Frida Ghitis says online hoarding of our private information is not something we can afford to "dismiss."
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Opinion: Google knows too much
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In Struggling Tupper Lake, Resort Project Creates Rift
NYT > Most E-Mailed9 Feb 2012 | 12:17 pmA project in Tupper Lake, N.Y., was approved after a nearly decade-long tug of war between environmentalists and pro-development residents. -
A 'Port' out of the Norm
WSJ.com: Today's Most Popular9 Feb 2012 | 11:40 amWalt Mossberg reviews a special flash drive that can transfer and stream files to popular mobile devices without standard USB ports. -
A Texas Jury Now Deliberating Who, if Anyone, Owns the Web
Wired Top Stories9 Feb 2012 | 12:25 pmThe fate of the openness of the interactive web is now in the hands of a jury in Texas, weighing testimony from the Web's early pioneers about the validity of a patent claim on features such as embedded video. A loss means that nearly every major U.S. website could owe thousands to millions of dollars to an obscure patent-licensing company based in a small-town in Texas. -
Books: “American Egyptologist” by Jeffrey Abt, review.
The New Yorker5 Feb 2012 | 9:00 pmBorn in Illinois in 1865, James Henry Breasted turned an early interest in the ministry and a talent for languages into a remarkable career as America’s first formally trained Egyptologist. He specialized in the recording of inscriptions and wanted nothing less than “the recopying and republication of . . . (Subscription required.)
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CNN.com
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Opinion: Google knows too much
9 Feb 2012 | 11:58 amFrida Ghitis says online hoarding of our private information is not something we can afford to "dismiss." -
Doctor in Homs: We're all waiting to die
9 Feb 2012 | 11:58 amThe bodies begin coming in before the sun rises to the sky. Some arrive with heads decapitated or their torsos split open like animals after slaughter. Or their limbs are mangled under the crush of rubble. -
126 reported killed as attacks escalate
9 Feb 2012 | 9:58 amA Syrian opposition group reported as many as 126 deaths at the hands of government forces Thursday as President Bashar al-Assad escalated a brutal assault against an opposition that wants an end to his regime. -
Deep freeze overloads Ukraine EMS
9 Feb 2012 | 9:19 amSuffering in the grip of a brutal winter where temperatures have not risen above freezing in nearly a month, Ukraine has seen a wave of deaths related to the cold, and the country's ambulance service is inundated with calls for help. -
China
9 Feb 2012 | 8:41 amChina will sometimes say "no" and the world should get used to it.
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NYT > Most E-Mailed
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In Struggling Tupper Lake, Resort Project Creates Rift
9 Feb 2012 | 12:17 pmA project in Tupper Lake, N.Y., was approved after a nearly decade-long tug of war between environmentalists and pro-development residents. -
Katherine Boo on Her Book ‘Behind the Beautiful Forevers’
9 Feb 2012 | 11:40 amKatherine Boo, the author of “Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity,” lets a story of poverty tell itself. -
California Housing Market Braces for Facebook Millionaires
9 Feb 2012 | 10:50 amThe Bay Area and Silicon Valley expect the windfall from the Facebook stock offering to make their in-demand region even hotter. -
‘Full Metal Jousting’ Gear. No, It’s Not Tinfoil.
9 Feb 2012 | 10:49 amA skeptic finds out that wearing a 60-pound suit of armor like the kind used on the History channel’s new series “Full Metal Jousting” is not for the faint of ... anything. -
Op-Ed Columnist: The White Underclass
9 Feb 2012 | 10:00 amWe need a national conversation about the dimensions of poverty or a chunk of working-class America could be calcified into an underclass.
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WSJ.com: Today's Most Popular
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A 'Port' out of the Norm
9 Feb 2012 | 11:40 amWalt Mossberg reviews a special flash drive that can transfer and stream files to popular mobile devices without standard USB ports. -
In Small California Hospitals, the Marketing of Back Surgery
9 Feb 2012 | 10:10 amThe volume of spine surgery, which is an increasing cost in the U.S. health system, rose sharply at two small California hospitals that focused on workers' compensation patients and used a marketing consultant who helped bring doctors to the hospitals. -
Memory Gets Jolt in Brain Research
9 Feb 2012 | 8:59 amAn electrical brain-stimulation technique appears to enhance human memory, according to a tiny but intriguing new study that bolsters hope for one day developing a nondrug treatment for memory problems, including ailments like Alzheimer's. -
Henninger: Transformers
9 Feb 2012 | 6:51 amThe Catholic church learns the true meaning of Obama's 'transformative' presidency. -
UnitedHealth Revamps Payments
8 Feb 2012 | 10:20 pmUnitedHealth, the largest health insurer in the nation, is the latest carrier to say that it is overhauling its fees for medical provide.
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Wired Top Stories
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A Texas Jury Now Deliberating Who, if Anyone, Owns the Web
9 Feb 2012 | 12:25 pmThe fate of the openness of the interactive web is now in the hands of a jury in Texas, weighing testimony from the Web's early pioneers about the validity of a patent claim on features such as embedded video. A loss means that nearly every major U.S. website could owe thousands to millions of dollars to an obscure patent-licensing company based in a small-town in Texas. -
Origami Robots Run Only on Air
9 Feb 2012 | 11:38 amPowered by nothing more than puffs of air, robots molded from paper and silicone rubber can bend, twist, grip and even lift more than 100 times their weight. -
Bear McCreary Reveals the Physics Behind Your Favorite Science Fiction Theme Tunes
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Visions of a Gaming Apocalypse Kick Off Annual DICE Summit
9 Feb 2012 | 11:26 amLAS VEGAS -- The presentations at the annual DICE Summit are meant to be something like the videogame industry's version of TED talks, big-think speeches meant to inspire gamemakers with new ideas. This year's DICE Summit began on a considerably different note, with a pair of speakers who had no end of harsh predictions. -
Report: Apple Expected to Hold iPad 3 Event First Week of March
9 Feb 2012 | 11:23 amThose eagerly awaiting the iPad with bated breath shouldn't have to wait much longer. Circulating rumors and Apple's traditional iPad release timeline, the next iPad should make its public debut in the first week of March.
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The New Yorker
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Books: “American Egyptologist” by Jeffrey Abt, review.
5 Feb 2012 | 9:00 pmBorn in Illinois in 1865, James Henry Breasted turned an early interest in the ministry and a talent for languages into a remarkable career as America’s first formally trained Egyptologist. He specialized in the recording of inscriptions and wanted nothing less than “the recopying and republication of . . . (Subscription required.) -
Emily Nussbaum: Children’s TV enjoys a renaissance.
5 Feb 2012 | 9:00 pmWhen children’s television comes up in conversation, everyone knows the drill. Begin with the sinister idiom “screen time.” To show you’re no prig, make a warm remark about “Sesame Street.” Name your favorite Muppet. (I suggest Beaker or the Swedish chef.) Then . . . (Subscription required.) -
Sasha Frere-Jones: Rick Ross and the life style of a boss.
5 Feb 2012 | 9:00 pmA central motif in contemporary hip-hop is rapping about drug dealing by artists who may not actually sell narcotics. Among others, Jay-Z, Clipse, and Young Jeezy have rhymed about a past or present involvement in the trade on the street. It’s typically impossible to determine whether . . . -
Alex Ross: Philip Glass’s 75th birthday celebrations.
