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Examines the impact of the information technology to social status and success. Discrimination among older and younger cyberyuppies; Gatherings and associations of cyberyuppies; Future implications.

The article reports on the distortions caused by the race for artificial intelligence (AI), focusing on the issue surrounding the salaries being offered in the technology industry for AI specialists as they race for AI adoption. It explores the catalysts for the huge salaries as well as highlights the shortage of talent in the field of AI. The limitation brought by the hiring of big technology companies of AI in the academia to the number of professors who can teach the technology is discussed.

The article reports on software company Abacus Data Systems Inc., which rides on the popularity of cloud-based information technology (IT) for professional offices in 2016. Topics discussed include the plan of the company to build on its record of growth until 2018, as well as expansion, the growth in revenue since 2012, and insights of chief executive officer (CEO) Alessandra Lezama about the company.

The article discusses the Department of Information and Technology from India which plans to start online portal for technology developers, to support their ideas, and create asocial impact with it.

The article reports on the continued dependence of the hospitality industry on technology workers, web designers, and data scientists, like various technology positions added by Hilton Hotels and Resorts for the hotel chain.

The article focuses on the Get Connected IT Ambassadors program of the Chatham Business Association Small Business Development Inc. (CBA). It mentions that the program is aimed on the development of computeracy among the youth for them to help small business enterprises on the latters' computer needs. It adds that the program is seven weeks long and its would-be participants should be aged from 16-24 and are from the South Side of Chicago, Illinois.

The article discusses smartphone applications (apps) made by Postmates Inc., Uber, and other companies that allow users to conveniently arrange for various services and deliveries, and considers whether such apps are making people lazy or depriving them of healthy social interactions. Psychology professor Larry Rosen says excessive use of apps can render people socially isolated.

The author presents her perspective on the value of Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia started in 2001. She asserts that, though she appreciates the "Encyclopaedia Britannica," the most powerful insights she gleaned from Wikipedia could never have been found in a traditional reference source because that knowledge comes only from the act of sharing. Her interest in technology is traced back to 1979 and followed through the creation of Fathom, an online learning company. The impact of Wikipedia on the development of her book "Sala's Gift" is explored. Her own experience of contributing to Wikipedia, beginning with an entry on Ala Gertner, who was hanged publicly at Auschwitz in 1945 for her role in the only armed uprising at the camp, is described in detail.

Focuses on the popularity of Google, an Internet search engine, in the U.S. Variety of services offered; Impact of the search engine on the society; Concern over the management of information present accessed at the Web site.

The article reports on the anxiety and fear of several people including lawyers and college professors on their security of tenure due to the development of information technology.

The article offers author's insights on the changes of New York weather conversations which focuses on climate change and the environmental shifts that drives the appetite for weather information through the use of computer applications and social media.

Focuses on how managers are dealing with the so-called information overload, which is spurred by the Internet and other sources. Examples of how executives such as Paul McNulty, vice president of marketing at Wheelhouse Corp., have learned to be efficient and highly disciplined; Topic of needing quiet time to think strategically, the 'big-picture thinking.'

Reflects on how the so-called information economy affects the world at large. Growth of an economy driven by intellectual property; Emergence of an economy driven by consumer demands; Demand for faster Internet access; Consumer expectations in the information economy.

Comments on the issue concerning the growing gap between people who have and who do not have access to information technology. Consideration of computer literacy as a fundamental educational requirement; Obligation of organizations to keep themselves updated on the new economy; Availability of opportunities for learning new economy skills.

Presents results of a Stanford University survey which guaged the societal impact of the Internet in the United States. Principal investigator Norman Nie's conclusions on social isolation; Way in which study was conducted; Results, including sample size and impact on mass media; Internet's impact on work at home and on time spent with family and friends.

Asserts that people who use computers and the Internet daily should remember that real life is variable and unpredictable. The need to focus on optimism.

Discusses the growing use of computers and the Internet among minorities and blacks in the United States. Decreasing gap between poor and affluent Americans in information technology.

Describes how information technology has made library research easy. Online research services offered by the New York Public Library; Impact of online research services of libraries to magazine subscribers.

Suggests that information technology may be exacerbating social and economic inequalities in the United States and abroad. Details on a conference sponsored by the University of Maryland at College Park, the goal of which was to draw attention to the social impact of the Internet; Comments from Ernest J. Wilson and others.

Opinion. Discusses issues on opportunities in telecommunications and information technology. Key to cost-effective telecommunications development; What megacarriers must do to succeed; Basis of establishing culture.

Reports on the efforts of Steven Spielberg's Starbright Foundation and four technology companies to electronically link bedridden children in hospitals around the world in order to reduce their isolation. Positive ratings of such a system.

Reports on the use of communications technology by groups advocating separatism and anti-Semitism in the United States. Example of George Burdi's Resistance Inc., a Detroit-based media company; Hate crimes in the US.

Opinion. Comments on the impact of information technology on the world. Return to a two-tiered society from this technology; Absence of ability to get a human handle on technology; Need to offer the first generation of the third millennium a vision of a just and livable future.

Considers anti-technological reactions in the American public toward information technology. The outbreak of euphoria over technology such as the Internet; Comparison to previous technological euphoria in the 1920s, over radio; Criticism of technology such as personal computers; Possible reasons for a slowing in 1996 in the rush toward the information age. INSET: Taking a P.C. to the toilet (Jackie Mason on technology).

Focuses on a national survey which looked at the use of information technology by managers, stating that American managers suffer from a `technical knowledge gap'. No adoption of technology due to intellectual barriers; Comments from Nick Tortorello, senior vice president of Roper Starch Worldwide; Observations of Doris Rouse, poll participant and director of the Center for Technology Applications at Research Triangle Institute in North Carolina.