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?

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.

Elena Haliczer, Arianna Huffington and Sam Napolitano, 2/16/12

At the Huffington Post, we're all about starting conversations. That's why we're introducing the HuffPost Social Reading app to share the stories you read on your Facebook timeline.

Ron Radziner and Leo Marmol, 2/17/12

Design principals, Marmol Radziner

In order to provide clients with a "simple user experience" architects must begin to take responsibility for the entire process of design and construction.

Chris Rauschnot, 2/17/12

Social Media and Engagement Consultant

During my visit to the CES, I came across many vendors that made cases, coverings and batteries to protect and charge everything from the iPhone to the MacBook.

Corbin Hiar, 2/17/12

Reporter at the Center for Public Integrity's iWatch News

Wireless broadband company LightSquared's fast-tracked approval process came to a screeching halt late Tuesday when the FCC decided to "indefinitely suspend" its conditional waiver to operate.

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.

Robert Whent, 2/17/12

Entrepreneur in Residence, WEtech Alliance

In 2003, I was visiting some business colleagues in the Netherlands when I heard of a new technology with a funny name: Skype.

Caroline Giegerich, 2/17/12

Founder, Daily Marauder

While we fuel our social networks with content like programming a television network, we sometimes forget that physical interaction can solve the challenges before us.

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.

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.