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Verizon Said to Approach AOL About Possible Takeover or Venturebloomberg.com
Verizon Communications Inc. has approached AOL Inc. about a potential acquisition or joint venture with the Internet company to expand its mobile-video offerings, people with knowledge of the matter said. -
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Web Analytics and Business Intelligence in Real-Time - Sandatumsandatum.com
Sandatum Analytics is a powerful web analytics solution, delivering vital information in real-time to help you monitor and improve your website and business. -
CES: Dish Network Announces Web-Based TV Offering That Includes ESPNnytimes.com
Sling TV will include popular networks and cost $20 a month, with no contract, installation, equipment or credit check required. -
The Internet of Anything: The 3-D Printer That Can Spit Out Custom Electronics | WIREDwired.com
Today’s 3D printers are great for building plastic stuff, things like toys and musical instruments and even shoes. Some can also print metal objects, like car parts and jewelry and, well, guns. But Jennifer Lewis helped create a new kind of printer, on... -
The Rich are Getting Richer in Chinagq.com
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Andromeda in HD - Hubble captures the sharpest ever view of neighbouring spiral Galaxyspacetelescope.org
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured the sharpest and biggest image ever taken of the Andromeda galaxy — otherwise known as Messier 31. The enormous image is the biggest Hubble image ever released and shows over 100 million stars and thousa... -
Moonpig vulnerabilityifc0nfig.com
Moonpig are one of the most well known companies that sell personalised greeting cards in the UK. In 2007 they had a 90% market share and shipped nearly 6 million cards. In July 2011 they were bought by PhotoBox. I've... -
Tomb of Khentakawess III, previously unknown Egyptian queen, discoveredcbc.ca
Czech archeologists say they have uncovered the tomb of a previously unknown Egyptian queen, believed to be the wife of Pharaoh Neferefre. -
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Diversity of the Mind | EconLog | Library of Economics and Libertyeconlog.econlib.org
A bunch of my favorite social scientists, including Philip Tetlock, Jonathan Haidt, Lee Jussim, and Charlotta Stern, have co-authored an amazing article on the scarcity and value of political diversity in social psychology*, forthcoming in Behavioral a... -
What We Lose if We Lose the Canonchronicle.com
When we cease distinguishing between the great and the good, literature loses its spine. -
Pain Really Does Make Us Gain - The New Yorkernewyorker.com
Is the experience of pain itself enough to create a sense of solidarity where none existed before? -
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How Software in Half of NYC Cabs Generates $5.2 Million a Year in Extra Tipsiquantny.tumblr.com
How Software in Half of NYC Cabs Generates $5.2 Million a Year in Extra Tips So a story in Businessweek caught my eye the other day. It discussed NYC taxi rider tipping habits and concluded that... -
Watership Down author Richard Adams: I just can’t do humanstheguardian.com
Watership Down, a story Richard Adams made up to scare his kids in the car, was rejected seven times before it became a classic. As a new illustrated edition is published, the author tells Alison Flood why he loves making children wince and weep -
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