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Kravis Backs N.Y. Startups Using Apps to Cut Health Costs
By Ryan Faughnder -, bloomberg.comWhen his uncle was hospitalized with Alzheimer’s disease, Russ Graney struggled to find him a home- health aide. The patient stayed in the hospital for three extra days while the search dragged on, raising costs for the family.
Graney …
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After a Disaster, Japan Looks for Alternatives to the Office
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Think your boss is stubborn about letting you work from home? Try going to Japan.
Telecommuting is simply not built into the business culture there. Just 12 percent of Internet-connected Japanese office workers woul…
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Job Recruiters Eschew Monster to Find Hidden Talent on LinkedIn
By Olga Kharif -, bloomberg.comIn his more than 15 years as a headhunter, Jeff Vijungco has tried Monster, Craigslist, CareerBuilder, and other online job boards. Lately the head of recruitment at Adobe Systems Inc. (ADBE) has scrapped most of them.
“I think job posti…
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This Is How Cities Would Look at Night Without Lights
Jesus Diaz, gizmodo.comThese Darkened Cities image series by Thierry Cohen is truly awe inspiring. Not only because he accurately portraits the skylines of major cities with no lighting whatsoever, but because the images remind us of the incredible show we city…
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You, Under the Retail Microscope
By Ben Steverman -, bloomberg.comFrederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
It’s the classic holiday face-off. On one side, you have the wary shopper, who is often “just browsing” and more and more likely to purchase only online. On the other, there’s the salesperson, wh…
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Is Your Doctor’s iPad Good For Your Health?
By Neal Ungerleider, fastcompany.comSurgeons, doctors, nurses, residents, and other medical professionals all regularly use iPads on the job. The practice has inspired a cottage industry, health care innovation, and privacy concerns.
Slowly but surely, iPads are changing the fa…
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IBM Imagines Our Five-Year Future: It’s A Touchy, Feely, Smart World
By Kit Eaton, fastcompany.comIBM guesses at innovations that will change the world inside the next half a decade, and much of it requires computers that work like your brain.
It’s a smart idea to think of IBM as one of the smartest companies ever, so when it releases its…
The GPS-Tracked Life Cycle of Garbage
By Neal Ungerleider, fastcompany.comA new project uses location-based data from a throwaway mobile phone to track the life cycle of New York’s garbage.
A New York-based techie’s new product uses mobile phone location data to track the path of garbage from trash bin to landfill.…
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How To Find The Best Job For You
By David Zax, fastcompany.comShould I really become an explosives worker? Spencer Thompson’s Sokanu wants to be like a Match.com for careers.
There aren’t many 21-year-olds you should talk with for career advice. But when that 21-year-old, like Spencer Thompson, has built …
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How America’s Spies Use iPhones And iPads
By Neal Ungerleider, fastcompany.comDeep inside the NSA guidelines for iOS, warnings about “juice-jacking,” “hot mikes,” and requirements to cover iPad cameras with tape.
Years ago, when spooks and government employees needed a secure smartphone, they turned to Research in…
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