Rev. Jim Ball

Author, 'Global Warming and the Risen LORD: Christian Discipleship and Climate Change'

The Washington Post's Juliet Eilperin reports something I never would have thought in a million years. Google is supporting one of the worst climate-denier organizations in the world

Sharat Sharan

President and CEO, ON24

We've seen this before. In a recession, there are fewer opportunities to change jobs, and the perceived security of a job that someone has held for a while - however awful - can lead them to stay put. Once the economy shows signs of recovery, however, a mass exodus in favor of new opportunities takes place.

John Tippett

Director of Mobile Health Innovation, Grameen Foundation

This is the great promise of mobile services, especially for the poor who are not easily reached through other methods. Identify the problem, take advantage of the ubiquity of mobile networks and mobile phones, and install some software. Lives are transformed.

Gillian Horn

15 year-old sophomore at Wissahickon High School

It's 7 p.m. on a Thursday and though the outside world is light, bright, and rainy, my house is pitch black. The worst thing to possibly happen to a teenage girl occurred: the power went out while -- get this -- my phone is on 10 percent battery.

Randall Rothenberg

President and CEO, Interactive Advertising Bureau

After attending several events with major figures in digital advertising and marketing last night, including our own IAB Agency Advisory Board, I was fortunate enough to get a glimpse of media agencies in the future, courtesy of the new training ground lead by Dean of the Young Lions Media Academy, Maria Luisa Francoli.

Dilainy Abreu

Mechanical engineering student at the University of Rhode Island

How did I become a girl in STEM? I joined the after-school robotics club. Soon after joining the team, it was apparent that I was the only girl. This did not discourage me, though, because I was quick to observe that I could do everything the boys were doing.

Sanjay Sanghoee

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

Carl Icahn, relentless corporate raider, is back again and with a proposal that could put computer maker Dell on the road to becoming another Blockbuster or TWA.

Fueled

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

With the advent of iPads, tablets, smartphones, and other devices that support word processing capabilities and so much more, the possibilities and places to express and enhance one's writing skills are exploding.

Tara Chklovski

Founder, CEO of Iridescent

I am an aerospace engineer and I have founded a global science education nonprofit, Iridescent. Our goal is to inspire children to observe the world around them, to ask questions, to try and solve problems and to invent new solutions. Over the past seven years of working with thousands of children and parents, one truth has emerged - that parents are the ideal science educators. Here is why.

Nate C. Hindman and Joe Epstein

The first thing you need to know about Yellow Jacket is that their iPhone case doubles as a stun gun capable of delivering a searing 650,000 volts into the flesh of a would-be attacker. The second thing is that it's totally available in pink for your wife or girlfriend.

Rabbi David Wolpe

Author and Rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles

I shudder to think what would become of preaching if there was an instant approval or disapproval button in the hand of everyone in the congregation. Yet that is what we give to the world when we tweet.

Fueled

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

Listening to your favorite tunes is great but a run really changes when the fate of mankind hangs in the balance. Being the heroine or hero of a storyline will definitely keep you running on a regular basis.

Jeff Cohen

Author and media critic

If Bradley Manning can be charged with "aiding the enemy" for leaking evidence of war crimes to the public, is it a big jump for the spies to electronically monitor the 70,000 of us who've signed a petition saying that Manning is a hero?

Richard Tso

Journalist

Be warned: When you put a pair of these glasses on your gaze may be revealing more about you than you may realize -- and advertisers will soon pay a hefty premium to gain access your eyes.

Peter Hutton

Head of Beaver Country Day School

By taking an integrated approach to computer programming, all students will learn to write code before they graduate. At Beaver, innovation is not a buzzword - it's part of our institutional DNA.

Edward J. Black

President and CEO, Computer and Communications Industry Association

Whatever the actual specifics, the NSA controversy itself threatens to undermine netizens' confidence in the integrity of their online communications and trust in our government.

Tracey Harnish

Los Angeles artist and arts blogger

Oliver Wasow is an artist who directs our gaze. Using vernacular photographs or unique images he has fabricated in his studio, he creates a filter through which we look. By categorizing found photographs, he much like a movie editor, directs in a subtle way a narrative story for the observer.