5 Feb 2012 | 9:00 pmPhilip Glass’s place in musical history is secure. His sprawling, churning, monumentally obsessive works of the nineteen-seventies—“Music with Changing Parts,” “Music in Twelve Parts,” “Einstein on the Beach,” “Satyagraha”—have fascinated several generations of listeners, demonstrating . . . -
Raffi Khatchadourian: Dallas Wiens, face transplant recipient.
5 Feb 2012 | 9:00 pmGod took Dallas Wiens’s face from him on a clear November morning four years ago. If you ask Wiens, he will say that it was neither an accident nor a punishment; it was simply what had to happen. At the time, he was trying to paint the roof . . . (Subscription required.)
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Mashable!
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Live LOLCats: Cheezburger Plans Grammy Awards Memes in Real Time
9 Feb 2012 | 12:35 pmI Can Has Cheezburger plans to turn the 54th Grammy Awards into a laughing matter by giving viewers an outlet to write funny captions for red carpet and ceremony photos. The “Live LOLing” event starts Sunday at 4 p.m. PT when Cheezburger’s ROFLrazzi site, Twitter profile and Facebook page will begin publishing Grammy images with humorous captions — in lolcat meme format. People can click “Recaption This” to plop their own witty text on the photos. Participants can then share their creations on their social networks. Cheezburger editor in chief Emily Huh… -
Popularity of an Article Can Be Predicted Before It’s Tweeted [VIDEO]
9 Feb 2012 | 12:24 pmHP Labs says it’s possible to know if your tweet will be a dud before you type the 140 characters. Researchers have developed a formula that predicts the number of times a news “article will be tweeted with surprising accuracy.” The researchers predicted tweet popularity with 84% accuracy based on ranking news articles by four criteria. In the new study called “The Pulse of News in Social Media: Forecasting Popularity, HP Labs used a statistical model to rate the popularity of 40,000 news articles published during nine days in August 2011. The statistical model… -
Yahoo’s New Visualization Beautifully Shows What’s Happening on the Web
9 Feb 2012 | 12:00 pmYahoo has launched a new webpage that visualizes what’s happening on the web in near real time — and it’s totally beautiful. The Content Optimization Relevance Engine (C.O.R.E.) HTML5 site hopes to show users the “behind the scenes” process Yahoo uses to match readers with content on their personalized homepage, using technology developed in a Yahoo research lab a few years ago. While Yahoo’s homepage used to be arranged by editors, it now uses an algorithm to match individual user preferences. “We can provide users with insights through the lens of… -
Who Really Invented the Web? Texas Trial Questions Tim Berners-Lee [VIDEO]
9 Feb 2012 | 11:48 amTim Berners-Lee, who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web, testified this week in a Texas courtroom against a company that claims it has a patent on the same technology. The man who claims to have the patent on the “interactive web” is Michael Doyle. His company, Eolas Technologies, has filed suit against many of the world’s biggest Internet companies — including Google and Yahoo — over the case. Doyle’s lawyers say the companies owe him millions in royalty payments for using such common functions as watching online video or search suggestions pop… -
Mass Effect 3 Gets iPad Version with Action-Packed ‘Infiltrator’ [PREVIEW]
9 Feb 2012 | 11:35 amMass Effect 3 is coming to an iPad near you in the form of Mass Effect Infiltrator, an iOS game aimed at expanding the game’s narrative and give players some mobile combat. Infiltrator isn’t a direct port of the latest Mass Effect game. Unlike its big brother, a sci-fi role-playing game known for its first-person shooter gameplay and massive, branching story-lines, Infiltrator is all about fighting. Mashable got a demo of the game played on an iPad and hooked up to a television at an EA showcase. The story follows a soldier called Randall Ezno as he travels the universe tracking…
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Fast Company
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"Word With Friends" Board Game Coming From The Makers Of Scrabble?
9 Feb 2012 | 12:38 pmHasbro and Zynga announced today that they have entered into a global partnership. With this license, Hasbro will be making a variety of toys and board games using Zynga's brands, with the first products expected to be released in the coming Fall. There will also be cobranded merchandise. As quoted in the press release, Zynga CEO Mark Pincus said, "It’s exciting to partner with Hasbro as we share a common vision for play and a mission to connect the world through games." One may consider this an ironic comment, considering much of Zynga's success has come from Words With Friends, a game… -
The Google Wallet Hack Is Not The End Of The World (Or Even NFC) As We Know It [Update: Google Reacts]
9 Feb 2012 | 11:30 amStay calm and carry on, people: It's way too soon to say that NFC should stand for Now Fatally Corrupted. Yes, Google's breakthrough NFC payments app Wallet is being mentioned all over the news thanks to a flaw--it's vulnerable to a hack that gives nefarious types access to your secure PIN number. But don't believe any doomsayers or fearmongering that you may encounter on this matter; it's not as evil as it seems and, believe it or not, it's actually a sign that the future of wireless mobile payments is probably more secure than your current credit card. As reported over at the blog of… -
Ford's Nancy Lee Gioia On Leading Where The Rubber Meets The Road
9 Feb 2012 | 8:05 amIn her 30 years with Ford Motor Company, Nancy Lee Gioia’s learned a thing or two about teamwork, sparking innovation, and being a driving force in what was once considered a man's industry. Nancy Lee Gioia’s been with Ford Motor Company since 1982, when she was hired as a graduate trainee in the electronics division. In the 30 years that followed, she’s held a variety of positions in electronics architecture, manufacturing, and engineering in different divisions.Now, as the company’s director of Global Electrification, Gioia drives strategy and planning for the next generation of… -
Fast Talk: How This Bartender Is Rebooting The Condom
9 Feb 2012 | 7:41 amMeet Richard Pessall, a 20-year-old British entrepreneur who wants to take the condom where no man has gone before (no, not space).Richard Pessall, 20, lives and works as bartender in Shropshire, England. He spent nine years living in the United States, but when he ran out of money to pay for college in North Carolina, he was unable to renew his visa and was forced to return to the U.K. He’s decided to make his fortune before attempting to return stateside. His big idea? Reboot the condom. Forplay, the condom company he's been bootstrapping with his barman’s earnings, has grown to a staff… -
Inside INTERPOL's New Cybercrime Innovation Center
9 Feb 2012 | 7:09 amINTERPOL, the international policing agency, is opening a massive innovation center in Singapore in 2014. At the center, law enforcement will learn all about the latest cybercrimes... and have access to cutting-edge forensics laboratories and research stations.INTERPOL, the international policing organization, is building a law enforcement tech geek heaven in Singapore. The INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation will function as a R&D lab, training facility, and forensics lab for all things cybercrime. Slated to open in 2014, the Global Complex for Innovation (IGCI) will be part of the…
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ReadWriteWeb
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Hangout With the Scientists Looking for the God Particle
9 Feb 2012 | 11:57 amWant to hang out with the people who run the CMS? No, not the content management system. The Compact Muon Solenoid. It's one of the two big detectors at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the largest and highest-energy particle accelerator in the world. CERN physicist Dr. Albert De Roeck is hosting a Google+ Hangout tomorrow from inside the cavern where the experiment takes place, about 100 meters underneath Cessy, France. He'll explain the CMS experiment and take questions about the crazy frontiers of particle physics. Sponsor The CMS is one of the two general-purpose LHC experiments searching… -
Fabled Google Drive Won't Be Another Dropbox
