Clik here to view.
Want To Charge Your Car For As Cheap As Possible? There's An App For That
If you're like anyone else, you have no idea how much you pay for electricity. A new app will let you use your phone to see when it's the cheapest, and pick that moment to charge your car. Much better...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Two Laptops And A Mobile Phone: Startup Music From SoundCloud's Alex Ljung
SoundCloud started in a cafe on a couple of laptops. A few years later, 29-year-old Alex Ljung and his cofounder, Eric Wahlforss, are squeezing 50 employees into an office to oversee a sound-sharing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why Censoring Climate Science Doesn't Make Sense
Rick Perry's administration has forced a report on the effects of climate change on Texas to remove all references to, well, climate change. But that doesn't change what's happening to the state's...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Richard Branson On The Environmental Impact Of Space Travel
Branson thinks that by being in space, people become more passionate about the planet. And he's planning on helping out cash-strapped NASA with its research, too. Earlier this week, Virgin...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Mainstreaming Of Fair Trade
If you didn't know what Fair Trade was five years ago, you certainly do now. As the label becomes ubiquitous, CEO Paul Rice is taking the standard into new industries and to new heights.If you've...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Here Comes A Regular: GetPerka.com Offers Digital Replacements For Paper...
Is this the end of tattered, gummy, loyalty cards stuffing wallets to the brim? Perka Inc., a new loyalty card system that works with "dumb" mobile phones, smartphones, and the iPod Touch, wants to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Regina Dugan's Innovative Strategy For DARPA
DARPA director Regina Dugan is bringing speed and creative thinking to the Pentagon. Dugan, shown here with the Nano Hummingbird, a miniature flying robot with a camera that can transmit live video. |...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Demographics Of Occupy Wall Street
Students are a big contingent at Zucotti Park and other occupations. But a new study shows that online support crosses age, income and political boundaries. Look out for the rich, nonpartisan...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Infographic: People Are Starving, But There Is Enough Food To Go Around
One in seven people in the world is malnourished. But the solution isn't producing more food. We already produce too much. It's just not going to the right places.If you're reading this, chances are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Global Plan For Sustainable Agriculture
Use less land, eat less meat, waste less food. Sounds obvious, but these plans were developed after an intense examination of farm data and satellite images. Now it's just a question of implementing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Kevin Rose's Oink App Will Allow You To Rate Anything Anywhere
Earlier this year, Digg founder Kevin Rose announced he was launching a new incubator, called Milk, to develop mobile apps. Today, at Web 2.0, he introduced the first of those, Oink, which he described...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cat Stroking, Not Facebook Poking, Satisfies Needs For Real Interaction
Forget poking on Facebook or IMing people, shaking a hand or putting an arm on someone else's shoulder is where social interaction really begins. In Japan, this need for touch has extended to a focus...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Meet The Man Behind The Zombie Penguin
Chris Russell's "Zombie In A Penguin Suit" is the breakout undead hit of the week. What started out as a funny idea for a Halloween costume has since become a short film whose viewership is spreading...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Japanese Team Wins Solar Challenge, Chinese Rare Earth Supplier Suspends...
Team From Japan Wins World Solar Challenge.The solar-powered race car from Tokai University was first to finish the 1,800 mile solar car race, the 2011 World Solar Challenge, from Darwin to Adelaide....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Your Next High-Paying Job May Be In An Industry That Was Never On Your Radar
Sit in on any meeting at Reckitt Benckiser in Slough, west of London, and you’ll get some valuable insights on the changing global workplace and the art of finding a job. This rapidly growing consumer...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Content Is The New Currency
As Britain was dangerously close to defeat in 1940, Winston Churchill put the English language into battle. He inspired the people of Great Britain with his defiant, heroic speeches, rousing challenges...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Survive Or Thrive--The Choice Is Yours
This is the quiet before the storm. I just finished off a plate of chicken marsala in an Italian restaurant, enveloped in the gentle clinking of forks and knives on china, plaid tablecloths, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Parasite Entrepreneurism
Starting off in business is not easy. For the author, a terrible job became an opportunity to start a small business. We continue our Leadership Hall of Fame series, a year-long look at the top...
View ArticleClik here to view.
BranchOut Adds Tools To Let Recruiters Go Trolling on Facebook
RecruiterConnect is the first software product for businesses ever built on top of Facebook.Finding the right candidates to fill open positions is a perennial recruiting problem. LinkedIn has solved...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Facebook Friends Don't Let Friends Forget Them
In a series of experiments, Ryota Kanai, a researcher at UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, had college students between the ages of 19 and 28 state their Facebook network size, then scanned...
View Article