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Are you ready for Google’s new privacy policy?
Google’s new privacy policy has already caused a stir among users. Now, Congress and EU regulators are sniffing around the changes and aren’t happy about them — but Google doesn’t seem to care in the slightest.
According to The Hill, house lawmakers questioned Google representatives for two hours yesterday [...]
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It is really only a matter of time before our food crisis becomes crippling.
In the past few days a number of interesting articles have been circulating, all discussing genetically modified crops and starkly different versions of the future of food. One one hand we have the state of affairs in the US. On the other [...]
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Apple in China
On a Friday evening last May, an explosion ripped through Building A5, an eruption of fire and noise that twisted metal pipes as if they were discarded straws.
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Two new laws proposed by US legislators, the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act, have been attracting a very negative reaction from the web community over the past couple of months, which is today culminating in a day of protests. Aiming to curtail copyright infringement on the web by giving the US government [...]
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When the Going Gets Tough, BP Runs…
While it is well-known that the solar industry is highly cyclical, the general trend is definitely in an upward direction, with rapid double-digit yearly growth in production capacity and plenty of money to be made by the smartest players (both Warren Buffett and Google have recently invested in solar [...]
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It’s official. It’s in.
Pantone, official arbiter of the visible spectrum, has declared its selection for next year’s color—a statement of both insane arbitrariness, and great weight in the world of things. So what’ll it be? You’re lookin’ at it!
The above hue is Tangerine Tango (also referred to as “red”), which, as The Color of 2012, [...]
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The Carrier IQ app not only tracks everywhere you go it also records all of your keystrokes.
A clandestine application called Carrier IQ, was recently discovered by an Android developer. The application is built into most smartphones and it doesn’t just track your location; it secretly records your keystrokes, and there’s nothing you can do about it. Is it [...]
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Did Google give up on the planet?
Google is quite a big proponent of renewable energy. They have made all kinds of investments in wind, solar, geothermal, etc. Some are to generate clean energy for their own needs, others are more akin to financing deals to help big wind and solar farms get built. In any [...]
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Where are you going and where have you been? No need to tell me, I already know.
With mobile phone privacy in the forefront of our minds, it was a bit disconcerting to hear that this holiday season (Black Friday through New Years) certain malls will be tracking shoppers’ phones. Right now, just two US malls [...]
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The new plans for the military are both creepy and
freakishly out of touch with the enemies they will be fighting
“Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.” – – Brendan Gill
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Aspartame has the same mind numbing toxic ingredients as before but has been rebranded with a nice new sounding name.
Artificial sweeteners especially aspartame has gotten a bad rap over the years, most likely due to studies showing they cause cancer. But not to worry Ajinomoto the company that makes Aspartame has changed the name to [...]
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The video is released today, and it does not disappoint.
Succinctly but effectively, Annie Leonard tells the story of how our tax dollars are being misappropriated to prop up an ailing, energy intensive, resource hungry and ultimately counterproductive “dinosaur economy”. And she then goes on to make the case of how we could do things better…
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Your phone company knows everything about you. They know where you live, what websites you visit, what apps you download, what videos you like to watch, and even where you are. Now, some have begun selling that valuable information to the highest bidder.
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Charging people to deposit? Really?
It seems an odd problem to have, this “too much cash” thing. I don’t know that most of us can relate. But it seems that in times of economic insecurity, those who used to invest in stocks are simply holding their money in banks, and now bankers are inundated with money. [...]
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The “terms and conditions’’ of many airlines frequent-flier programs state that the miles are actually owned by the airline.
You “earn’’ your frequent-flier miles through travel or spending. They are held in “your’’ account; you think of them as cash in a bank account. You spend them as you see fit. They are your asset, and airlines record [...]
