A new study finds that mobile devices, more than social networks, are driving the revolution in digital news consumption. The newspaper isn’t dead, it’s just gone mobile.
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Survey says the majority of Americans who have heard about the Keystone XL pipeline project support it. According to a recent report published by the Pew Research Center, 2/3 of individuals with some prior knowledge of the pipeline believe that the U.S. government should approve its being built.
Read More »Why Women Are Better Freelancers
One longtime female freelancer says women are better suited for the Gig Economy. Here are three reasons why. "Am I to infer from your article that only women are contractors
Read More »As Facebook Rolls Out Next-Gen Newsstand, Pew Reports That Americans Have Multiple News Sources
Last week, Mark Zuckerberg shook things up at the social media/news interface when he announced Facebook's upcoming partnerships with a number of major news organizations. The Washington Post's Social Reader already looks like a slick piece of work , and apps such as that from other news organizations could dramatically change the way 750 million people (give or take) encounter and read news on the web.
Read More »Plasma: The trouble with bubbles
Controlling a boiling plasma at several million degrees Celsius that's the challenge of nuclear fusion, our great energy hope for the future. EPFL's Plasma Physics Research Center (CRPP) has just published two scientific articles that advance the state of knowledge in the domain.
Read More »Major Automakers Race To Silicon Valley
As car companies become more technology driven, Detroit is parking itself among the startups. Silicon Valley: home to Google, Intel, countless tech startups, and..
Read More »Too Hard For Science? The Genetic Foundations of Intelligence
The scientist: Klaus Zuberbuhler , professor of psychology at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, scientific director of the Budongo Conservation Field Station in Uganda, co-director of the Ta
Read More »NASA scientists on the trail of mystery molecules
(PhysOrg.com) -- Space scientists working to solve one cosmic mystery at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., now have the capability to better understand unidentified matter in deep space. Using a new facility so sensitive that it can recognize the molecular structure of particles in space, researchers now are able to track unidentified matter seen for the last century absorbing certain wavelengths of light from distant stars.
Read More »How To Solve The Online News Riddle? Turn "Casual Users" Into "Power Users"
Why do people treat NYTimes.com like Amazon.com? Why do women love AOLNews
Read More »Location-Aware Apps
At South by Southwes t Interactive this year, one couldn't walk 10 feet without hearing about a new app that connected you to people, places, or deals near your present location. Many, like the location-aware app game Dokobots, use Foursquare as a template. Others, such as Yobongo or Meet Gatsby, match users up with people nearby to chat with, ask advice from, or meet
Read More »The "App Gap" in Local News Consumption
Plenty of people use their mobile devices to gather local information. But only 1% have paid for an app to do so. If the Internet has crippled local newsgathering in many regions, could smartphones and tablets bring it back
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