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Don't keep your solar user in the dark.
Read More »Solar Energy’s Potential Is Hottest In The Planet’s Coldest Regions
Think the best place for solar panels is the desert? Think again. In Antarctica, the sun shines 24 hours a day
Read More »Computer games help Parkinson’s patients: Study
People with debilitating neuromuscular disorder showed better gait and balance after three months of playing experimental games
Read More »IQ scores fluctuate dramatically in kids, study says
"A change in 20 points is a huge difference," study author Professor Cathy Price said
Read More »WordPress Bloggers To Get Advertising Support
Wordpress.com's parent company, Automattic, has announced a partnership with Federated Media this week that will give Wordpress.com's 24 million blogging sites access to Federated's vast digital advertising network. In other words, that Crimean military history blog could actually make you a little cash. For bigger fish in the blog pond, it could mean a significant new revenue stream.
Read More »EdSurge: Mapping The Edtech World, Flipped Classrooms, And More…
The latest stories from the bleeding edge of education thinking. A few highlights from the recent issues of EdSurge, the edtech entrepreneur's weekly roadmap. MAPPING THE WORLD Every pioneer needs a map and now the NewSchools Venture Fund has started to make one of the edtech world
Read More »How Location Helps Small Businesses Capitalize On Customers [Video]
It is no secret the online deal space has exploded over the past few years. Companies like Groupon, LivingSocial, and Bloomspot have seen incredible growth and for good reason: The online small business revolution is upon us. Offering discounts on goods and services is nothing new, but having location data and intent is a holy grail
Read More »A New Way to Prioritize E-mail
In the June issue of Inc. magazine, we featured an article about AwayFind , a Web app that alerts you by text, push notification, or voice call if you receive an important e-mail
Read More »MC Hammer Launches Start-up
The entertainer-turned-entrepreneur says he hangs out with 'young upstarts' and gets ideas. This is one of them.
Read More »Does the GOP Really Love You?
Republicans claim to be the party of entrepreneurs. Here's how it could prove it really means it. The Republican primary debate smackdown in Las Vegas on Tuesday underscored a couple things you already knew about the GOP candidates.
Read More »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 their brains by MRI.
Read More »Anthrax! Deadly mail attack 10 years later (GRAPHIC IMAGES)
In aftermath of 9/11, America got unwanted lesson in microbiology and germ warfare
Read More »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 some of that by creating a database of resumes, surfacing connections between people, and creating tools for recruiters to go hunting through the network.
Read More »Video: Origin of listeria outbreak may have been found
Federal health officials may have traced the origin of the deadly listeria outbreak linked to Colorado cantaloupe. Betty Nguyen reports.
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