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The Steve Jobs MBA Unit 101: Don't think about the present (Wired UK)

Seeded on Wed Sep 7, 2011 10:21 PM EDT ()

There are businesses that succeed by doing traditional things slightly better than the competition. And there are businesses that redraw the landscape entirely, creating needs we never knew we had and remoulding our sense of what we have to have in order to be happy.

technology, apple, entrepreneurs, steve-jobs

The Holy Bible. --- WARNING: This is a work of fiction

Seeded on Wed Sep 7, 2011 1:27 PM EDT (Google)

CONTENT ADVISORY: Contains verses descriptive of or advocating suicide, incest, bestiality, sadomasochism, sexual activity in a violent context, murder, morbid violence, use of drugs or alcohol, homosexuality, voyeurism, revenge, undermining of authority figures, lawlessness, and …

religion, bible

The Post Office Is Dying Because We Don't Need It Anymore

Seeded on Wed Sep 7, 2011 1:18 PM EDT (Gizmodo)

Sad. But we don't really need it anymore.

fedex, ups, us-news, post-office, usps, labor-costs, generous-benefits

Brazil Fest Atlanta 2011 - National Black Arts Festival : National Black Arts Festival

Seeded on Wed Sep 7, 2011 11:48 AM EDT ()

NBAF is proud to partner with the Consulate General of Brazil to present Brazil Fest Atlanta 2011, September 20-24. The annual event celebrates Brazilian culture through thought-provoking conversations, entertaining cultural events and programs.

brazil, film, arts, nbaf, national-black-arts

Why Amazon's tablet will challenge Apple in a way that Google cannot

Seeded on Mon Sep 5, 2011 11:22 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

Seeded by Michael Sautter (Clipped by Kokayi)

The key difference between Amazon and Google is that one of them holds millions of credit cards and is a famous name in retail.

google, technology, amazon, apple

ADL condemns Sarah Palin's "blood libel"

Seeded on Wed Jan 12, 2011 1:38 PM EST (The Washington Post)

Still, we wish that Palin had not invoked the phrase "blood-libel" in reference to the actions of journalists and pundits in placing blame for the shooting in Tucson on others.

politics, antisemitic-antisemitic-sarah-palin

Foods that fight cancer

Seeded on Thu Dec 9, 2010 8:12 AM EST (sheknows.com)

Reducing your risk of cancer is as easy as changing your diet, but don't think you can just pop a multi-vitamin.

cancer, health, breast-cancer, vegetables, antioxidants, fruits, vitamin, cancer-awareness

Tyler Perry's Down-Low Hysteria

Seeded on Wed Nov 10, 2010 6:01 PM EST (advocate.com)

"[W]hat Perry gave us was a version of Shange's For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf that is barely recognizable.

entertainment, tyler-perry, ntozake-shange-s, for-colored-girls

Jamal Parris We Support You

Seeded on Thu Sep 30, 2010 6:49 PM EDT (Romantic-Future | Facebook)

Jamal Parris We Support You Facebook Support Page

sex-abuse, us-news, bishop-eddie-long, jamal-parris

Black parents give birth to white baby

Seeded on Fri Jul 30, 2010 2:04 PM EDT (The Sun Newspaper Online)

THE stunned black dad of a newborn, WHITE, baby girl declared yesterday --- "I'm sure she's my kid ... British Nmachi Ihegboro has amazed genetics experts who say the little girl is NOT an albino.

baby, birth, nigerian, world-news, genetics, nmachi

How Can You Control Your Dreams?

