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How to build your own website in minutes 03/13/2014 01:46pm • WASHINGTON -- Many say the paper resume is dead -- that's both the good news and the bad news. In the digital age, the days of trying to fit all of your accomplishments in a single page of heavy stock paper have either passed, or are waning. Jobseekers and professionals still need a way to tell George Takei takes tech, social media to SXSW 03/12/2014 11:38am • Steve Winter, special to wtop.com AUSTIN, Texas -- With sessions dedicated to such topics as online gaming, the app economy and hacking, hustling and coding, one might assume the Interactive session of South by Southwest was created entirely for Millennials and Generation Z, and that social med Roku deploys A-level celebrities at SXSW 03/11/2014 08:47am • Steve Winter, special to wtop.com AUSTIN, Texas -- With actors Mindy Kaling (The Mindy Project, the Office), Melissa Fumero and Stephanie Beatriz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), ESPN Analyst Robert Smith and WWE Hall of Famer Sgt. Slaughter leading the procession, Roku announced this week the launch of it Will a high-protein diet send you to an early grave? 03/10/2014 11:45am • By Josef Brandenburg WTOP Fitness Contributor WASHINGTON - We're in the midst of a protein Paleo panic. A recent study made headlines when it claimed that eating high levels of protein can be as bad for you as smoking. Since the study's publication, many people have started to question thei Google: balloons will provide WiFi to the world 03/09/2014 03:31am • WASHINGTON --It sounds like something out of science fiction, or even The Wizard of Oz, but Google hopes a new balloon will soon bring Internet to developing countries for the first time. Google describes Project Loon as "loon for all," and "a network of balloons traveling on the edge of space, Forest Glen Residents Fight for Permit Parking 03/04/2014 05:35pm • Forest Glen, an 84-home civic association between Glencarlyn and Columbia Heights West, is preparing to submit a request to the county to establish a permit parking zone in their neighborhood. The neighborhood, one of the smallest in the county, spans from Glencarlyn Park to 7th Road S. and Tyriol H Former McDonnell Appointee Launches Fitness Tech Startup 03/03/2014 12:00pm • Editor’s Note: Sponsored by Monday Properties and written by ARLnow.com, Startup Monday is a weekly column that profiles Arlington-based startups and their founders. The Ground Floor, Monday’s office space for young companies in Rosslyn, is now open. The Me Hands-free iTunes in car gets test drive 03/03/2014 09:30am • WASHINGTON -- Enjoying music-to-go will soon get a bit safer for iPhone users as Apple is test-driving its hands-free CarPlay system in a small number of luxury cars. With CarPlay, drivers will be able to access their iTunes library, including music, podcasts, audiobooks and iTunes Radio. Use Home Show and Garden Expo Returns Next Week 02/28/2014 03:30pm • The Arlington Home Show and Garden Expo is back for 2014 on Saturday, March 8. The annual event allows homeowners, builders, landscapers and others with interest to see the trends in home and yard improvement over the last year. The show is free to the public and runs from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at APS Budget Funds Enrollment Increase, New Initiatives 02/27/2014 06:55pm • (Updated at 7:50 p.m.) The proposed FY 2015 Arlington Public Schools budget funds an increase in enrollment without increasing class sizes, but includes cuts to alternative high school programs. The $539.4 million budget also provides a cost-of-living salary increase for APS teachers, launches a new Suspects Steal Scooter From Victim In Chevy Chase Crosswalk 02/27/2014 01:30pm • Police say a pair of suspects robbed a victim of a scooter while the victim was crossing Friendship Boulevard on Thursday morning in Chevy Chase. Police were called to the incident at about 9:10 a.m., according to Officer Janelle Smith, a Montgomery County Police spokesperson. The victim was crossi Quantum leap toward future of computing 02/26/2014 12:19pm • WASHINGTON -- Is Washington ready for quantum computing? Executives with D-Wave - a Canadian company that says its groundbreaking, controversial computer is 100,000 times faster than today's devices - are meeting behind closed doors in and around the nation's capital. "Quantum computers are a c Annapolis police chief relies on urban myth to argue against pot bills 02/26/2014 12:11pm • WASHINGTON - Annapolis' police chief relied on a satirical news story for the basis of his testimony against legalizing marijuana at the Maryland Capitol Tuesday. Chief Michael Pristoop told lawmakers during a hearing that a number of people died from marijuana overdoses the first day Colorado's p Leidos confirms D.C. United sponsorship 02/24/2014 08:00am • Leidos Holdings Inc. confirmed Monday what may be its boldest move yet to make a name for itself: As exclusive jersey sponsor for D.C. United. The Reston-based company's position as official sponsor of the Major League Soccer team, first reported last week by the Washington Post, is a big deal. It e County Seeking to Acquire Ballston Park Apartments 02/21/2014 05:15pm • Arlington County, via a complicated real estate transaction, is seeking to acquire the sprawling Ballston Park apartments on the 300 block of N. Glebe Road. The 20-acre, 52-building complex has 513 apartments, 233 of which are committed affordable to those making 60 percent or less of the area