9 Feb 2012 | 11:00 amThe Wall Street Journal has revived rumors about Google launching a cloud storage service called Drive. The comparison everybody wants to make is to Dropbox. The thinking is that Google will challenge everyone's favorite start-up by releasing a native desktop and mobile Drive app with the same syncing features Dropbox users know and love. Google Drive rumors have been around for many years, and they've always conformed to the understanding of "The Cloud" that has prevailed at the time. If it's not like Apple's iCloud, which is integrated into Apple's devices, then it must be like Dropbox,… -
[STUDY] 61% of Social Media Users Feel So Close To You
9 Feb 2012 | 10:30 amSometimes little things like a sweet comment on Facebook or a Twitter friend calling your tweet a "favorite" can really make a social networker bee's day. A new study from Pew finds that for the most part, adults are kind to each other on social media sites. In fact, 85% of adults say that most of the people they come across on social media are rather kind; only 5% say that people are "mostly unkind," which would imply rude or mean. An additional 5% say that it's all situational. On the whole, adults have positive experiences on social networking sites. A total 68% of SNS users had an… -
[Infographic] Mapping the Tools in the Mobile Development Ecosystem
9 Feb 2012 | 10:00 amThe mobile development ecosystem is a large, complicated space. There are innovative startups making tools for native and mobile Web apps along with large enterprise-grade companies that offer solutions from cloud support to frameworks and developer environments. For a mobile developer, it can be confusing to know where to turn and what to use to make the best app possible. Mobile "backend-as-a-service" startup Kinvey created a map for ReadWriteMobile to help developers understand the ecosystem. Kinvey brackets the mobile ecosystem between two primary pillars: the service providers and the… -
Harry Reid Wants a Bigger, Badder Version of SOPA/PIPA
9 Feb 2012 | 9:30 amSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., still licking wounds from last week's defeat of the Protect IP Act and its House counterpart the Stop Online Piracy Act, is reportedly working on an even more sinister, Internet-regulating bill. Few details have been publicly disclosed about the latest push by legislative Democrats to expand executive-branch authority over the Internet, but the Daily Caller has pieced together publicly-available clues suggesting that Reid's newest bill is even broader than President Barack Obama's cybersecurity proposal. Sponsor Released last May, Obama's proposal…
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Fast Company
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"Words With Friends" Board Game Coming From The Makers Of Scrabble?
9 Feb 2012 | 12:46 pmHasbro and Zynga announced today that they have entered into a global partnership. With this license, Hasbro will be making a variety of toys and board games using Zynga's brands, with the first products expected to be released in the coming Fall. There will also be co-branded merchandise. "It’s exciting to partner with Hasbro as we share a common vision for play and a mission to connect the world through games," said Zynga CEO Mark Pincus in a statement--funny, since much of Zynga's success has come from Words With Friends, a game that incorporated changes to scoring, a heavy social… -
The Google Wallet Hack Is Not The End Of The World (Or Even NFC) As We Know It [Update: Google Reacts]
9 Feb 2012 | 11:30 amStay calm and carry on, people: It's way too soon to say that NFC should stand for Now Fatally Corrupted. Yes, Google's breakthrough NFC payments app Wallet is being mentioned all over the news thanks to a flaw--it's vulnerable to a hack that gives nefarious types access to your secure PIN number. But don't believe any doomsayers or fearmongering that you may encounter on this matter; it's not as evil as it seems and, believe it or not, it's actually a sign that the future of wireless mobile payments is probably more secure than your current credit card. As reported over at the blog of… -
Ford's Nancy Lee Gioia On Leading Where The Rubber Meets The Road
9 Feb 2012 | 8:05 amIn her 30 years with Ford Motor Company, Nancy Lee Gioia’s learned a thing or two about teamwork, sparking innovation, and being a driving force in what was once considered a man's industry. Nancy Lee Gioia’s been with Ford Motor Company since 1982, when she was hired as a graduate trainee in the electronics division. In the 30 years that followed, she’s held a variety of positions in electronics architecture, manufacturing, and engineering in different divisions.Now, as the company’s director of Global Electrification, Gioia drives strategy and planning for the next generation of… -
Fast Talk: How This Bartender Is Rebooting The Condom
9 Feb 2012 | 7:41 amMeet Richard Pessall, a 20-year-old British entrepreneur who wants to take the condom where no man has gone before (no, not space).Richard Pessall, 20, lives and works as bartender in Shropshire, England. He spent nine years living in the United States, but when he ran out of money to pay for college in North Carolina, he was unable to renew his visa and was forced to return to the U.K. He’s decided to make his fortune before attempting to return stateside. His big idea? Reboot the condom. Forplay, the condom company he's been bootstrapping with his barman’s earnings, has grown to a staff… -
Inside INTERPOL's New Cybercrime Innovation Center
9 Feb 2012 | 7:09 amINTERPOL, the international policing agency, is opening a massive innovation center in Singapore in 2014. At the center, law enforcement will learn all about the latest cybercrimes... and have access to cutting-edge forensics laboratories and research stations.INTERPOL, the international policing organization, is building a law enforcement tech geek heaven in Singapore. The INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation will function as a R&D lab, training facility, and forensics lab for all things cybercrime. Slated to open in 2014, the Global Complex for Innovation (IGCI) will be part of the…
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Slate Articles
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The Complicated History of Catholics, Protestants, and Contraceptives
9 Feb 2012 | 12:06 pmThe GOP candidates are still deep in the ritual dance of podium-pounding and posturing to determine who among them will take on Obama. Yet an unexpected display of unity is upon us: The three most viable candidates have raised their voices in harmonious opposition to the federal law that will compel all private health insurance plans—including those administered by religious employers—to cover birth control, as well as the controversial emergency contraceptives. Mitt Romney accused the president of “using Obamacare to impose a secular vision on Americans who believe that they should not… -
Romances for the Post-Bubble Homeowner
9 Feb 2012 | 11:08 amAlso in Slate, read an interview with Bronson Pinchot. -
Questions for Bronson Pinchot
9 Feb 2012 | 11:06 amAlso in Slate, read June Thomas' essay on the allure of home-renovation TV . -
A Losing Proposition
9 Feb 2012 | 10:03 amStrange as it may seem in the wake of the street parties celebrating Tuesday’s ruling by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals invalidating California’s Proposition 8, there was a time when gay-rights advocates feared this day would come. -
Chipotle Is Apple
9 Feb 2012 | 10:01 amHunting for business success stories in a recession is a difficult (and sometimes depressing) task. Most of the feel-good stories seem to come from the high-tech world and the burgeoning app economy. One important exception is Chipotle Mexican Grill, a company that shows there’s clearly room for growth and innovation in even the most basic sectors of the economy.
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The Current.com Feed
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Call to Caption: President Obama
9 Feb 2012 | 10:01 amEach week, we post a buzzworthy image and ask you -- the creative minds of our community -- to submit the perfect caption. We'll pick our three favorites and put them up for a vote on Current's Facebook page on Monday afternoon. The top-voted caption will be featured on the current.com home page Tuesday afternoon. Submit your best caption below and good luck! (Note: Some pictures may be worth a thousand words, but this one isn't. Please keep entries to 200 characters or fewer for consideration.) Photo credit: Getty Images added by: rluz 2 comments -
Countdown with Keith Olbermann: Is the GOP suffering from buyer's remorse?
