Yearly Archives: 2013

I totally agree with this, I use Google Reader because I want an unfiltered news…

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I totally agree with this, I use Google Reader because I want an unfiltered news feed without intervention


Why Facebook isn’t the right company to create a Google Reader replacement — Tech News and Analysis
Summary: With speculation that Facebook might be launching an RSS reader at its press event next week, it’s important to think about why users loved the Google Reader experience. Hint: it wasn’t because Google Reader was social.

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Fortunately for electric vehicles, most automakers are choosing to stick to standards…

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Fortunately for electric vehicles, most automakers are choosing to stick to standards for charging connectors

This is the new fast charging standard for EVs
Just in time for the debut of the Chevrolet Spark EV and the BMW i3, BMW and GM have finished testing the new SAE-standard fast charge connector for electric vehicles.

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Excellent unanimous decision invalidating the patenting of natural genes 1

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Excellent unanimous decision invalidating the patenting of natural genes

Supreme Court rules that natural genes aren’t patentable, but synthetic ones are
The Supreme Court of the United States just handed down a landmark ruling today when it comes to the practice of patenting genes from the DNA of living organisms. In a unanimous 9-0 decision, the…


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The +Ford Motor Company Mustang first appeared on screen just months after its 1964…

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The +Ford Motor Company Mustang first appeared on screen just months after its 1964 debut in Goldfinger

Since then it has been on screen almost 3,000 times

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How many movies/TV shows has the Ford Mustang appeared in since 1964? Answer: Way more than you think –> http://edmu.in/1bt4hPl Tell us your guesses in the comments!

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+Mike Elgan has an interesting alternative take on some lessons for business from… 1

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+Mike Elgan has an interesting alternative take on some lessons for business from NSA data collection

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5 things businesses can learn from the Prism fiasco.

The Prism revelations have political and intelligence implications. But there are lessons for businesses, too. It's a whole new world. 

Here's what companies need to learn: 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/netapp/2013/06/12/5-lessons-from-prism/

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Was 3D TV ever really alive? 1

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Was 3D TV ever really alive?

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No more ESPN 3D http://bit.ly/119QwnF

Is 3D TV dead? ESPN 3D to shut down by end of 2013
3D TV programming may be dying before it ever really got off the ground: ESPN, which was one of the first major programmers to embrace the format, plans to discontinue its specialized ESPN 3D…

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For those that don't think the current NSA surveillance program is no big deal,…

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For those that don't think the current NSA surveillance program is no big deal, consider what was happening 50 years ago

Through the 1940s, 50s and 60s, the United States and in particular J Edgar Hoover's FBI built up an elaborate surveillance system that was supposed to be for keeping tabs on the Soviets and the communist menace.

As inevitably seems to happen when such a system exists, it was turned inward to spy on Americans such as Martin Luther King Jr and the head of the household at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave in Washington, John F Kennedy. Over the decades of Hoover's tenure at the head of the bureau, they also filled dossiers on countless well known Americans that dared to protest government policies.

When you create such a huge and wide ranging police state it will inevitably be abused.

Martin Luther King, Jr. – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Actually, the Negro has been betrayed by both the Republican and the Democratic party. The Democrats have betrayed him by capitulating to the whims and caprices of the Southern Dixiecrats. The Republicans have betrayed him by capitulating to the blatant hypocrisy of reactionary right wing …


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Is +Elon Musk the new Steve Jobs? 1

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Is +Elon Musk the new Steve Jobs?

Sure seems that way

Tesla Supercharger expansion mirrors Apple’s music retailing takeover
The parallels between Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors and the late Steve Jobs’ Apple are hard to ignore, as the former’s Supercharger network feels like the vehicular equivalent of what Apple created with iTunes.

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