Farming in India is a brutal business. mKrishi makes it a little easier, by giving farmers predictive data about how to save their farms--and their lives. A farmer commits suicide every 30 minutes in India
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As the clean energy industry emerges from a challenging period caused by the global economic downturn, it is entering a stage of rapid change in which business models are being transformed against a backdrop of regulatory uncertainty. In several key sectors, the market is shifting back toward business structures and technologies that were once abandoned, but are now being revived
Read More »6 Cool Tools for DIY Prototyping
A new wave of DIY engineers is transforming innovation into something that can be done at the kitchen table. Thank the maker movement for the technology that's changing the way we think about prototyping.
Read More »Groupon Is The Next Google (Unless It’s The Next Webvan)
There was a lot of snickering Thursday after Groupon announced an IPO valuing it at $30 billion. But the company might actually be worth a lot more than people think. It didn’t take long after Groupon filed for an IPO Thursday that valued the company at $20 billion for the snark to start flying around the web.
Read More »Earn that doughnut! 12 fun ways to burn 200 calories
Happy National Doughnut Day! Here are 12 fun ways to burn off what you eat
Read More »Groupon’s Andrew Mason Has Already Cashed In Nearly $28 Million In Stock
Not a bad for 2.5 years' work for the CEO involved with the latest hottest IPO. On Thursday, we wrote about how Groupon CEO Andrew Mason is only making a salary of $575 this year
Read More »Don’t Talk About Fish, Talk About Saving Pristine Oceanfront Property
How to get people to care about ocean conservation: a realtor's perspective. You have to talk to people where they live. So, if people aren't concerned enough about the slow destruction of our oceans and seashores, stop talking about fish and let them know that their beloved ocean view isn't going to be around much longer
Read More »What Apple Will Show Us On Monday: Code, Clouds, And Steve Jobs
Apple's World Wide Developer's Conference kicks off on Monday, with Steve Jobs giving the keynote address.
Read More »Dripping in sweat? Maybe it’s hyperhidrosis
For those with a hyperhidrosis, a medical condition that causes excessive sweating, perspiration happens no matter the temperature.
Read More »Busted! 11 photos obesity docs don’t want you to see
Are media portrayals of fat people feeding America's obesity epidemic
Read More »Bracing For the Foie Gras Ban
With a ban on producing or serving fois gras lurking on the horizon, how are California's top chefs reacting to dropping the delicacy from their menus? When I think back on some of the most memorable dishes I've ever had, there seems to be bit of a recurring theme: The perfectly grilled steak topped with crumbles of foie gras from a little stall in Barcelona's Boqueria market. A luscious, fat slab of foie gras terrine served with charred bread and thick jam at Derriere in Paris.
Read More »Goodbye, Video Bootlegs: Future iPhones May Stop You From Filming Movies And Live Performances
Drop that iPhone! An Apple patent application is stirring controversy because it suggests future iPhones may automatically prevent filming or photography of films in the theater and of stage performances. Is a Phish concert still a Phish concert if no one's there to record it? A fresh Apple patent application is stirring controversy because it suggests future iPhones may automatically prevent filming or photography of films in the theatre and of stage performances
Read More »iFive: Sony Hacked Again, Gmail Scam Hit White House, Facebook Vs. Ceglia, Adobe Vs. Apple, Sales Tax Going Online
Monday's when we finally hear all about Apple's cloud services offering iCloud. We don't know much, but thanks to enterprising photographers at the Moscone West center where Apple's event will be held, we now know what the logo looks like
Read More »Aaron Levie, CEO Of Box.net, On The Future Of The Cloud
For this installment of our forward-looking Crystal Ballin' series we speak with the man who founded his could-based file-sharing platform in college.
Read More »Ishikawa misses cut in Japan major
KASAMA, Japan (AP) -Ryo Ishikawa missed the cut at the Japan Golf Tour Championship on Friday, a day after he carded the worst score of his professional career.
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