9 Feb 2012 | 3:00 amIs the GOP suffering from buyer's remorse? - WATCH VIDEO -
'Have you ever read the Constitution?'
9 Feb 2012 | 3:00 amCenk loses his mind over a possible compromise on a new rule that health plan must cover contraception at no additional cost. Religious groups have pressured Obama for full exemption, even if they employ those outside their faith. - WATCH VIDEO -
The War Room: Randi Weingarten on why teachers support Obama
9 Feb 2012 | 3:00 amRandi Weingarten on why teachers support Obama - WATCH VIDEO -
New GOP attack on sustainability
9 Feb 2012 | 3:00 amThe Republican party isn't known for being green, but a new resolution is stirring up fear about a decades-old UN Agenda on sustainability. - READ BLOG
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News
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Fighting Fit, Venezuela's Chavez Roars Back
9 Feb 2012 | 12:30 pmLast year, cancer nearly felled Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. The long-serving and outspoken leader disappeared to Cuba for treatment for weeks at a time. Now, he has regained his bluster and is promising to crush his opponents as they mount a challenge to his rule.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
Steve Jobs' FBI File Reveals People Who Knew Him Had A Mixed Opinion Of Him
9 Feb 2012 | 12:19 pmThe files paint a portrait of a man admired for his brilliance but whose personal life and character are often questioned.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
Escaped 'Rhino' Successfully Captured In Tokyo
9 Feb 2012 | 12:15 pmIt's an annual event: Zookeepers practice what to do in the event of an escape by netting a pretty funny-looking "animal." In this case, it was two guys dressed up like a rhinoceros. It's all on video.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
Marines Posed With Nazi Symbol In Afghanistan
9 Feb 2012 | 12:00 pmA photograph of the sniper team shows the Marines in front of a flag with a logo resembling that of the notorious Nazi SS. Use of the SS symbol is not acceptable, and the Marine Corps has addressed the issue, Lt. Col. Stewart Upton said in a statement. He did not specify what action was taken.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
Call It 'Gulf Of America,' Not Gulf Of Mexico, Lawmaker Says In Bit Of Satire
9 Feb 2012 | 11:05 amDemocratic Rep. Stephen Holland has introduced a bill in the state House to change the name of the gulf. It's a satirical shot aimed at his Republican colleagues, he says. Stephen Colbert had the idea before him.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Fresh Air from WHYY
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Scrappy 'Girlchild' Forms A Girl Scout Troop Of One
9 Feb 2012 | 9:37 amTupelo Hassman's debut novel stars Rory, a resilient, if ragged, life force raised in a Reno trailer park who adopts a tattered copy of The Girl Scout Handbook as her Bible. Rory endures sexual abuse, the death of loved ones, and everyday invisibility — all without playing for our sympathy.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
Wael Ghonim: Creating A 'Revolution 2.0' In Egypt
9 Feb 2012 | 9:24 amThe protests that led to the Egyptian revolution last year were organized in part by Wael Ghonim, who used an anonymous Facebook page to coordinate the demonstrations. In his new book, Ghonim explains how social media helped transform his country.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
Finding 'Life, Death And Hope' In A Mumbai Slum
8 Feb 2012 | 9:01 amPulitzer Prize-winning journalist Katherine Boo spent more than three years in Mumbai's Annawadi slum. In her new book, Behind the Beautiful Forevers, she profiles people living in extreme poverty — right in the shadow of luxury hotels.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
Donald Hall: A Poet's View 'Out The Window'
8 Feb 2012 | 8:30 amThe 83-year-old former poet laureate reflects on how life has changed as he's grown older. "My body causes me trouble when I cross the room, but when I am sitting down writing, I am in my heaven — my old heaven," he says.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
Chuck Prophet's 'Beautiful' Homage To San Francisco
8 Feb 2012 | 8:28 amProphet has described his new album, Temple Beautiful, as a "love letter to San Francisco." Rock critic Ken Tucker says you don't have to be a Bay Area native to enjoy Prophet's melodies.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Lifehacker
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How to Deal with an Asshole Parker [Video]
9 Feb 2012 | 12:00 pmYou finally find a spot in a packed parking lot and somebody's parked over the line so you can't fit. Or you've been waiting for someone to leave the lot and somebody pulls in to steal your claimed space. There are plenty of ways to be an asshole parker in this world, but few good ways to deal with them. Here's the best way to handle the situation. More » -
Ask and Answer Questions About Getting Rid of Old Junk [Help Yourself]
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Quirky Scribe Is a Lapdesk That Can Carry Your Laptop, Textbooks, and Pens [Stuff We Like]
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The Best Virtual Assistant for Android [Video]
9 Feb 2012 | 10:30 amThere are a number of apps for Android that all advertise that they can be your personal assistant. None of them are perfect, and all of them have their quirks, issues, and especially their limitations. Even so, we think that Vlingo is your best bet for a well-rounded personal assistant for Android. More » -
How Can I Talk to My Phone in Public Without Looking Like a Jerk/Creep/Weirdo? [Video]
9 Feb 2012 | 10:00 am
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VentureBeat
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When the Google+ Platform is opening for developers & why it’s taking so long
9 Feb 2012 | 12:40 pmThe Google+ Platform is still a relatively small collection of read-only APIs, but Google is definitely preparing for a wide and varied set of features for developers. At the Inside Social Apps conference in San Francisco today, Google+ engineering director David Glazer (pictured) revealed that Google will roll out more enhancements to the platform “when we’re delighted with how it’s working.” It’s a vague answer to an important question, and it has a lot of impact on whether or not developers choose to build on top of Google+—and thereby increase its… -
Hasbro licenses game characters and brands from Zynga
9 Feb 2012 | 12:31 pmHasbro and Zynga are announcing a deal where the big toy company will create toys based on Zynga’s game characters and social gaming brands. It’s a marriage of the old world and the new that makes sense as the physical and digital worlds converge. The deal helps make Hasbro more relevant to the generation of kids who are growing up with social games. While Facebook is still technically not for kids, a lot of social game players are either children or people who like to play with toys. Zynga has more than 227 million monthaly active users for games such as FarmVille, CityVille and… -
What a Navy Seal Team Six veteran can teach professionals about failure
9 Feb 2012 | 12:13 pmThe U.S. Navy Seal Team Six became famous as an elite military group for succeeding in its quest to find and kill Osama Bin Laden. But a nine-year veteran from the team told an audience of game developers today about failing and how to deal with it. Isaac Gilmore retired from the Seals last August and now is consulting as managing partner at 3SJ Tactical Solutions. It turns out that his experiences from working with one of the most disciplined teams in the world is also useful for helping professionals deal with the lessons of failure and how to execute. He spoke to a group of game developers… -
Groupon keeps moving the goalposts, leaving investors scratching their heads
9 Feb 2012 | 11:29 amGroupon reported its first quarterly earnings as a public company this week and blew away its numbers — in the sense that it stopped reporting key numbers investors need to assess the health of its business. Based on generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), the daily-deals company continues to lose money. But the bigger concern for investors is Groupon keeps changing how it wants to be measured and hiding metrics that point toward a deterioration of its business. This is not new for Groupon; it was a hallmark of its IPO process. When I discovered a way to estimate its refund… -
Obama shows further mastery of social by tweeting Spotify campaign playlist
9 Feb 2012 | 11:16 amMany analysts think President Obama won the 2008 election partly due to his campaign’s ability to use social networks and the web to rally and influence voters. And now with the 2012 election season upon us, Obama is showing he still gets it with the release of a subscribe-able 28-track Spotify playlist. Obama’s official Twitter account today posted a new Spotify playlist titled “2012 Campaign Playlist” with the message: “A little Wilco, a bit of No Doubt—check out what else made it onto the new official #Obama2012 campaign playlist.” We’re sure…
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Advertising Age - Latest News
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Hallmark Considers Entering the Scripted Prime-Time Battle
9 Feb 2012 | 11:25 amHallmark has traditionally focused on original movies and daytime programming. Weeknight prime time is currently devoted to "Little House on the Prairie" and "Frasier." -
Mindshare Opens Mobile Hub in India for Global Clients
9 Feb 2012 | 11:00 amMindshare is the latest agency to set up an international hub in India, broadening the scope of its existing mobile practice in Mumbai to service global clients. -
Apple Stores Get Consumer Petitions Over Worker Treatment in China
9 Feb 2012 | 10:30 amThe petitions' 250,000 signatures comprise perhaps the most tangible showing of consumer outrage over labor conditions in the iPhone and iPad maker's supply chain. -
Indian Travelers Take on the World in Thomas Cook Campaign
9 Feb 2012 | 10:05 amAs India's middle class grows and tourism becomes more popular, funny spots from JWT show travelers what could go wrong if they don't book with Thomas Cook. -
Does Pre-Super Bowl Buzz Last After the Game?
