Facebook users ‘should never have to share’ information.’
In the wake of controversy over the intrusive practice of employers – Facebook is warning employers not to demand passwords as part of job interviews.
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Opportunities are often right before our eyes, but few of us can see them.
Futurist Thomas Frey: The super-connected nature of the Internet is giving us a far different “opportunity landscape” than ever before in history. Unlike the painstakingly slow 400-year period between DaVinci’s drawings of flying machines and the Wright Brother’s first flight, development cycles in the digital era can now be measured in hours and minutes rather than decades or centuries.
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By 2016, the living room TV will become as hyper-connected as the people watching it.
Researcher NPD In-Stat predicts that 100 million homes in North America and Western Europe will own television sets that blend traditional programs with Internet content by 2016. These new hybrid devices, capable of displaying interactive content related to TV shows, are a bid to hold the viewer’s attention in a device-cluttered world.
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More phones were lost in Philadelphia than any other U.S. city.
About $30 billion worth of mobile phones were lost by Americans in 2011, says a new industry report.
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Twenty thousand students in 25 of Vitoria da Conquista’s 213 public schools started using T-shirts with chips.
In a northeastern Brazilian city, grade-school student are using uniforms embedded with locator chips that help alert parents if they’re cutting classes, the city’s education secretary said Thursday.
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Sony’s Authenticated Power Outlet system currently consists of a plug and outlet that communicate wirelessly.
A power outlet that can identify devices plugged into it, as well as individuals using the plug has been developed by Sony. The company says such technology could allow the electricity usage of individual devices to be monitored so non-essential devices could be switched off remotely in the event of limited electricity supply, or for the billing of customers charging their electric vehicles or mobile devices in public places. (Pics and video)
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The giant paper plane is hoisted from the Earth in preparation for its maiden flight.
Paper planes may normally be the work of kids, but it’s fair to say you’d struggle to fly this particular model across a classroom. A team of designers and aviators have made young boys’ dreams a reality by erecting what is thought to be the world’s biggest paper airplane. (Pics)
The Pinon pine could suffer from high levels of artificial noise.
Noise from cars, machines and other forms of human activity could affect the growth of wild flowers, trees and animals nearby, say scientists.
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New protein discovery could lead to treatments to stop baldness.
A hair-loss protein has been discovered by scientists in a development that could pave the way for a cure for male-pattern baldness. The discovery could mean treatments are developed to suppress the protein and to stop baldness, although it would not reverse the effects to reverse hair loss.
The study found that the endothelial blood cells from heart attack patients are abnormally large and misshapen.
Researchers in the U.S. have found oddly-shaped blood cells in heart attack patients, indicating that a blood test could help predict whether a patient is at risk of an imminent cardiac emergency.
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The gumPhone
Engineer Vs. Designer, a design blog has challenged the 3D printing community to create “the most absurd 3D-printable iPhone accessory” one can imagine (and, in turn, have a chance to win a MakerBot Replicator). The result? A whole basket-load of crazy. (Pics)
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Natural gas home refueling appliance.
The only automaker currently selling natural gas-powered passenger car s in the U.S. is Honda. The Japanese automaker wants to double sales of its Honda Civic Natural Gas sedan and to do so it wants some of its dealers to install compressed natural gas (CNG) refueling stations.
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