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Feed SubscriptionWhy Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Cleaner Alternatives Will Require Fossil Fuels
The world is waiting for a clean revolution , a shift away from the greenhouse gas-emitting, mountain-leveling, air-polluting, fossil-fuel burning way of life.
Read More »Ooze-Down Economics: Will Opening Global Oil Reserves Stimulate the World Economy?
As Libya's civil war continues to disrupt its contribution to the world's oil supply, the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) has taken action. The IEA, which counts the U.S
Read More »India Turns To China To Fight Cyberspies
The Indian government has put Chinese mobile giant Huawei in charge of inspecting imported smartphone equipment for secret spyware. But who's spying on whom? The Indian government is teaming up with Chinese tech giant Huawei to search imported smartphones and communications devices for signs of malware and spyware.
Read More »Decoding Genomes Of Microbe Ecosystems Could Deliver Untold Benefits
Because one microbe is never enough: Say hi to metagenomics. "Microbes run the world. It’s that simple." Those are the first words of a recent report on the ongoing quest to sequence the DNA of the smallest of living things
Read More »AOL Pushes Into Pandora’s Box
AOL is flexing yet another of its gooey tentacles to get a grip on a market: It's partnering with Slacker Radio for streaming Net radio. Pandora
Read More »Baseball cheaters can’t hide from the laws of physics
Some baseball superstitions are accepted as cold, hard truth. But in the world of physics, the most accepted verities are subject to experimentation.
Read More »Aussie Data Suggests Nokia May Be Just About Done
Nokia's market share in all phone sales in Australia for the first quarter of 2011 was 24.6%--great, if it hadn't been 49.5% in the first quarter of 2010. Nokia's market share has halved.
Read More »Does Social Media Have A Return On Investment?
Do "likes" and retweets add up to sales? Who knows
Read More »Your Business Card Is A Billboard For Your Brand–What Does Yours Say?
If a brand can describe its core values and philosophy on its business card without a detailed description, the brand becomes a full representation of its vision. I heard a story that a few years ago Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of Ikea , happened to drive past one of his stores.
Read More »If you’re exercise-phobic, you’ll be happy here
Although it's known for its beautiful horse farms and as the "Thoroughbred Capital of the World," Lexington, Kentucky has gained a new distinction -- as the most sedentary city in the United States.
Read More »Recyclebank Crowdsources Its Business Plan To An Elite Group Of Social Entrepreneurs
At an annual gathering of budding socially conscious businesspeople the money-for-good-deeds company held a competition to find the best path toward massive growth. For a company that wants to quickly grow its business from 2 million users to 10 million, there are a few obvious steps to take: consultants, marketing, focus groups. One less obvious step is the one Recyclebank --the company that offers redeemable rewards for recycling and other good behavior--took in its quest to grow: hold a competition of young social entrepreneurs to see who could come up with the best idea.
Read More »HP: TouchPad’s WebOS Threatens Android, Apple iOS
Richard Kerris, the former Apple exec, is gliding through his presentation of HP's TouchPad. As the current VP of worldwide developer relations for WebOS, the slick software giving life to HP's latest mobile devices, Kerris is giddily running through the tablet's bells and whistles: the design, the partnerships, the apps, the engineering. But suddenly our discussion is interrupted by the sound of woodwinds, dancing up the scale
Read More »The Rise Of Shared Ownership And The Fall Of Business As Usual
A new model in Cleveland--in which workers own companies that are supported by the city's big businesses--has the potential to change the economics of the city and its workers. There are two things in which I believe strongly: that business is at the root of our economic challenges and that business is at the heart of the solution to those challenges
Read More »Video: Study: Diabetes rate skyrocketing globally
A new study shows more adults around the world are living with diabetes. Dr.
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