How Many Techies Does It Take to Reelect a President

How Many Techies Does It Take to Reelect a President? T4O Launches “Innovator Series” Videos for Obama.
Kara Swisher, allthingsd.com

A large group of tech lumi­nar­ies — includ­ing LinkedIn’s Reid Hoff­man, Path’s Dave Morin, JLab’s Judy Estrin, Drop­box’s Drew Hous­ton, Craigslist’s Craig New­mark and Box’s Aaron Levie — are part of the launch of a series of online videos toda…

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Health 2.0: Here Come The BigCos

Health 2.0: Here Come The BigCos!
Richard MacManus, readwriteweb.com

I’m at the Health 2.0 Con­fer­ence in San Fran­cis­co – and it reminds me a lot of the Web 2.0 Con­fer­ences of 2006-07. The sec­ond com­ing of the Web, coined “Web 2.0” by Tim O’Reil­ly and his com­pa­ny, was enter­ing its peak around 2006. If I…

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TechAmerica Foundation Big Data Commission

TechAmerica Foundation : TechAmerica Foundation Big Data Commission
techamericafoundation.org

TechAmerica Foundation Big Data Commission

Data in the world is dou­bling every 18 months. Across gov­ern­ment every­one is talk­ing about the con­cept of Big Data, and how this new tech­nol­o­gy will trans­form the way Wash­ing­ton does busi­ne…

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Google Search Mocks Romney

Google Search Mocks Romney
thedailybeast.com

OOPSIE

Team Obama got a good chuck­le Wednes­day when it was revealed that a Google Image search of the phrase “com­plete­ly wrong” yield­ed a series of pho­tos of GOP chal­lenger Mitt Rom­ney. A spokesper­son for the search giant says that ther…

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Measuring debate performance on Twitter

Measuring debate performance on Twitter – POLITICO.com

Stewart, O’Reilly Duke it Out – The Daily Beast

Stewart, O’Reilly Duke it Out – The Daily Beast

How Big Data Is Improving Healthcare

How Big Data Is Improving Healthcare

Body Language Expert: Romney ‘Hyperactive,’ Obama ‘Measured’ in Debate

Body Language Expert: Romney ‘Hyperactive,’ Obama ‘Measured’ in Debate
by Lloyd Grove, thedailybeast.com

The pundits may be calling Denver a slam-dunk for Romney, but David B. Givens, who analyzed the candidates’ mannerisms, disagrees: the governor looked ‘aggressive and manic, simultaneously,’ while Obama was ‘cool.’

The gov­er­nor was manic and t…

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Perhaps The Only Good Thing About Expensive Gas Is The Decrease In Teens Driving Drunk

Perhaps The Only Good Thing About Expensive Gas Is The Decrease In Teens Driving Drunk
Mary Beth Quirk, consumerist.com

(Stu­dio d’Xavier)

Try­ing to think of any rea­son pay­ing more at the pump is a good thing would stump the aver­age con­sumer (thin­ner wal­lets after pay­ing with cash?), but one and pos­si­bly the only good side effect of pricey gas is that i…

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Feds: 20% Of Weight Loss, Immune System Supplements Making False Claims

Feds: 20% Of Weight Loss, Immune System Supplements Making False Claims
Mary Beth Quirk, consumerist.com

(nathan­mac87)

It’s not just that the fed­er­al gov­ern­ment doesn’t want the mar­keters of dietary sup­ple­ments to just make up what their prod­ucts can do for con­sumers, accord­ing to a new study on the preva­lence of weight loss and immune…

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Fisker Automotive to Romney: Who Are You Calling ‘Loser’?

Fisker Automotive to Romney: Who Are You Calling ‘Loser’?
Damon Lavrinc, wired.com

Photo: AP

Pres­i­den­tial hope­ful Mitt Rom­ney may be a Michigan-bred entre­pre­neur with a suc­cess­ful career in busi­ness, but the man knows lit­tle about the elec­tric vehi­cle sec­tor.

Dur­ing his first debate with Pres­i­dent Bar…

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Bills, bills, bills: manage your accounts like a real pro

Bills, bills, bills: manage your accounts like a real pro
Megan Geuss, arstechnica.com

No mat­ter your day job, we all have a sec­ond gig that saps a cou­ple of hours from our lives every month: oper­at­ing the admin­is­tra­tive branch of your life (or your house­hold). Per­son­al bureau­cra­cy is a sad fact of life, but there are…

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