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Without effective public health insurance exchanges, we will miss the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a solution to the problem of providing affordable health care coverage to all Americans. Here, the President and CEO of Extend Health on how it can be done. The government's Affordable Care Act aims to make health insurance more accessible and affordable to millions of individual Americans and employees of small businesses
Read More »9 Steps to Effective Problem Solving
Problem solving is a skill that start-ups need to learn quickly.
Read More »The Bilingual Advantage: Second Language Increases Cognitive Ability (preview)
Many parents would like their children to master a second language, but few kids in this country do. Only 9 percent of adults in the U.S.
Read More »How Do You Hack Into Someone’s Voicemail?
The scandal that helped shutter Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid and left at least nine News International journalists facing possible criminal charges has brought phone hacking into the spotlight as a means of subversively gathering information for news articles. As investigators study the scope of the problem, including the role phone hacking played in News of the World 's coverage of the disappearance and death of teen Milly Dowler in 2002, it's become clear that breaking into someone else's voicemail isn't very difficult
Read More »Pinkwashing Is The New Greenwashing
Companies that tout their support for breast cancer research are often the same companies whose products may be causing breast cancer. But you won't hear them mention that when they slap pink ribbons on everything. Consumers, beware: You may already be watching out for greenwashing (unsubstantiated "green" claims) but you probably don't pay much attention to pinkwashing--when companies that use chemicals known to cause cancer position themselves as leaders in the fight against breast cancer.
Read More »A New Way To Aid The Poor: Ask Them To Pay
A new campaign to install toilets in the developing world rests not on aid, but on using marketing to convince villagers that bad sanitation is a problem they need to work together to fix.
Read More »How to Get Unstuck
With the deadline for an important business-related opportunity looming, I began my day today with a sinking sensation in my heart and stomach. I have been tossing ideas around for well over a week now, and none of them stood out.
Read More »How Marketing May Save London’s Bees
To stop honeybees--some of the planet's most important food pollinators--from continuing to disappear at an alarming rate, London has launched a tongue-in-cheek campaign to raise awareness about the problem. It's hard to say exactly why honeybees the world over are disappearing. Evidence points to viruses , fungi, cell phone use , pesticides, and climate change as potential causes (or parts of a larger cause).
Read More »Silicon waveguide that converts polarization mode of light could speed up photonic circuits operation
Silicon is the dominant material for the fabrication of integrated circuits and is also becoming a popular material for making photonics circuits -- miniaturized circuits that use light instead of electronic signals for processing information.
Read More »Facebook, Google, Yahoo Join Forces To Fix The Internet’s Biggest Problem In Decades
Imagine if the world ran out of phone numbers. Mobile providers could issue no more smartphones, businesses could create no new call centers, and the public would be left fighting over and recycling a diminishing amount of existing phone numbers.
Read More »Get the Best Airfare Deals
Airfarewatchdog is one of the best websites to filter through the madness and get the best deals on your next business trip. Booking air travel on the Internet used to be a simplified process. You went to Travelocity, Expedia, or relied on your internal business travel coordinators to set it all up.
Read More »Achoo! 12 worst cities for allergy sufferers
Allergies are a huge problem across the U.S., but the problem is bigger in some cities
Read More »Is Lap-Band Surgery A Good Way To Fight Teen Obesity?
If approved by the FDA, Allergan could market its product to teens--and insurers might be more likely to give the go-ahead for the surgery, which can cost up to $20,000.
Read More »Rapture Proves False For Honeybees, Too–Not Harold Camping’s Fault
Good news: Bee deaths aren't getting worse. Bad news: Bees are still dying at an alarming rate
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