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US healthcare system a haven for many, but sick Americans are often jilted
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The NHS is sending patients abroad for advanced treatments, but that same care is hard to come by for many living thereEthan Fidler is a 10-year-old from England who has spent six weeks in Florida and by now is missing football. Many would think him a lucky boy, and indeed...
Louis CK Keeps Experimenting: Now Bringing The Direct-To-Fan Approach To Ticket Sales
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We've written a lot about Louis CK since the huge success of his direct-to-fan sales strategy for the video from his last tour, and he continues to be one of the best examples of how being open, human and awesome is an important part of success these days. Now, while...
Squashing Bugs: The Many Layered Approach to Mobile App Testing
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You are almost there. The finish line is so close you can taste the champagne toast that comes with victory and a job well done. But ... but, it is just not working. There is a bug in the app and the development team cannot figure out where it is...
Louis CK Sells Show Tickets On His Own Website
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Comedian Louis CK is using the Internet to his advantage by selling tickets to his upcoming shows online, cutting out the ticket sales systems entirely. He’s also implementing a system to cancel scalped tickets. Each ticket will cost $45 after tax. He explains his vision this way: By selling the...
India discovers the joys of surfing
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Five thousand miles of coastline and not a surfboard in sight – but that's all changing thanks to the Surfing SwamisIndia has 4,700 miles of coastline, but the last thing you are likely to see on its palm-fringed beaches is a surfboard – until now. That's changing, thanks to a...
New telescope can spot planets orbiting stars outside our solar system
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A new telescope imaging system has been developed that can detect planets orbiting around suns outside of our own solar system. Dubbed Project 1640, the telescope has been in the works for the past six years, and is a joint effort between the American Museum of Natural History, the...
If-Then and Antiquities of the Future
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Over the past few months I’ve been developing a framework for the book I’ve been working on, and while I’ve been pretty quiet about the work, it’s time to lay it out and get some responses from you, the folks I most trust with keeping me on track. I’ll admit the idea...
Review: Escort SmartRadar detector Apple Pack
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Both Escort and Cobra have worked to take advantage of smartphones to enhance their respective radar detectors. Escort's SmartRadar variants offers many of the company's proven technologies taken from standalone detectors, but in compact, discrete packages that connects to iOS or Android devices via Bluetooth. In our full review, we...
NPR Retracts Mike Daisey’s This American Life Piece On Foxconn For “Significant Fabrications”
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At over a million digital listens, “Mr. Daisey Goes To The Apple Factory” is This American Life’s most popular episode in history. That’s no small feat for one of the world’s most well-known radio shows. When it aired, it set off yet another firestorm of controversy regarding the ethics of...
Louis C.K. sees ticket scalping drop over 96% by switching to selling tickets himself
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Comedian Louis C.K. made the technology world turn his direction when he decided to sell his latest comedy special himself, digitally, and DRM free. It was a smashing success. The $5 download proved a fresh model for artists in the broadband age. Louis has again taken to task an entrenched...
Why Flying Drones Are The Future Of Journalism
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And why Nebraska--not New York or California--is ushering in the sea change. UNITED STATES OF INNOVATION New Ideas, New Markets, New Insights All around the country, Americans are dreaming big. Their boldest ideas are changing their communities--and having a ripple effect throughout the world. CLICK HERE to see how innovation...
Change.org thrust into spotlight in wake of Trayvon Martin case
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The online campaign platform is growing at breakneck pace as petition success proves its ability to impact real world changeWhen George Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder for the shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, it was heralded as a landmark in the struggle for racial justice across America.But...
Future of mobile: “compound” apps that know what you want
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Apple’s App Store may have more than 600,000 apps right now, but the future of mobile computing is not about stand-alone applications. Certainly, new apps will be invented, but the real innovation will be in the creation of “compound” apps that transform how we live and work. Compound mobile applications...
Step Back From the Baggage Claim at Gnomedex
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Step Back From the Baggage Claim at Gnomedex is a post from Chris PirilloGnomedex 2010 speaker Jason Barger is no ordinary traveler. Prior to writing his book Step Back From the Baggage Claim, he spent a week flying over six thousand miles to seven different cities. During this adventure, he...
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