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Banks consider quitting food speculation due to role in global hunger By Brandon Keim, wired.co.uk Business Financial giant Barclays is considering an end to food speculation, a controversial practice linked to sudden, dangerous spikes in global food prices. Rich Ricci, head of Barclays’ corporate and investment banking… http://flip.it/eCcTF Related articles Millions face starvation as world…
National Rifle Association disappears from Facebook and stops tweeting in wake of school shooting By T.C. Sottek, theverge.com The National Rifle Association (NRA) — the largest gun rights advocacy group and one of the prevailing lobbying organizations in the United States — has pulled back from its social media presence following the Newtown, Connecti… RT…
Google Drive vs. Dropbox, SkyDrive, SugarSync, and others: a cloud sync storage face-off By Ellis Hamburger, theverge.com Does Drive stand a chance against sync and backup veterans? Google’s very own “Loch Ness monster,” also known as Google Drive, has finally launched. It’s the new face of Google Documents, and it’s also Google’s oft-rumored Dropbox-killer. It……
Electricity’s ‘hum’ helps forensic experts detect manipulated audio recordings By Chris Welch, theverge.com An average person on the street may find it hard to tell the difference between an unaltered recording and one that’s been edited or tampered with in some way, but forensic experts are often tasked with just that responsibility.… RT @verge: Electricity’s…
Google search now gets 2.5 million copyright removal requests a week, up from 250,000 in May By Adi Robertson, theverge.com Use of Google’s takedown tool for search results has grown tenfold in the past six months, the company reports. When it started publicly posting takedown notices in late May, around 250,000 requests a week went…
Digital Tool Ages Your Face To Scare You Into Saving Money By Colin Lecher, popsci.com People save more for retirement when they see older versions of themselves, so Merrill Edge is more than happy to make you look old and wrinkly. Did you know that if you see an age-enhanced version of yourself, you’re more…
FreedomPop Aims to Turn an iPod Touch Into an iPhone, With a 4G Add-On Ina Fried, allthingsd.com Wireless start-up FreedomPop is announcing plans on Tuesday to start selling an add-on that effectively gives an iPod touch many of the capabilities of an iPhone. The $99 add-on brings wireless data capabilities to a third-generat… http://flip.it/lw7Sl Related…
Is Google’s New Maps App Actually a Big Triumph for Apple? Frederick E. Allen, forbes.com Last September when Apple ditched its Google Maps iPhone app and replaced it with its amazingly inept home-built Maps app, the move was so roundly denounced as a step backward and a weakening of the iPhone environment that chief execut……
25,000 People (And Counting) Flood White House With Online Petition To ‘Immediately Address’ Gun Control Gregory Ferenstein, techcrunch.com Update: The petition has reached 25,000 signatures Almost immediately following the tragic school shooting in Connecticut, over 16,000 people have signed an official White House WeThePeople petition to “Immediately… RT @TechCrunch: Scores Flood White House With Online…
Mike Epstein, mashable.com Based on this month’s election, the idea legalizing marijuana seems more popular than ever. Two states, Washington and Colorado, have legalized pot at the state level. With the legal marijuana market looking stronger than ever, th… http://flip.it/cTo9v Marijuana Vending Machine Maker’s Stock Skyrockets Related articles Ready For Marijuana Vending Machines?…
How to Use Creative Commons Visuals on Your Site Nina Frazier, mashable.com Tracking down quality visuals to accompany stories and blog posts can be difficult. Luckily, there are more than 200 million free photos on the web that are available for almost anyone to use — as long as they follow the tenets of Creative…
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