Ben Milne, Founder of Dwolla
Dwolla is a tiny 12-person startup churning out of Des Moines, Iowa that most people have never heard of. It was founded by 28-year-old Ben Milne, and it’s an innovative new way of thinking about online payments that sidesteps credit cards completely.
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U.S. foreclosures have climbed to 230,678 in October, up 7% from September, reports Realty Trac.
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LifeGoesStrong.com poll found a baby boom generation planning to work into retirement years.
So much for baby boomers and their dreams of retirement from kicking back at the lake house ot long afternoons of golf. For many boomers, the plan now calls for logging more hours at the office and renewed worries about money, according to a new poll.
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Low-income homes will be provided with $10 internet service and $150 computers.
Cable and computer firms along with the Federal Communications Commission have announced a program to provide low-income homes with $10 monthly broadband Internet service and $150 computers.
Middle-aged and white may no longer be a fitting stereotype for today’s mobile Internet aficionado.
What is the first image that comes to mind when you think of an Internet aficionado, circa 1995?
Continue reading… “Digital divide shrinks among mobile internet use”
Now you see the alcohol…now you don’t.
You know what you never hear people say? “I really love the taste of whiskey, but I sure wish it didn’t get me drunk.” Yet, from the annals of incredibly stupid ideas comes ArKay, the O’Douls of whiskey…
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Researchers say the new study throws into doubt previous claims that fast food restaurants were the primary cause of obesity.
Middle class families in the U.S. eat more fast food than less-healthy poor ones, according to a new study from the University of California, Davis.
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The DARPA MENTOR program should boost engineering skills for high school students.
The trend to put Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology into schools continues. Stratasys (NASDAQ: SSYS) announced that it has been chosen by the Georgia Institute of Technology to provide its Dimension 3D Printers to select high schools across the U.S. as part of The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Manufacturing Experimentation and Outreach (MENTOR) program.
There are a variety of brainwave-reading headsets on the market today.
If you want to make things move with your mind, you don’t have to be a Jedi. Although we may not be able to lift a spaceship out of a swamp like Yoda does in The Empire Strikes Back, but it is possible to steer a model car, drive a wheelchair and control a robotic exoskeleton with just your thoughts. (Pics)
Continue reading… “Mind control: pushing the limits”
Border fence in Arizona.
Border Patrol in the Tuscon Sector of Arizona have arrested 40% fewer illegal immigrants than last year. That is a significant drop that indicates illegal immigration has slowed considerably in Arizona.
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Parents warned chickenpox laced lollipops are illegal.
Some parents are fearful of having their children vaccinated but they are being warned by a federal prosecutor that making a deal with a stranger who promises to mail them lollipops licked by children with chickenpox isn’t just a bad idea, it’s against the law.
Continue reading… “Parents turning to Facebook to find chickenpox laced lollipops”
North Dakota has a surplus of funds.
Alaska lawmakers couldn’t agree on what to do with all that extra money when they went in to a special session this year over budget questions.
Continue reading… “A few states have excess cash amid deficit gloom”
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