9 Feb 2012 | 9:30 amThe advertisers enjoying the biggest buzz lift before the game were Volkswagen, GM, Acura, Audi and Doritos. In the days afterward, only Acura was still in the top five.
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Jonathan Chait Is Mean
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A Strange Form of Social Collapse
9 Feb 2012 | 5:27 amValues are collapsing. Also crime and teenage pregnancy. -
WWS 594, Economics of the Welfare State, Class #1
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The Power (Law) of Twitter
8 Feb 2012 | 8:24 amNews you can't use. -
Jobs and Values
8 Feb 2012 | 5:43 amIt's the economic prospects, stupid.
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Marginal Revolution
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How large is the output gap really?
9 Feb 2012 | 11:31 amVia Mark Thoma, and drawing upon James Bullard at the St. Louis Fed, MacroMania writes: I think that Bullard makes a persuasive case that the amount of household wealth evaporated along with the crash in house prices should likely be viewed as a “permanent” (highly persistent) negative wealth shock. Standard theory (and common sense) suggests a corresponding permanent decline in consumer spending (with consumption growing along its original growth path). The implication is that the so-called “output gap” (the difference between actual and “trend” GDP) may… -
Failing versus Forgetting
9 Feb 2012 | 10:38 amBryan Caplan has a very good post on the human capital and signalling models of education. The key point is this, under the human capital model someone who forgets knowledge is no better than someone who failed to learn the same knowledge. Under the signaling model, however, failing and forgetting are very different. Bryan illustrates: If I’d failed Spanish, I couldn’t have gone to a good college, wouldn’t have gotten into Princeton’s Ph.D. program, and probably wouldn’t be a professor. But since I’ve merely forgotten my Spanish, I’m sitting in my… -
Simple truths about Greece
9 Feb 2012 | 9:29 amFrom Ricardo Hausmann: Greece will have to bring its current account deficit down to zero at some point. This can happen in two ways: either Greece exports more or spends less. Adjusting the current account by spending less would require an additional fall in GDP of 25 per cent, given that in Greece only one in four US dollars of spending cuts goes abroad. This is clearly not a pretty picture. But adjusting by raising exports would require they increase by 50 per cent, not an easy feat. Achieving it through tourism alone would require the industry to triple in size – an unlikely prospect. -
Assorted links
9 Feb 2012 | 7:24 am1. There is no great stagnation: the horizontal shower. 2. What if Star Trek had social networks? 3. The culture that is Iceland. 4. New economics blog from Phillips Exeter Academy. 5. TGS for musical instruments? 6. Profile of Scott Stern’s work on the economics of science. 7. Kristof has quite a reasonable review of Murray; by the way if you think dysfunctional social mores all boil down to economics, how are those Albertan tribes with the oil revenues doing? Ex football players in bankruptcy? etc. Here is more Krugman on Murray, now totally on the mark. Matt nails it too. -
The Secret Agreement that Revolutionized China
9 Feb 2012 | 4:28 amIn our principles textbook, Modern Principles: Macroeconomics, Tyler and I illustrate the importance of property rights with the incentive effects of collective farming and the secret agreement of Xiaogang village. We write: Farmers from 18 households in Xiaogang signed a secret life-and-death agreement ending collective farming with their thumbprints. (From Cowen and Tabarrok, Modern Principles: Macroeconomics) The Great Leap Forward was a great leap backward – agricultural land was less productive in 1978 than it had been in 1949 when the communists took over. In 1978, however, farmers…
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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
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Could A Third-Party Candidate Win?
9 Feb 2012 | 12:21 pmby Patrick Appel Nope: Over time, the parties have been moving apart. But both Democrats and Republicans are now closer to their own party and farther from the opposition party than at any time in the past four decades. Democrats on average place the Democratic Party exactly where they place themselves while they place the Republican Party very far to the right of where they place themselves. And Republicans on average place the Republican Party exactly where they place themselves while they place the Democratic Party very far to the left of where they place themselves. As a result, very few… -
Is America More Unequal Than Europe?
9 Feb 2012 | 12:03 pmby Patrick Appel Jim Manzi compares America to the entire European continent: I took the data on income by quintile for each country in the EU, and ordered them from poorest to richest for Europe as a whole. If you start with the 1.5 million people who are the lowest quintile in any country of the EU (it turns out to be the lowest quintile in Bulgaria), then add the 0.5 million who are the lowest quintile in Latvia, and keep going until you have about 100 million people, you have an estimate for the lowest quintile for Europe as a whole. This bottom quintile includes, for… -
The GOP's Santorum Problem
9 Feb 2012 | 11:41 amby Maisie Allison Larison revisits Santorum's hyper-aggressive, amnestic foreign policy: According to Santorum, Bush’s record was mostly all right, except that he thinks it wasn’t aggressive or bold enough. According to Santorum, Bush had a foreign policy that was too humble, and he aims to correct that. ... [H]e thinks that his disastrous 2006 campaign in which he harped on “Islamic fascism” and the Venezuelan menace was a profile in political courage. It’s true that Romney and his advisers still think that Obama is vulnerable on foreign… -
Is 2012 A Marriage Equality Election?
9 Feb 2012 | 11:20 amby Patrick Appel Adam Winkler worries that a Republican president would get to replace Ginsburg, a Justice likely to rule in favor of equality, with a social conservative: It’s possible ... that the justices won’t have the opportunity to consider the Proposition 8 case until 2014. By then, Justice Ginsburg might not be on the court. Although she’s affirmatively disclaimed any intention to retire in the near future, Ginsburg, the eldest member of the court, is 78. At that age, fate has a way of disrupting even our most determined plans. Ginsburg has… -
"I Don't Miss The Sex"
9 Feb 2012 | 11:03 amby Chris Bodenner A candid and incredibly moving speech from Maureen Walsh, one of two Republicans to help pass the marriage equality bill in the Washington State House yesterday: Walsh can be contacted here. The bill passed the state senate last week and Governor Gregoire has promised to sign it, so victory is in sight. Washington will be the seventh state (plus DC) to enact marriage equality.
