Adam Levin

Former Director New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs; co-founder of Credit.com and Identity Theft 911

Not a week goes by without another story of an adult doing something colossally stupid on social media and paying the price. So why in the world did Facebook think it advisable to allow 13-year-old kids to make their pictures and status updates public?

Christopher J. Ferguson

Department Chair of Psychology, Stetson University

A recent study published by Jesse Fox and colleagues in Computers in Human Behavior suggests women who employ sexy avatars in virtual reality (VR) may objectify themselves or blame rape victims in surveys given shortly afterward.

Murray Rosenbaum

15-year-old student in New York

I didn't believe my brother when he said, "Welcome to the world of never being not connected" to me when I got my first phone, but that is exactly the world where we live today. Now excuse me while I go change all of my passwords.

Himanshu Sareen

Founder and CEO, Icreon Tech

With billions of products, buildings, and seemingly innocuous items such as public garbage bins with embedded sensors, software will need to pull everything together to provide a cohesive experience.

Jason Vargo and Jonathan Patz

Cities in the U.S. have been struggling to 'pave their way out of congestion' for decades. It doesn't work.

Charles Radcliffe

Chief, Global Issues Section, New York Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations

Type the words "women should" and you'll discover that the most common ways to complete the phrase are "stay at home," "be slaves" and "be in the kitchen." Now what happens when you repeat the Google search substituting "gays" for "women"?

Christina Gagnier

Nerd Lawyer, Political Geek, Lover of Information

While foreign governments may be wagging their finger at the United States for their navigation of private information beyond sovereign borders, many American companies, particularly in the technology sector, may end up paying the price for our own sovereign's transgressions.

Tom Meyers

Founder, editor, EuroCheapo.com

I certainly understand why we think Wi-FI indispensable, especially when traveling abroad. We rely on it to check email, find restaurants, search maps... So what about the shrinking list of hotels that not only don't offer it for free, but don't offer it all? It sounds almost like, well, a vacation.

India Mandelkern

Food historian, University of California, Berkeley

3D chocolate printing is still in its infancy, but already it is sparking debates about the relationship between food and technology. Can printed food coexist with the ever-greater presence of local and organic movements? Does printed food have the ability to feed the world?

Kim Garst

Social media and brand strategist

The good news is that figuring how out how to provide great social customer service isn't all that difficult. By consistently following a few simple principles, you can make sure you're offering the best service possible, while also building authentic relationships with your social media fans and followers.

Michael Chang

CEO, YesVideo

There is no price tag for baby pictures, no set value for video of a wedding or birthday party. These memories truly are priceless. Just ask the people who have lost them.

Loolwa Khazzoom

Media, Marketing, and PR Specialist

How are you going to stand out from the fray and get your website on the first page of a search on topic? Here are 5 steps to optimizing your website for search engines.

Clif Dickens

Graphic designer

Melissa Sher

Writer and blogger, Mammalingo.com

"It makes potty training fun and easy!" How fun and easy does potty training have to be? How distracted do our kids need to be all the time? How distracted do WE need to be all the time?

Dr. Peggy Drexler

Author, research psychologist and gender scholar

Social media-induced angst is happening with increasing frequency. Just as businesses and brands use social media to interact with their target audience and monitor consumer interest, people are using social media to gauge how their friends and acquaintances feel about them.

Tilman Ehrbeck

CEO, CGAP

When people trust digital means of payment people start going "cash-lite." That's why mobile money is spreading in a number of developing economies, and why 40 percent of Americans now typically carry less than $20 cash in their wallets.

James Werner

Vice President of Higher Education, DecisionDesk

These failures in technology highlight a major issue within the current college application process: the failure to evolve with the times.