Apple App Store says “thank you” on its home page.
Apple’s App Store reached 25 billion downloads on Saturday, and the company let users know with a “thank you” on its home page.
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What will intersections look like in a world of driverless cars?
Driverless car
The first thing you have to do is accept the idea that we will one day all be in driverless cars. But the people who think about such things for a living are seriously convinced this will happen. (Video)
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Research: People aren’t smart enough for democracy to flourish
Incompetent people are inherently unable to judge the competence of other people.
The democratic process relies on the assumption that citizens (the majority of them, at least) can recognize the best political candidate, or best policy idea, when they see it. But a growing body of research has revealed an unfortunate aspect of the human psyche that would seem to disprove this notion, and imply instead that democratic elections produce mediocre leadership and policies.
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Linkedin founder: social networks make you ‘entrepreneur of your own life’
Reid Hoffman, founder of Linkedin
Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn, thinks the key to career success is understanding the dynamics of networks and how to leverage them to your benefit.
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Blood Lamp
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What if power came at a cost to the individual?
The average American consumes 3383kwh of energy per year. That’s equivalent to leaving the light on in 4 rooms for a whole year. The simple flick of a switch allows us to power appliances and gadgets 24/7 without a thought to where it comes from and the cost to the environment.
Wi-fi sensor gives your dying plants a voice to plead for help
Is you plant smiling or dying?
If you’ve been using Koubachi’s iOS app to remember when it’s time to water your plants, the company’s new wireless sensor will give your greenery an even better fighting chance of survival if you’re lacking a green thumb.
Whereas the app used your location, the local soil conditions, and the type of plant to make an educated guess as to when it needed watering, misting, or fertilization. Koubachi’s new Wi-fi plant sensor takes the guesswork out of the equation, automatically measuring moisture, temperature, and light…
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World’s largest human mattress dominoes record toppled!
The world record for largest human mattress dominoes has been broken: you now have to assemble and then topple over 850 humans to claim the title World’s Largest Human Mattress Dominoes…
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30% of Americans over 25 have at least a four-year degree
With all the talk recently about whether President Barack Obama is a “snob” for wanting Americans to be educated or Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorumis anti-education for critizing Obama, many may have missed an important milestone.
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Firefox add-on Collusion shows you who’s spying on you online in blow against Google’s new snooping policy
Firefox is the world’s second most popular web browser after Internet Explorer.
The maker of Firefox, Mozilla, has unveiled a new add-on for the popular web browser that gives web users an instant view of which companies are ‘watching’ them as they browse.
Future Libraries and 17 Forms of Information Replacing Books
Futurist Thomas Frey: Question: As physical books go away, and computers and smart devices take their place, at what point does a library stop being a library, and start becoming something else?
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How to extract your own DNA using household items
You can extract your own DNA with drinking water, salt, dish soap, alcohol, food coloring, and your own spit! This NOVA/PBS-made video shows you how.
I’ve been writing about DNA for more than a decade, and I just realized that until this video, I’ve never actually seen DNA. And there it is, in the form of a white string in a plastic cup. Pretty freaking neato…
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How airports are embracing solar power
Solar power is part of the airline process now.
From Denver Colorado Airport’s 2MW solar array to Palau’s installation of PV awnings at its airport carpark, it seems that solar arrays are appearing at airports around the world. And not without good reason.
Given that airports need large amounts of land, both for car parking and surrounding runways, they are in many ways an ideal fit for large-scale ground-mounted solar arrays that might otherwise cause land-use and/or aesthetic concerns for the surrounding community…