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Dumb Little Man - Tips for Life
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5 Myths Haunting Your Healthy Foods
3 Feb 2012 | 8:03 amThese days, eating healthy has become a curiously difficult task. Despite the fact that the canons of healthy eating have not changed in centuries, the proliferation of health food products has continued unabated for years. It’s become a crisis of abundance.However, just because a product occupies shelf space in a boutique food store doesn’t mean it’s any better for you than its generic counterpart. Advertisers are very aware of the powers of “mood affiliation”, which is the tendency to associate familiar claims with one another. For example, consumers are very likely to believe a… -
Four Steps To Rescue Stray New Year Resolutions
2 Feb 2012 | 6:55 amLooks like it is that time of year when many New Year resolutions that people set have already strayed. Attempts to kick a smoking habit for example, might have seemed successful for a few weeks but once the realities and stresses of coming back from the holidays have resurfaced, some people may have caved into the nicotine again.Of course there is the usual health promises that get broken too. According to the fitness industry, a lot of gym memberships are sold from December to February but gym attendance significantly drops shortly afterwards when people realize that working out involves a… -
Finding the Courage to Stay the Course
30 Jan 2012 | 10:06 amAnytime you decide on the pursuit of an important goal, you’ll be faced with a series of challenges. Peaks, valleys and plateaus are par for the the course. But the thing that separates the people who make it from the ones that don’t is the courage to stay the course.At the start of any new endeavor most of us look forward to every single day with a child like excitement. We see infinite possibilities and the future appears bright. It seems as though there is absolutely nothing that can get in our way. We feel almost invincible and the possibility of failure doesn’t even occur to us. We… -
How to Deal with Difficult People and Have Constructive Conflict
28 Jan 2012 | 8:32 amLife and relationships aren't always perfect. Take a minute to think of some difficult people you have to deal with in your life? These may be people you work with, the in-laws that come to town throughout the year, or your neighbor who can’t seem to take a hint. For whatever reason, you're just not jiving with these people.Do you flee? Or, do you get flexible and learn to interact?When we encounter these extreme personalities it can feel like they are trying to make our life miserable, but more often than not, it’s simply learning about these peoples’ tendencies and how to interact in… -
7 Habits of Highly Excellent People
27 Jan 2012 | 2:16 amAre you driven in life? Do you love to excel? I believe all of us do. We are born to be the best we can be and to make the best out of our lives.When I was in high school, I wasn't exactly the kind of student teachers would like. I was truant, didn't do my homework and did badly on my examinations. I was lazy and unmotivated in school. However, after a while I realized that this wasn't who I wanted to be. This wasn't the life I saw myself leading. People around me were judging and negative, and I had enough of all of that crap. I had enough of being discriminated against and I decided to turn…
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Student-Run Competition Redesigns a Public Space in 120 Hours
9 Feb 2012 | 12:11 pmA student run competition gave entrants 120 hours to create a design for a residential space in a dense urban setting. -
The Real Komen Controversy Remains After Planned Parenthood Fiasco
9 Feb 2012 | 11:37 amSusan G. Komen for the Cure has patched things up with Planned Parenthood, but the real controversy remains. -
Electric Bike RV is Tiny House on Wheels
9 Feb 2012 | 11:36 amA DIY electric bike/quadricycle doubles as a temporary home for one San Francisco surfer. -
Beautiful Golden Grass Stems Accessories by Brazilian Artisans from Jalapao
9 Feb 2012 | 11:29 amA partnership between Brazilian designer Marcelo Rosenbaum and a community of artisans creates a set of beautiful, biodegradable products. -
Lamp Made From Jam Jars Wins Design Prize in Sweden
9 Feb 2012 | 8:32 amThe future of recycling never looked so bright.
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Rangers, Cruz agree to two-year, $16M deal
9 Feb 2012 | 12:20 pmNelson Cruz and the Texas Rangers avoided arbitration by agreeing to a two-year, $16 million contract on Thursday, according to a source. -
Rockets GM regrets cutting Knicks PG Lin
9 Feb 2012 | 11:53 amHouston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey regrets letting go of New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin. -
Oil Can Boyd admits cocaine use during career
9 Feb 2012 | 11:50 am"Oil Can" Boyd admits he was under the influence of cocaine during "two-thirds' of his games. -
Belichick call: 'Make them go to Manningham'
9 Feb 2012 | 11:43 amAudio released by the NFL reveals that Bill Belichick dared the Giants to throw to Mario Manningham. -
England won't rush to find Capello replacement
9 Feb 2012 | 11:36 amThe head of the English Football Association says he will not rush to hire Fabio Capello's successor ahead of this year's European Championship.
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Gracie, ‘Pequeno’ Nogueira Return to Action March 24 in Brazil
9 Feb 2012 | 12:35 pmTwo of Brazil’s fighting sons are set to compete on home soil for the first time next month. -
NSAC Head Kizer: At Least One UFC 143 Drug Test Positive
9 Feb 2012 | 11:53 amThe Nevada State Athletic Commission announced Thursday that at least one UFC 143 drug screen has come back positive. -
‘Shogun’ Rua Talks Changes in Management, Training Camp
9 Feb 2012 | 7:58 amMauricio “Shogun” Rua surprised many Tuesday when he announced on Twitter that he will no longer work with Eduardo Alonso, the manager who has overseen his career for nearly five years. -
Rousey: ‘Cyborg’ a Detriment to Women’s MMA
9 Feb 2012 | 7:00 amRonda Rousey has no sympathy for former Strikeforce 145-pound women’s champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos. -
Pictures: KOTC ‘Reckless Abandon’
9 Feb 2012 | 12:04 amKing of the Cage champions on both ends of the scale defended their belts at KOTC “Reckless Abandon,” including bantamweight ace Frank Baca and super heavyweight titleholder Tony Lopez.
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What’s the future of virtual sex?
9 Feb 2012 | 6:15 amThe future is bright for virtual sexuality. After all, we're human beings. Think of any great artistic or technological achievement and chances are it winds up in the bedroom. Will it end up in yours? -
5 Tips for Getting Organized at Work
9 Feb 2012 | 6:15 amWhether you're fresh off the job hunt or a seasoned employee, a little organization can go a long way. Here are five tips for keeping the piles at bay. -
5 Tiny Countries With Big Space Dreams
9 Feb 2012 | 6:15 amDo you know what that spacecraft is? It's one of the old Soviet space shuttles, and it never would have gotten built without the help of one the tiny countries on our list. Can you guess which one? -
Costumes 101 Pictures
9 Feb 2012 | 6:15 amThey're at every sci-fi convention and Halloween party -- those people who always have the most amazing original costumes. Learn the basics of building a costume and find out what it takes to do well in costume competitions. -
How Airplanes Work
9 Feb 2012 | 6:15 amToday in 1969, the Boeing 747 made its first commercial flight. But it was more than 100 years ago that the Wright brothers made their historic first flight in Kitty Hawk, N.C. Even after all these years, their creation still boggles the mind: How can something so heavy take to the air?
