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Analysis, Business, Energy, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

The power grid is starting to look more like the internet

January 24, 2014

A new dawn of smarter power grid tools is emerging.

Some of the technologies that have been mainstays of the internet are slowly being adopted by the electricity grid, like decentralized computing and smarter distributed systems. A step in that direction emerged on Tuesday from startup Gridco, which after four years has announced its first commercial product: new power electronics and a smart management system for the part of the grid that brings electricity to homes and buildings.

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Breakthrough Thinking, Business, Science & Technology News

The library of the future is Chattanooga’s public library

January 24, 2014

The Chattanooga public library’s fourth floor.

Forget what you know about the library of the 20th century. The library as a warehouse of information is an outdated concept. The library of the 21st century is a community workshop, a hub filled with the tools of the knowledge economy.

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Analysis, Business, top 10

Top 10 ways to get a better airplane seat

January 24, 2014

We’ve all been there!

Almost everyone complains about flying in economy class, and most times with good reason. There are ten strategies to fly more comfortably, or at least get the seat you want.

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Business, Science & Technology News

Amazon patents anticipatory system to ship your product before you order it

January 23, 2014

Amazon’s system is aptly called “anticipatory shipping.”

In December Amazonpatented a system that will reduce logistics costs and dissuade customers from ever entering a physical store again by shipping your stuff before you order it, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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Analysis, Business, Economy, Latest Trend, Money Talk

Is China’s credit bubble about to burst?

January 23, 2014

China’s shadow banks have increased credit from 120 to 190 percent of GDP.

A historic credit boom, unregulated lenders promising high, “risk-free” returns, and surging property prices making it all go – is this the U.S. in 2004, or China in 2014?

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Analysis, Business, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

Marketing isn’t really marketing anymore

January 22, 2014

The role of a CMO today isn’t what it used to be.

When it comes time to hire a head of marketing, many tech entrepreneurs imagine bringing on someone who’s a master of SEO and A/B testing, who will drive millions of new visitors to their website. They may see a role for the CMO beyond this — perhaps they’ll ask their job candidates “How will your marketing take advantage of big data?”

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Analysis, Business, government, People Making a Difference, Science & Technology News

The roles of citizens in civic problem-solving and innovation

January 22, 2014

Local authorities are seeing tangible benefits from citizen innovation.

In numerous towns and cities across the world, citizens are having more of a say in sorting out civic problems. Through open innovation and crowdsourcing initiatives thousands of people are not only involved in identifying particular challenges such as pollution, poor water quality and graffiti, but also in designing and implementing the solutions.

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Analysis, Business, Science & Technology News

Computers know what you’re thinking with emotion recognition algorithms

January 22, 2014

There were plenty of skeptics who didn’t think a list of links could ever turn a profit when Google was first getting started. That was before advertising came along and gave Google a way to pay its bills. Thanks in part to that fortuitous accident, in today’s Internet market, advertising isn’t just an also-ran with new technologies: Marketers are bending innovation to their needs as startups chase prospective revenue streams.

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Alternative Transportation, Business, Latest Trend

One-third of San Francisco’s registered cab drivers ditch taxis for Uber, Lyft, or Sidecar

January 21, 2014

Lyft drivers sport “carstaches” on their vehicles while on duty.

San Francisco is where Uber and Lyft got their starts and resistance to these services seems futile. One third of taxi cab drivers in San Francisco have ditched their registered cabs and are now working for Uber, Lyft, or Sidecar, according to Fortune.

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Analysis, Business, government, Money Talk

Feds are free to sell seized Silk Road bitcoins worth $25 million

January 21, 2014

The U.S. Marshals will likely auction off the Bitcoins.

The online drug bazaar, Silk Road, was taken down this past October by the feds. Nearly, 30,000 bitcoins in Silk Road’s coffers was seized in the process. Last week, the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office, which is prosecuting the Silk Road case, announced that a judge had signed off on a forfeiture order for those coins. That means they’re now free to get rid of the 29,655 bitcoins, worth about $25 million at Bitcoin’s current $850 value.

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Business, Health & Fitness, New Inventions, People Making a Difference, Science & Technology News

Google developing ‘smart’ contact lenses to monitor diabetes

January 21, 2014

Google’s smart contact lens.

Google announced its next big project last week—smart contact lenses intended to help diabetics manage their condition. The tiny contact lens uses a wireless chip attached to a glucose sensor that measures glucose levels in tears.

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