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Churches step in with alternative to high-interest, small-dollar lending industrywashingtonpost.com
Unlike commercial lenders or even other nonprofit alternatives, these church-backed programs offer near-zero interest rates -- a model, proponents say, that helps struggling borrowers get back on their feet. - blog.viraptor.info
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Netflix, Amazon and Hulu No Longer Find Themselves Upstarts in Online Streamingnytimes.com
After years of battling traditional players in the television business, the big three streaming services must defend against a variety of new offerings. -
How the New York Times keeps tragedies ad-free - parker higgins dot netparkerhiggins.net
I was looking at the HTML source of a recent New York Times story about a tragic plane accident—150 people feared dead—and noticed this meta tag in its head: <meta property="ad_sensitivity" content="noads" /> There are no Google results for the t... -
The Mental Modelelischiff.com
The primary aim in creating software is to enable users to create, consume and manipulate available information. Treating users well by creating comprehensible visual designs (system images) is just as important when they are untrained and first enc... -
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Major Insurers to Strike Deal to Support Compromise TNC Languageinsurancejournal.com
For much of the past year, we at R Street have been active in trying to promote reasonable, effective compromise on ride-sharing regulations. The goal all -
Watch out Google: Delphi gives Ars a ride in its self-driving cararstechnica.com
The automotive components maker gave Ars a preview ride around the neighborhood. -
Early adopter: Microsoft’s Windows 10 will support up to 8K displays | ExtremeTechextremetech.com
Windows 10 will treat 4K as a first class citizen and plans to support 8K, despite that standard being years from common. Is Microsoft hedging its bets, or planning a fast resolution transition? -
Mad Mike, the homeless blogger who became a millionaire overnighttheguardian.com
Mike Wille was the homeless loner who enraptured legions with his funny and touching stories on The Ground Score blog. After his mother’s death, he inherited $1.8m and a house near New Orleans – so will new-found wealth alienate his fans? - ccs.neu.edu
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47 Startups That Launched At Y Combinator Winter 2015 Demo Day 2techcrunch.com
Y Combinator got so big, it had to split its Demo Day in two. During today's second wave we saw a variety of promising biotech, marketplace, enterprise, and.. -
The User Is Drunktheuserisdrunk.com
Your website should be so simple, a drunk person could use it. But you can't test that, so I'll do it for you. - lhup.edu
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Google Makes Most of Close Ties to White Housewsj.com
Search giant averages a White House meeting a week during Obama administration. -
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