Seeded on Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:52 PM EDT (Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American)

Techniques to control, or at least influence, our dreams have been shown to work in sleep experiments. It looks like the lower brain stem activity wakes the cortex up and then the cortex does a lot of organized, meaningful thinking once it's activated.

health, scientific-american, bad-dream-a-nightmares, how-can-you-control-your-dreams

Mars site may hold 'buried life'

Seeded on Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:47 PM EDT (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)

Is Nili Fossae the site where life on ancient Mars was buried and preserved? Researchers have identified rocks that they say could contain the fossilised remains of life on early Mars.

life, mars, science, geologists, nili-fossae

The Best Google Chrome Extensions - Reviews by PC Magazine

Seeded on Mon Feb 1, 2010 10:22 AM EST ()

Google Chrome has finally added extensions to its bag of tricks. True, there are nowhere near as many extensions available for Google's Chrome 4 browser as there are for Mozilla's Firefox 3.6, but many of them already duplicate the better Firefox add-ons.

google, technology, chrome, addon

AOL to cut one-third of workforce

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:14 AM EST (BBC News)

AOL and Time Warner combined in 2001, but in May, Time Warner stated its intention to spin off AOL into a separate company by the year-end. Company spokeswoman Tricia Primrose said a voluntary redundancy programme would begin on 4 December.

business, aol, time-warner, involuntary-layoff, dotcom-boom

Green Buildings: Fewer Sick Days, Higher Rents

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:09 AM EST (Business Week)

A new study found that tenants in green buildings experience increased productivity and fewer sick days. The research also found that that green buildings have lower vacancy rates and higher rents than non-green counterparts.

business, jobs, productivity, green-building-council, green-buildings, retrofitting, lower-vacancy-rates

Silverlight 4 In Beta. Supports Google Chrome.

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:30 AM EST (TechCrunch)

Microsoft announced the availability of Silverlight 4 in beta at its Professional Developers Conference (PDC) today.

google, technology, microsoft, facebook, chrome, twitter, silverlight

Banks' H1N1 Flu Vaccines Stir Outrage

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:17 AM EST (Business Week)

Wall Street bankers once again are the target of populist outrage, this time over the news that Goldman Sachs (GS), Citigroup (C), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), and others are receiving limited doses of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine.

wall-street, health, vaccine, goldman-sachs, cdc, citi, h1n1

California First Imposes Standard on Giant New Flat-Panel TVs

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:07 AM EST (The New York Times)

Recognizing that giant new flat-panel televisions have become major power guzzlers, California on Wednesday became the first state to impose energy efficiency standards on them.

technology, energy, california, electricity, environmentalists, televisions, energy-star, flat-televisions

Potential Treatment for Down Syndrome

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:54 AM EST (Technology Review)

Drugs that boost the chemical messenger norepinephrine in the brain have been shown to alleviate cognitive problems in mice engineered to mirror Down syndrome.

drug, health, brain, down-syndrome, clinical-trials, norepinephrine

Hubble Telescope instruments on display at National Air and Space Museum

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:46 AM EST (The Washington Post)

Two instruments that helped save the Hubble Space Telescope from failure in 1993 were recently returned to Earth and are going on display at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.

nasa, science, museum, hubble, space-telescope

Twitter's New Retweets Work Via SMS Too

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:38 AM EST (TechCrunch)

First of all, yes, everyone on Twitter now should have access to the new Retweet functionality. Currently, only Twitter.com and a handful of clients support the new mechanism. But did you know that you can also trigger the new Retweets via SMS?

technology, mobile, sms, twitter, tweet, retweets

The Latest News From Bing

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:33 AM EST (TechCrunch)

Bing announced Wolfram Alpha results for nutrition searches, more in-depth weather results, enhanced hover previews, better maps, and turned MSN Video into Bing Videos.

technology, video, search-engines, news-sites, bing, twitter, wolfram-alpha

Yammer Continues To Push Features I Want On Twitter

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:23 AM EST (TechCrunch)

Yammer, a twitter-like service for closed groups, continues to add new features that I wish Twitter would implement as well.

technology, android, twitter, yammer, nullwire

The AMA Reconsiders Marijuana. Will the Justice Department Follow?

Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:00 AM EST (Newsweek)

More than 100 million Americans have smoked pot.

health, marijuana, justice-department, pot, ama, clinical-research, controlled-substance

New Hope for Neuron Protection

Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:52 AM EST (Technology Review)

Trophos, a company based in Marseilles, France, has discovered a drug compound that appears to protect neurons from the effects of ALS, a rapidly debilitating degeneration of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord.

drug, health, parkinson, huntington, als, mitochondria, olesoxime, trophos

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