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Facebook adds trending topics to site

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Facebook adds trending topics to site to tell users what people are posting about NEW YORK (AP) — In a move that echoes Twitter, Facebook is adding a feature to its service that lets...
    






The Mayors Challenge: Sparking Government Innovation In European Cities

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In an interview with James Anderson, head of government-innovation at Bloomberg Philanthropies, we discussed their 2013-2014 Mayors Challenge—a competition to inspire European cities to come up with...
    






Yahoo! Failing In Their Attempt To Monetize SNL Video Archive

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Last year, Yahoo! signed an exclusive one-year deal with Broadway Video to license the 38-year catalog of Saturday Night Live content. As part of the deal, SNL archives were removed from other...
    






Asimov’s Vision Of 2014 And A Legacy Of Looking Forward

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Asimov was not only one of the greatest science fiction writers of his generation; he was a prolific author of popular science books (e.g. Guide to Science, Understanding Physics and Asimov’s...
    






Why Even North Korea Outpaces The U.S. In Credit Card Security

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The ever-worsening news from Target’s breach of credit card and customer data highlights the need to implement a more secure U.S. system to process our card payments. In recent articles, I have...
    






Google’s CIO Bucks Many IT Trends To Stimulate Innovation

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I recently interviewed Google's CIO Ben Fried at the company’s mega-office in New York. Covering an entire New York City block, employees zip around on Razor scooters that are parked at intermittent...
    






Jolla Review: Some Rough Edges, But This Linux Smartphone Shows Promise

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Jolla was formed in late 2011 from a number of former Nokia Engineers who had been working on a number of Linux-based operating systems and handsets (including the Nokia N9). Just over two years...
    






Samsung Galaxy S5 with eye scanner launching in April, says report

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It's all about being first. Samsung may be the top smartphone company in the world today based on market share, but it has yet to unleash a significant feature akin to Apple's Touch ID fingerprint...
    






The Consumer Electronics Show’s Lessons On The Separation Of State And Technology

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While most of the country endured the polar vortex this week, the annual tech vortex known 2014 Consumer Electronics Show took over Las Vegas. I took a pre-Show tour of the International CES floor...