Greenpeace is on a mission to expose major corporations and government agencies involved in shady activities--and it wants your help. Greenpeace is on a mission to expose major corporations and government agencies involved in shady activities--by posting thousands of Freedom of Information Act documents on highly publicized websites. If Greenpeace's tactics work, the organization could change the way companies do business, or at least force them to better hide incriminating documents.
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Feed SubscriptionWalmart Could Easily Pay Its Workers $12 An Hour
Ethonomic Indicator of the Day: $12 - The minimum wage Walmart could pay its workers without affecting prices. Walmart is plowing through its global responsibility goals , cutting down on plastic waste, improving energy efficiency in factories, and reshaping the crop diversity of entire U.S. regions.
Read More »iFive: Obama’s "Fun" Science, Facebook Lost iPhone Deal, Iran’s Space Monkey, Foursquare-Apple Rumors, Nokia-Microsoft Deal
1. Barack Obama once promised to have a science-friendly presidency, And at his ground-breaking town hall on Facebook , he promised more science . Specifically he wants to "start making science cool" and hopes the American people will think of the next "big energy breakthrough" the same way they felt about the moonwalks forty years ago
Read More »Apple Can’t Keep Up With iPad Demand
Apple sold almost 5 million iPads around the world last quarter. But it still couldn't make them fast enough to meet demand. Apple sold almost 5 million iPads during its March quarter—and it still couldn’t keep up with the demand, company executives said during a quarterly earnings call on Wednesday
Read More »Interviewing Geoffrey Moore: How a Small Business Can Gain Market Power
This article is part 4 of an 8 part series. Read Part 3 for more information about how to gain market power.
Read More »Keep An Eye On EBay
EBay has gone shopping again. This time it's buying a little company called Where. Where is a location-based software company that develops apps for all the major platforms
Read More »How to Keep Up With a Fast-Growing Company
Congratulations. If you've clicked this link, you're probably running a fast-growing company—a fortuitous position for any business owner. However, if your company grows too fast and without the correct infrastructure to let it grow, it can quickly spiral out of control
Read More »Behind The Mystery Of Spam Tweets Clogging Syrian Protesters’ Streams
Syrian democracy activists on Twitter have found themselves threatened and spammed by mystery accounts. Now one prominent opposition figure claims the Syrian government may be involved. Protests in Syria are getting intense
Read More »Cancer Patients To Receive Highly Personalized Care, Thanks To Genome Sequencing
Whole-genome sequencing is helping doctors target care. And as the technology becomes more affordable, new studies are showing just what that looks like. A more promising era of cancer treatment may be near--if not exactly imminent
Read More »Apple Earnings Appetite Whetter: Verizon Not Cannibalizing AT&T’s iPhone
AT&T's smartphone business is booming, according to the lastest numbers--with the iPhone in the lead.
Read More »One Year After The BP Oil Disaster, What Has Changed?
It has been a year since BP helped make the ultimate oil company screw-up: blowing up an offshore oil rig, killing 11 workers, and then unloading 170 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
Read More »Houston Grandma Is Nation’s First "Super Wi-Fi" Adopter
Granny leaves the rest of us behind, with her new long-distance, brick-wall-smashing Wi-Fi. A Houston grandma, Leticia Aguirre, is believed to be the first residential user of so-called "Super Wi-Fi." That's according to Rice University , which had a hand in all this (and knows a good headline when it sees one).
Read More »Amazon Unveils Kindle Lending With 11,000 Libraries: Does This Mark The End Of The Local Library?
Today, Amazon announced a new feature for its Kindle e-reader called Library Lending, which will enable users to borrow e-books from more than 11,000 libraries in the U.S. The feature will launch later this year, and be available for all Kindle generations
Read More »First Came iPhone’s Thunder, Now GPS Makers Ride The Lightning
With the rise of GPS-enabled touchscreen phones like the iPhone, you'd think that the future for stand-alone GPS makers looks bleak. Except that these companies are being surprisingly agile, and are embracing smartphones to make the best GPS navigators ever.
Read More »What Apple’s Balance Sheet Will Reveal About The Tech Industry
Apple's due to reveal all in its second-quarter call tonight at 5 p.m. EDT. The statistics will be telling, since they encompass the Verizon iPhone and the iPad 2's early sales
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