Good news about air travel is rare these days, but somewhere between invasive security measures and late arrivals, increasing fuel prices and frustrated flight attendants, it happens. Making the skies a bit friendlier this month, American Airlines and Aircell debuted a new service-- Gogo Vision-- that lets travelers watch streaming video content inflight on their own gadgets
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Feed SubscriptionAre Category 6 Hurricanes Coming Soon?
Atmospheric researchers tend to agree that tropical cyclones of unusual ferocity are coming this century, but the strange fact is that there is no consensus to date on the five-point scale used to classify the power of these anticipated storms. In what may sound like a page from the script of the rock-band spoof Spinal Tap with its reference to a beyond-loud electric guitar amplifier volume 11, there is actually talk of adding a sixth level to the current Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale, on which category 5 intensity means sustained winds higher than 155 miles per hour (250 kilometers per hour) for at least one minute, with no speed cap
Read More »IBM Can Predict Floods And Droughts Days In Advance
IBM is testing a new system that--using just weather patterns and detailed maps--can accurately predict 100 hours of future river behavior. It's four days before a major flash flood will hit your local river
Read More »Being Married Affects Heart And Waist
Marriage can have its ups and downs.
Read More »My Favorite Tool for Keeping Up With the News
Pulse News is a must-have app for Dan Wasyluk, founder and CEO of CollegeBlender. My website aggregates blogs, gossip, and news about college life, so I have to stay abreast of stories that appeal to our audience. As soon as I got my iPad 2 a few months ago, I searched for an app that could help me organize articles on the tablet, and I came across Pulse News.
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Read More »Reader Mail: September 2011
Readers respond to our story about the constant feeling of crisis that is entrepreneurship in Argentina, and others. Risky Business Our story about doing business in Argentina [" A Constant Feeling of Crisis ," June] garnered a mixed reaction from readers on Hacker News and Inc.com, many of whom are U.S. expats running businesses in South America
Read More »Case Study: Can Solar Power Pay?
A CEO has to weigh his ideals against financial reality The room was cool, but emotions were not.
Read More »Video: Heart problems to be screened in all newborns
Government health advisers laid out a plan for testing all newborn babies for a life-threatening heart problem.
Read More »Can You Really Get Solar Panels Installed for Free?
It sounds too good to be true: you can go solar without paying a cent.
Read More »When a Franchiser Goes Bankrupt
If your franchiser declares bankruptcy, it might not be the end of the line for your business. Here are some tips to give you some ideas about what to do next. Bill Burris , owner of Rent Your Boxes in Washington, D.C., a franchise that rents and delivers heavy-duty moving boxes, got the bad news in an e-mail.
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Read More »GolfChannel: Riskiest Solheim Cup wild card ever
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