic, 2/17/12

Writer and lecturer

Urban Dictionary says that FOMO stands for "the fear that if you miss a party or an event you will miss out on something great." As in: "I can't decide if I should go out tonight, but I know that if I don't, I'll get a chronic FOMO."

Margaret Weigel, 2/16/12

Digital Education Engagement Analyst

The good news is that Apple finally announced that it will aggressively pursue the education-textbook publishing market. The bad news is that Apple will aggressively pursue the education-textbook market focused on its own devices and (surprise) profits.

Yoani Sanchez, 2/16/12

Award-winning Cuban blogger

Already, in the early hours of February 14, we noticed that something was happening with our mobile phones. Any attempt to send and receive a message or make a call, ended in failure.

Susan Maushart, 2/17/12

Author, The Winter of Our Disconnect

If you thought your child's smartphone was just sitting innocently in his backpack ... think again.

Quora, 2/16/12

Connecting you to everything you want to know about

According to Craig Newmark, "The thing got traction during its first few years, when it was just my hobby, got substantial traction, as I measure it, in its first few years."

Harmon Leon, 2/16/12

Author

If the 3 Series is the star of the commercial, then the co-star is the Gravity Slider -- the revolutionary camera rig created especially for the BMW shoot. The device is the brainchild of the commercial's two quirky Icelandic directors: the Snorri Brothers.

Rajiv Naresh, 2/16/12

Student of the Law; DebateMate Mentor; Fledgling Culture Critic

We must consolidate a singular identity. With 845 million users worldwide, Facebook has decided on behalf of the cyber universe that everything MUST be social. And the tyranny of a compulsorily social world is that it negates the possibility of the underground and the alternative.

Robert Whent, 2/16/12

Entrepreneur in Residence, WEtech Alliance

According to SquareTrade, more than one out of seven iPhone 4 owners, 13.8 percent, to be exact, will damage their phone within the first year, the highest rate of any smartphone.

Eric M. Jackson, 2/16/12

CEO, CapLinked; Author, 'The PayPal Wars'

Due diligence for early stage companies is as passé as three-button suits or the Hilton sisters. At least that's the impression that many young technology entrepreneurs have.

Richard (RJ) Eskow, 2/16/12

Consultant, Writer and Senior Fellow, Campaign for America's Future

Here's how the economics of outsourcing -- the economics of horror -- works: companies like Apple that ignore reports of fraud and danger against employees make it impossible for honest, conscientious suppliers to survive.

Ramon Nuez, 2/15/12

Co-founder, DadsOnTech

This is a watch that will not only keep track of how well you have slept but it will give you a nice report -- showing you how well or poorly you slept.

Robert Scheer, 2/16/12

Editor, Truthdig.com; Author, 'The Great American Stickup'

If the habits required of Apple's workforce in China are to be emulated, the U.S. military, or perhaps our outsized prison system, should become the essential schooling system for American workers to better compete with the properly disciplined assemblers of iPhones in China.

Jeffrey Kaye, 2/16/12

Journalist and author

Apple's size makes it exceptional, but it is only one of countless transnational companies which are able to choose efficiency and lower prices over employee rights and environmental protections.

David Sable, 2/16/12

Global CEO of Y&R

Last week, the Internet was abuzz about Amazon -- the world's greatest virtual store -- contemplating opening a real brick-and-mortar store.