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Trends in Japan - Marketing and Innovation from Tokyo
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RemembAR Facial Recognition App
8 Feb 2012 | 7:26 pmEver forgotten where you were when you met someone, or the name of someone you met at a party? A new app called “remembAR” uses facial recognition software making it now possible to capture the name and location of the people you meet simply by snapping their picture on your phone. Reminiscent of something out of Minority Report the app, currently only available for Android phones, is able to bring up in real time the name and details of people who you snap, superimposing the information on the screen as you frame the subject in your camera. It can’t bring up the details of… -
ZecOO Electric Bike Pushes Design Boundaries
8 Feb 2012 | 12:04 amLooking like something out of Tron, design company Znug have come up with a completely amazing looking electric motorbike. Called the ZecOO, the new bike is a sleek, agressive and completely unconventional design. The bike is designed by former Toyota designer Kota Nezu and assembled and built in a custom bike shop Suehiro in Tokyo, taking only 6 months from concept to prototype. The frame is made from a combination of solid wood and alloy and looks to push the boundaries of what the future for EV bikes could be. Rather than conventional fork steering the front uses a central hub system and… -
Toyota Lets You Become A Sportscar
7 Feb 2012 | 1:11 amToyota just recently launched their latest sports car the “86″, and to promote the new vehicle before it hits the market in Spring time they have released an app, that in their words, turns your own body into the sports car. The “I am 86″ app doesn’t let you imagine life as an octogenarian as the name suggests but actually lets users race around anywhere they choose, flash their lights, honk their horns and drift around corners and record the “race”. The free app uses the phone’s built in camera as if a windshield for the car and the… -
New App Controls Your Dreams
6 Feb 2012 | 12:18 amAd agency Hakuhodo’s Future Technology Works department have come up with a new app that controls your dreams. The Yumemiru (translated as see the dream) app lets users select different scenarios to dream about and then through sound influences your thoughts while you snooze. The free app has 8 different scenarios to choose from including a walk in the forest, at the beach, getting rich, flying and even for those romantically disposed a scenario that stimulates dreams of love tailored for both men and women. However, it might be a little perturbing having a young girls voice whispering… -
Sony Turns Old DVD’s Into New TV’s
2 Feb 2012 | 9:10 pmSony have been struggling as of late with its reputation severely damaged due to the hacking scandals, plummeting sales, and last weeks CEO change it is in major need of a bit of a PR bost. One area it does seem to be pushing forward in however is the company’s sustainable innovation, the company are looking at their green credentials to try and boost it’s waining image. Their “Road To Zero” environmental plan recently announced that the company has become the world’s first manufacturer to use 99% recycled material in it’s products. In their bid to become…
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Four Seasons Jackson Hole
6 Feb 2012 | 2:45 pmFrench military leader Napoleon Bonaparte once said a picture is worth a thousand words. But not even a thousand pictures could give you the feeling of spending time in Jackson Hole, WY at the Four Seasons. The views, the clean air, the incredible hospitality. Pictures will never do it justice– but until they invent virtual reality glasses for blogs, they will have to do. Here we go! This past New Years I had the absolute pleasure of staying for a few days in this resort-paradise– skiing the hills, taking in the vistas and relaxing around the hotel lounges, pools, and restaurants. The… -
Quackie Kids Storage
30 Jan 2012 | 6:12 amFun kids storage unit named Quackie by E-Glue, a design studio for kids in France. -
HERE Film
25 Jan 2012 | 8:34 amA bizarre but interesting short by Italian film makerLuca Guadagnino for Starwood Hotel’s Luxury Collection. Thanks Richard! -
Teenage Engineering Updates
22 Jan 2012 | 12:37 pmStockholm-based Teenage Engineering are at it again with a new OS Update and a new product. Can’t wait to try it all out on my OP-1. The OS update delivers new drum and sequencer modes and badly-needed MIDI sync, plus cool MIDI modulation. Combined, it seems the OP-1 has really matured – sync alone removes a major obstacle for some adopters. The new hardware is Opbox, a combination USB host / MIDI / CV box with analog sensors – and it has pretty plug-in modules and even custom-made shoes to match (below). The shoes may not be terribly practical, but the Oplab fits a unique niche… -
SOPA Time
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Springwise: Japanese Restaurant Serves The Food From Popular Video Games
9 Feb 2012 | 12:26 pmA new eatery from game developer Capcom offers a menu inspired by its best-sellers. -
Is Twitter Becoming The New Google?
9 Feb 2012 | 12:17 pmThere is now a new way to discover new media using TasteKid's unique search engine service on the social network. -
Music Site Lets Indie Bands Hold International Live Concerts Anywhere
9 Feb 2012 | 12:01 pmAwdio provides easy access to larger audiences for local groups through the online plug-n-broadcast features. -
Will Samsung Be Launching A Voice And Gesture Controlled Tablet?
9 Feb 2012 | 11:44 amIntuitive devices, rumored to be released, will allow users to operate them using speech and motion commands. -
Sustainable Skeletal Buildings Function Like Living Organisms
9 Feb 2012 | 11:28 amSOMA architects present a tower and museum concept whose structure reflects how plants and animals interact with nature.
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Games developer launches themed restaurant
8 Feb 2012 | 3:50 amRegular Springwise readers may remember our article from 2010 about Snakes and Lattes, a themed café in Canada stocked with 1,500 board games. Taking the idea of a game themed eatery to the next level, Capcom, the Japanese video games developer, recently launched the Capcom Bar in Tokyo complete with in-house game kiosks and game-inspired dishes. Situated on the first floor of the Pasela Resort in Shinjuku, the Capcom Bar’s playful menu features a range of dishes inspired by the company’s famous releases. On offer is a meat dish recreating the stamina-boosting drumstick from the… -
Single-estate coffees curated and delivered monthly to the door
3 Feb 2012 | 5:40 amThe march of the subscription services continues! The virtual ink had barely dried on our story about UK-based Trinkets when we came across Kopi, a like-minded company whose focus is single-estate coffees from around the world. Also based in the UK, Kopi sends subscribers a different gourmet coffee each month, hand-picked by a team of experts that includes some of Europe’s most respected green bean coffee traders, the company says. Roasting is done just days before delivery by a specially selected UK-based boutique roaster, and beans are available either whole or ground. Either way,… -
Offline to online platform rewards diners with Facebook credits
3 Feb 2012 | 4:01 amFacebook credits are a virtual currency that can be purchased with a credit or debit card to buy virtual goods in games and apps on the Facebook platform. However, never before have they been earned through purchasing goods offline. That is until Plink — a credits-based loyalty program that rewards Facebook users for dining at chain restaurants. Launched last month, Plink was created to help restaurants and offline retailers reach and motive their customers online. To start using the program, consumers log in via their Facebook account, register the debit or credit they use when eating out… -
In Norway, dog ‘locker’ keeps pets safe while owners shop for groceries
3 Feb 2012 | 2:46 amAccording to In Defense of Animals, approximately 5 million family pets go missing each year. No wonder, then, that a pet “locker” has popped up outside a Norwegian grocery store, offering dog owners a way to keep their canine companions safe and dry while they get their shopping done. Spotted by Swedish designer Henrick Eriksson recently outside an Oslo grocery store, the Hundehiet (translated roughly from Norwegian as “dog burrow”) gives consumers a safe, lockable place in which to keep their dog while they shop. Pricing, according to Eriksson, is NOK 10. How the Hundehiet units are… -
Restaurants’ takeout menus made interactive via QR codes
2 Feb 2012 | 8:36 amIt’s become increasingly common for restaurants to build and offer custom, branded mobile apps that let patrons place orders by phone, but it’s still up to consumers to go to the bother of downloading and installing them. Enter Paperlinks, a Los Angeles firm that has created a service that lets restaurants embed their takeout menus with QR codes for quick and seamless mobile ordering. Using Paperlinks’ new Order Takeout feature, restaurants can quickly develop mobile-optimized menus which can be accessed by scanning a QR code located on the printed menu, poster, or other…
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If we stigmatize sex offenders for life then its clear we should do the same for sociopathic cops. The time has come for a police brutality register. Once on the list you will be required to notify everyone in your neighborhood that you brutalized an innocent person and abused your power.
