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Amnesty International USA and the Standby Task Force have launched an ambitious campaign to crowdsource analysis of Syrian satellite imagery for military movements, demonstrations and checkpoints. So far, volunteers have tagged more than 2000 potential troublespots.

We're excited to announce the agenda for Innovation Uncensored San Francisco and 3 new speakers, including: Padmasree Warrior, SVP, Engineering & CTO, Cisco Seth Priebatsch, Chief Ninja, SCVNGR Lauren Anderson, Innovation Director, Collaborative Consumption The event is fast approaching which means space, precious space, is running out. As in the past, the size of the event is limited because we want all the innovators in the room to have direct access to one another to foster inspiration and networking. Sign up now to secure a seat -- our discounted registration price expires this Friday, September 23rd ! Here's a quick glance at the agenda.* Innovation Spotlight Mark Pincus, Founder, CEO & Chief Product Officer, Zynga How Do We Coexist?

A series of startups want to reboot selflessness with new ways to give gifts. The Internet, by and large, is a selfish place.

People need to move around, but we can do it in a less impactful way with these five innovations. Some are new and some are old, but together they could remake transportation.

From Paris to New York, Tokyo to San Francisco, developers from around the world turned out for Foursquare's global hackathon this past weekend. The aim? Like any good hackathon, to seed innovations in a round-the-clock binge of hacking and 5-Hour Energy

Communication problems aside, Netflix's decision to break apart the business is part two of its plan for the future, a company spokesperson tells Fast Company. Netflix's announcement that it is splitting its DVD service off into an entirely new business may have some wondering if that decision was a reaction to all the negative response to the announcement earlier this summer that it was raising rates on its hybrid DVD-streaming business

The toxic gas extraction isn't going away any time soon, but a new company has developed an enzyme that cleans up at least one of the poisonous problems of the process. There's no denying that hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") is a dirty business. The process can pollute groundwater with toxic chemicals, potentially cause earthquakes, and release methane (a potent greenhouse gas) into the atmosphere.

Chevy Volts currently cost upwards of $30,000, but to make EVs truly mainstream, that price has to come down. A team of German engineers is looking at every step of EV manufacturing to do just that

If there's one movie that should top the queue for Netflix CEO Reed Hastings today, it's

A few short months ago, Netflix made the bold decision to increase the price for its DVD-by-mail and streaming subscription plan by 60% . The announcement inevitably inspired universal vitriol among customers, but Netflix stuck to its guns, saying in a recent earnings call that the negative reaction hadn't been as bad as the company anticipated. Now, however, only a short while since the price plans went into effect, Netflix is singing a much different tune: Mea culpa! Last week the company adjusted its guidance because of worse-than-expected subscriber declines (estimating a loss of 800,000 DVD-by-mail customers and 200,000 streaming customers); its stock price took a huge tumble of 19% (down 44% overall since the price plans were announced); and on Sunday night, CEO Reed Hastings took to Netflix's blog to apologize and offer a slew of (dramatic) solutions.

Given the weather, the traffic, and the general attitude of the drivers, you can now measure how annoying it will be to get on the road at any given moment. Traffic is, apparently, a hot button issue. First IBM came out with its Commuter Pain Index , a look at the cities with the world's most painful commutes, and now Audi has released its Road Frustration Index , a real-time site that quantifies driver frustration in different parts of the U.S.

On Thursday, the U.S. Postal Service issued a daunting public statement about its current financial woes, and possible changes to its infrastructure and services that would aim to save the snail mail organization some $3 billion a year.

When Facebook pulled out of the deals space, some people started predicting the end of the industry as a whole.

For years, the Android smartphone operating system stood as Google's neglected stepsister aside Apple's radiant iPhones and beloved iOS. That's all changing now. For years, the Android smartphone operating system stood as the neglected stepsister aside the iPhone’s radiant, beloved iOS.

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