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To Compete Against Alibaba, Wanda Joins Forces With Baidu and Tencentdealbook.nytimes.com
Dalian Wanda, the Chinese conglomerate controlled by the billionaire Wang Jianlin, announced it would enter the e-commerce industry in an $800 million partnership with two of China’s biggest Internet companies. -
Pathwaysroche.com
Biochemical Pathways provide an overview of the chemical reactions of cells in various species and organs. Dr. Michal first compiled the Pathways Chart in 1965 and has been fine-tuning it ever since. Today, and with the collaboration of Roche, the two ... -
Zynga’s first foray into WebGL, and how it runs on IE10code.zynga.com
Zynga recently released the web version of Duck Dynasty Slots, a game that started life as a mobile-only game. By leveraging Mozilla's Emscripten project, we were able to port it to the web and deliver an experience just as compelling as the mobile ver... -
Evidence Grows That Online Social Networks Have Insidious Negative Effects | MIT Technology Reviewtechnologyreview.com
A study of 50,000 people in Italy concludes that online social networks have a significant negative impact on individual welfare. - bbc.co.uk
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Burning Man Founders Admit The Festival Has Jumped The Shark But That’s Okay | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com
The stories of billionaires flying into Burning Man on private jets with hired sherpas, body guards turning people away from VIP art cars and private glamp.. -
L.P.D.: Libertarian Police Department - The New Yorkernewyorker.com
I was shooting heroin and reading “The Fountainhead” in the front seat of my privately owned police cruiser when a call came in. I put a quarter in the radio to activate it. It was the chief. “Bad news, detective. We got a situation.” “What? Is the ma... - lkml.org
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Are Élite Colleges Bad for the Soul?newyorker.com
Nathan Heller on William Deresiewicz’s “Excellent Sheep,” which, in attempting to debunk one myth of higher education falls prey to another. -
The secrets of fake flavoursbbc.com
Artificial flavours are more complex than first appears. Chris Baraniuk discovers a world of sensory trickery – and a curious myth about fake banana. - minireference.com
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The End of Gamersdangolding.tumblr.com
The last few weeks in videogame culture have seen a level of combativeness more marked and bitter than any beforehand. First, a developer—a woman who makes games who has had so much piled on to her... -
Bonuses Are the New Raisesblogs.wsj.com
Performance-based rewards are climbing while salary increases stay flat, a study found. -
How Much Should a Landlord Pay a Tenant to Move Out of an Apartment?priceonomics.com
According to our calculations, about $130K in San Francisco. - blog.wearewired.in
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Important Announcement Regarding YUIyahooeng.tumblr.com
The Yahoo User Interface library (YUI) has been in use at Yahoo since 2005, and was first announced to the public on February 13, 2006. Although it has evolved tremendously since that time, YUI has always served the same overarching purpose of providin... - chrome.google.com