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Hannity: Bin Laden would be alive if Obama ‘had his way’
8 Feb 2012 | 11:27 amA day after proclaiming America’s end if President Barack Obama is re-elected, Sean Hannity added to his pile of animosity Tuesday evening with a claim startlingly detached from reality. -
Infographic: Flash Still Bests HTML5 by Most Measures In Web Gaming
8 Feb 2012 | 2:25 pmApple may have hitched its star to HTML5 with iOS-based devices like the iPhone and iPad, but Flash is still more secure, more available, and used for more multimedia overall. -
Facebook rolling out lightbox photo viewer globally by end of week
8 Feb 2012 | 12:54 pmFacebook is rolling out its lightbox photo viewer to all 840 million of its users by the end of this week, according to a spokesperson for the company, who confirmed the deadline to VentureBeat in ... -
Scientists Invent Robot That Powers Itself By Eating Organic Matter, Then Pooping
8 Feb 2012 | 7:43 amScientists working out of the Bristol Robotics Laboratory have invented a robot that powers itself by collecting its own food and water, digests it, then poops out the waste, according to Scientific American. It may sound unconventional, but scientists hope that a new generation of these "ecobots" will not only be self-sustaining, but may even help recycle and reuse food waste. -
The War on Drugs [Infographic]
8 Feb 2012 | 12:26 pm
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Food & Wine: Articles
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Dan Barber’s Tips for Cooking, Eating and Living Sustainably
7 Feb 2012 | 10:40 amPlus: Sustainability Farming, Eating and Cooking Locally Favorite Restaurants and Things to Eat Sustainability Dan, how can we bring the locavore movement to medium-priced restaurants? Dan Barber: It’s a hard one. It is about making choices, and changing your menu often, maybe daily. Buy the whole lamb, use all the parts and there will be a savings overall. But that means you cannot serve loin of lamb ... -
Top Chef Top 10: Mike Isabella
3 Feb 2012 | 1:02 pmPlus: Tips from Top Chef Stars 1. Greek Islands “The most beautiful place I’ve ever been. A lot of the hotels and houses are built right into the cliffs. I got to see the best sunsets in the world.” 2. Will Ferrell “He’s the funniest comedian today. He always plays a grown man acting like a big kid. I can relate; I still sometimes think of myself as a kid at a carnival.” 3. Whole-Wheat Fettuccine “If yo... -
The Hungry Crowd: Natalie Coughlin
3 Feb 2012 | 11:49 amNatalie Coughlin Cooks for a Cause “At a charity event for the aquatics programs at UC Berkeley, my alma mater, I cooked a four-course meal for eight people out of Thomas Keller’s Ad Hoc at Home cookbook. The main course was the Catalan-style short ribs. It took several days—first roasting the beef bones for the stock, and then braising the ribs, and then making the stew. A good friend helped me serve the meal, but I did all the cooking myself. I typed up everythin... -
Editor’s Letter
3 Feb 2012 | 11:16 amFor a very long while, I have cheerily made my favorite foods in a broad range of cuisines—French, Italian, Chinese, American—taking advantage of a world of incredible, newly available ingredients. I’m proud of my shopping forays through New York City, buying different kinds of greens in Chinatown or new varieties of pasta at Eataly. But when I started using a couple of healthy new cookbooks that include ingredients I’ve never tried before, like flaxseed and ... -
Green Design: Urban-Rustic Interiors
3 Feb 2012 | 10:59 amCourtesy of Knibb Design Sean Knibb Born In: Montego Bay, Jamaica Lives In: Los Angeles Claim to Fame: Landscape design Chef Fans Roy Choi, an F&W Best New Chef 2010, hired Knibb to design his Los Angeles restaurant A-Frame, in a former International House of Pancakes. Knibb exposed the Douglas fir ceiling, covered the walls in knotty pine and set burlap cushions on cement benches—Asian minimalism meets American picnic. For Choi’s new Sunny Spot, Knibb...
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Sex In Marriage: Survey Reveals What Women Want
8 Feb 2012 | 10:32 amThe widely-held notion that women lose interest in sex after marriage has officially been debunked, according to a recent survey. The findings, which were released Tuesday by iVillage.com, an online news source for women, suggest that 75 percent of wives said a healthy sex life is important to them. -
Is returning to the moon really such a crackpot idea?
9 Feb 2012 | 6:33 amNewt Gingrich may have given moon exploration the kiss of death by endorsing it on the stump, but pushing frontiers in space remains an admirable goal. Here’s why bright minds are looking skyward for our future beyond the Web. -
The Long, Strange Quest to Find a Substance that Kills Sexual Desire
8 Feb 2012 | 2:16 pmAphrodisiacs have a rich and often-told history — but what about their opposite? Throughout history, people have tried to find ways to suppress sexual desire. -
Getting Grandma to try pot
8 Feb 2012 | 10:30 pmRobert Platshorn started the Silver Tour in Florida to rally senior citizens for the legalization of medical marijuana in the state. -
Teacher Accused of Calling Haitian Student 'Chocolate Boy,' Faces Suspension
8 Feb 2012 | 6:46 amIn Philip Roth's 2000 novel "The Human Stain," a classics professor, referring to two students who had never come to class, asks his seminar: "Do they exist or are they spooks?" The man eventually resigned over the remark; he didn't realize that the two students were black, and spooks was considered a racist term. It's unclear whether a teacher in South Florida made a similarly innocent slip when she allegedly called a Haitian-American student "little chocolate boy" and "chocolate that nobody wanted."
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Diner’s Journal Blog: Mindful Eating: More Questions for an Expert
9 Feb 2012 | 12:03 pmDr. Jan Chozen Bays, a pediatrician who writes about eating thoughtfully, fields reader comments and questions. -
Diner’s Journal Blog: Spanish Chef Dani Garcia Teams Up With Yann de Rochefort
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Eat: The Beauty of a Blank Slate
9 Feb 2012 | 8:20 amWith a little practice and a little added flavor, a humble chicken breast can be anything you want. -
Diner’s Journal Blog: Dear FloFab: Please Don't Take My Plate Yet
9 Feb 2012 | 8:08 amAdvice on clearing the table early, tipping bartenders and dining out with dietary restrictions. -
Recipes for Health: Skillet Collards and Winter Squash With Barley — Recipes for Health
9 Feb 2012 | 12:10 amDon’t toss out the barley cooking water: It adds flavor and texture to these sautéed vegetables.
