We’ve been promised for a while now that our phones will become our personal assistants. Executives from Cambridge, Mass.-based Vlingo sat down with me this week to talk about how they’ve delivered on that promise — and started turning it into real revenue. It seems like all the big guys are trying to get into this business. The incentive, as a Googler put it when the company launched a similar service… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : VentureBeat Discovery Date : 21/01/2011 21:49 Number of articles : 2
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• PM’s press chief stands down over phone hacking claims • ‘When the spokesman needs a spokesman it’s time to move on’ • David Cameron denies new evidence is imminent Officials said the steady drip of allegations over News of the World phone-hacking was taking its toll on Andy Coulson’s family. Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters Andy Coulson, a key member of David Cameron’s inner circle, today resigned as Downing Street’s director of communications, saying the wave of allegations that he was involved in illegal phone hacking when editor of the News of the World made it impossible for him to continue….
Continue reading …No, Yes, Whatever: Ed Schultz Contradicts Himself on Consecutive Days Over Obamacare Waivers
January 21, 2011 No Comment
Give the man credit, he's usually not this consistent. Ed Schultz is so much more than host of his own MSNBC show and king of the anthill known as liberal radio. Schultz is also an expert on health care, to the extent that he can confidently dismiss as “garbage” when anyone complains about waivers from the health bill.
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A helicopter took Rep. Gabrielle Giffords from the Houston airport to the ICU at Texas Medical Center, where she’ll be evaluated before going to the center’s rehabilitation hospital. (Jan. 21)
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Photo credit: visualpanic / Creative Commons It may not be glamorous, but collecting an analyzing scat is one of the best ways conservationists can monitor and asses the health of individual animals and entire populations. Not only does the scat contain traces of toxins that indicate pollution levels in the habitat, it also contains hormones that provide insight into the animal’s nutritional, immune, and reproductive heal… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Hot Wheels Video Racer has a VGA camera under its hood, confirms that kids have it all
January 21, 2011 No Comment
Damn kids these days and their cool tech toys ! We know we sound cranky, jealous, and old, but how are we supposed to react to Mattel’s new Hot Wheels Video Racer? Yep, just as the headline reveals, everybody’s favorite matchbox car is now home to a VGA video camera that can capture 30 to 60 frames per second and a .95-inch LCD that allows you to play back that recorded footage right on the belly of the tiny vehicle. While a short clip of the Video Racer flying off a self-made jump may be pretty awesome, Mattel will also include protective cases so those wild and crazy kids can mount the cam to a skateboard or helmet. Disappointingly, the small car only houses 512MB of storage, which can only hold 12 minutes of video, but at $60, Mattel also includes a rubberized mini USB to USB cord for connecting the cam to a Mac or PC and child-friendly editing software. The Video Racer won’t actually peel out until the fall, but we managed to take a few shots of the little thing this week and nab some video of it while at CES. Hit the break for that video and start saving that allowance! Gallery: Hot Wheels Video Racer hands-on Continue reading Hot Wheels Video Racer has a VGA camera under its hood, confirms that kids have it all Hot Wheels Video Racer has a VGA camera under its hood, confirms that kids have it all originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …The US and Russia can and should keep their smallpox supplies , the World Health Organization’s executive board concluded yesterday. The WHO has been asked to consider setting a deadline for destroying the virus, the Wall Street Journal explains. But at a meeting in Geneva yesterday, the board agreed with the…
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Photo: Wikimedia Commons After his most recent trip to the Sudan in an effort to draw attention to the war-torn nation, George Clooney came home with an unpleasant souvenir: malaria …. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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You had to know this was coming… A new piece in Scientific American highlights the objections of some scientists over claims that the world’s largest geologic carbon sequestration project in Saskatchewan is leaking . First are scientists affiliated with the project, who have issued a statement saying “based on extensive scientific research conducted by the IE… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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While speaking at an event this month, Van Jones was asked to define social justice. He did that by explaining that true social justice is achieved when everyone’s lives are essentially the same. As the video’s creator pointed out, that’s communism. (H/T: NZ Patriot ) Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Blaze Discovery Date : 21/01/2011 20:38 Number of articles : 5
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