Rupert Murdoch’s iPad -only magazine The Daily , once described as ” The New York Post Goes to College ,” is now a go. Launched at a New York event this morning , it pledges to offer “the best of traditional journalism” with “the best of contemporary technology” like 360 degree photos and, naturally, lots of fancy multimedia content that is all pushed directly to the iPad every day. It’s priced at $.99 per week or $39.99 annually and launches today, unsurprisingly with Egypt taking the “cover” image. The team behind the new-age zine showed off plenty of that technology, including a magazine-like reading interface, letting you flip through pages or access a “carousel,” that gives you a higher-level view of the pages for easy, virtual flipping. The Daily also includes audio versions, with professional voiceover so you won’t have to worry about GPS voice. It also features video overviews of all the content if you just don’t have time for reading or listening. You can share stuff you like on Twitter or Facebook and others will be able to read those stories for free via the web, but not all the content, naturally. The site will offer app reviews and features with links right to the App Store . Sports fans get full schedules and news updates for the teams they like. Again, The Daily launches today, and we’re told that the first two weeks will be courtesy of Verizon . Good on ya, VZW. Update : It’s now available in the App Store . Continue reading The Daily iPad ‘newspaper’ launches, $.99 weekly or $39.99 per year The Daily iPad ‘newspaper’ launches, $.99 weekly or $39.99 per year originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Excited for the rise of hydrogen economies , but can’t wait till 2015 ? If you work for the Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or Icelandic governments, you might get to see the future personally. Hyundai’s signed a memorandum of understanding with the aforementioned four countries to deliver a test fleet of fuel cell electric vehicles, and the Nikkei Shimbun is reporting that the company will personally foot the (possibly quite reasonable ) bill. Free hydrogen-powered SUV? Don’t mind if we do! Continue reading Hyundai brings hydrogen vehicles to Europe, one free fleet at a time Hyundai brings hydrogen vehicles to Europe, one free fleet at a time originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Continue reading …Click here to view this media Mike Huckabee thinks all the violence coming from the right wing over the years that President Obama has been in office is one big joke. Is this a man that should run for president? In this segment he mocks all uses of violence and military porn-like terms to deflect the effect the toxic dialogue coming from right wing transmitters has had on our society. It’s pretty pathetic. Huckabee: It appears that sensitivity over metaphors, similes, and analogies regarding certain words has reached a zenith of political correctness. Even though, there is not a shred of evidence that political rhetoric led to, caused, or even contributed to the Tucson shootings, there is great caution being applied to all things spoken in the media and by politicians. If this new emasculation of the First Amendment takes hold, we probably won’t be hearing the President make comments like these anymore: Other networks have become pretty much language neutered so as not to offend anyone…and in so doing, perhaps not to interest anyone either—CNN’s John King provides the perfect example: Fox News prides itself on being “fair and balanced,” but in keeping with the new tenderness of speech, I want my show to go even further…I want us to be so fair as to be unfair and so balanced as to be unbalanced. That way we can deliver an even deeper and more absolute politically correct approach to bringing insights to you. In keeping with that, my comments will now be carefully screened by Dr. Rube Churl — renowned professor of rhetoric at Puerile University. He will listen to my comments and if I say something not in keeping with the new standards of political speech, he will sound this buzzer — and suggest an alternative word or phrase. Are you ready, Dr. Churl? DR.RUBE CHURL, PROFESSOR, PUERILE UNIVERSITY: Ready – please proceed. HUCKABEE: This week, the House dropped a bombshell — CHURL: The word bombshell implies war and violence; try using, “a significant incendiary device.” Okay the House dropped a significant incendiary device by voting to repeal the Obamacare bill. Despite the House vote, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said it would come to the Senate floor over his dead body CHURL: Dead body is not appropriate-let’s try “my non-animated physical presence.” HUCKABEE: Senate Majority Leader Reid said the bill would come to the Senate floor over his non-animated physical presence, which was the opening shot in the battle. CHURL: Governor, there are 2 heated words opening shot and in the battle. We need to replace these —let’s say the first point of dispute in the disagreement. HUCKABEE: Seriously? Okay—-Senate Majority Leader Reid said the bill would come to the floor over his non-animated physical presence which was the first point of dispute in the disagreement between the 2 sides. The Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell responded, “That son of a gun…” CHURL: Gun is no longer a word we can employ—let’s try that son of a hand-held decimation device. HUCKABEE: Okay….the Senate Minority Leader responded, “That son of a hand-held decimation device.” The Republicans stuck to their bullet points CHURL:Powder powered Projectile points… HUCKABEE:Okay….and focused on the job killing Right, right, right—I get that point. Okay, the job euthanasia bill….and then they voted to bury Of course, we can’t use that either. They voted to conclusively conceal in an underground manner…the bill. So, here’s this week’s recap, in our new unfair and unbalanced style: This week, the House dropped a significant incendiary device by voting to repeal the Obamacare Bill. Despite the House vote, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said it would come to the Senate floor over his non-animated physical presence, which was the first point of dispute in the disagreement between the 2 sides. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell responded, “That son of a hand held decimation device!” The Republicans stuck to their powder powered projectile points and they focused on the job euthanasia bill and voted to conclusively conceal it in an underground manner that very bill.” Not sure that political commentary will ever be the same…. By the way my thanks tonight to Dr. Churl played very ably by the wonderful Ryan Reiss, a local comedian and part of our show. Ryan thank you very much or should I say Dr. Churl. Oh well, if you think we’ve gone way too far in the world of political correctness or if you disagree and you think we ought to eliminate any word that might be taken the wrong way, why don’t me let me hear from you—contact me at mikehuckabee.com. That’s my view, I welcome yours. E-mail your comments to: huckmail@foxnews.com Isn’t Huckabee a hoot? Maybe everybody should email him some C&L posts to enlighten him ? How about just emailing him this list called Insurrectionism Timeline and give him the evidence. When building a case a prosecutor needs evidence to support the charges. I think we’ve established it, but I haven’t heard any effective defense come from the Huckabees except sarcasm and denials. Maybe he’ll do a stand-up on this list and mock all the people who have suffered at the hands of right-wing kooks.
Continue reading …Photos by Jaymi Heimbuch This recipe was created exclusively to pair with a bottle of 2009 Frögenbeerenauslese from Frog’s Leap winery. Don’t worry, it’s is a lot easier to drink than it is to say. On the nose you will find both hints of honey and pomme fruit. But for a dessert wine, it isn’t heavy or even the least bit syrupy, just slightly floral. This wine will compliment almost any baked good and is accessible enough for your favorite cheeses. But with every sip … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Good news for those of you who really, really wanted to watch JFK (or at least, Greg Kinnear’s version of him) discussing his need for “strange ass” : The Kennedys has found a home. After getting booted from the History Channel (reportedly by two of the Kennedys themselves ), the controversial…
Continue reading …Lloyd speculated before on 10 ways that recession can help the environment , while Mike offered a counterpoint on ways that an economic downturn can hinder progress toward sustainability . Now some official figgures coming out of the UK suggest, where short-term CO2 emissions are concerned at least, that Lloyd may have a point. In fact, The Guardian is reporting that UK CO2 emissions dropped 8.7% in 2009 due to lower electri… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …The eco-renovated Red Barn from the 1880′s. Photos by Jaymi Heimbuch Frog’s Leap Winery is an organic and biodynamic vineyard located in the heart of Napa’s Rutherford region . Back in 1975, owner John Williams was living in St. Helena on a property that was a frog farm during the 1800s. Yes, a frog farm ! In 1981 he began working for Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, an opportunity that ena… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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