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Recognition software used to track church members benefits churches, but raises privacy concerns. If you think that church matters are as old as its teachings, you’ll…
Entertainment
The Ngram Viewer was used to search more than 15 million books to determine the popularity of God over the last century. The results are contrary…
Entertainment
The app, most popular with teens, featured a Muslim holiday as one of its Live stories. Snapchat is a fast growing mobile application that lets its…
Catholicism
The growing concern that Facebook is becoming a haven for violence, pornography, and profanity has triggered a group to come up with a Christian alternative. Facegloria.com…
Christianity
Screenshots from the Grindr account of Pastor Matthew Makela, as posted on Queerty. Pastor Matthew Makela resigned from his position at the St. John’s Lutheran Church…
Christianity
Tom Meyer and Jason Nightingale of Wordsower International are streaming a 24-Hour recitation of the Bible from memory to raise money for Nepal. A 24-hour stream…
Christianity
Kory Westerhold, ex-Apple designer and his co-founder, Yahoo Design Director Aaron Martin, have created a new bible app which they recently showed off in an exclusive…
Buddhism
The Donghua Zen Temple of Shaoguan City in China received thousands of applications after its witty ad for job positions went viral on Chinese social media. A…
Agnosticism
The hour long segment is based on his weekly podcast, StarTalk, and will share the name. The show will cover a wide range of current issues…
Baptist
Charles H. Townes, famous for his contributions to science and technology with his invention of the predecessor to the Laser, has passed away. Until his death, the…
Entertainment
When a recovering heroin addict made an appeal on the popular social media site, Reddit, for a hot meal to tide him over until his next…
Buddhism
Exploring the Impact of Digital Media on Buddhism A new book called Buddhism, the Internet and Digital Media: The Pixel in the Lotus, is now available…