As companies looking to get a foothold in the North American market explore ways to make their less expensive screens more feature-rich, we could finally see Android become a big force in home entertainment.
via Google TV Is Dead, Long Live Google-Powered TV | Will Greenwald | PCMag.com.
The big difference between the conglomerate today and yesterday is that in 1970 conglomerates bought up assets whereas in 2014 they will be heavily involved in new areas of business, designing and crafting new industries in collaboration with complex ecosystems.
Platform and ecosystem is key to that. So too is high-level talent as companies like Intel become multiple companies, each in need of inspiring leadership.
via Google And Intel, Welcome To The New American Conglomerate – Forbes.
“AT&T’s is really our first customer when it comes to the actual toll-free data, which is the name that Ericsson uses for this solution”
The justices today said they will hear an appeal by Limelight Networks Inc. (LLNW:US), which is fighting a suit by Akamai Technologies Inc. (AKAM:US) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology over Akamai’s patented method for redirecting requests for Internet content to ensure access during periods of high demand. The companies compete with one another in that field.
via Technology Patent Case Accepted by Top Court at Google’s Urging – Businessweek.
To survive in today’s economy, boys must learn to express themselves. In other words, they must take on more traditionally feminine traits.
via The American Economy, Not Feminism, Is What's 'Ruining' Masculinity – Forbes.
America’s health care system suffers from two major problems.
First, 48 million people are without health insurance, any one of whom could be stricken by a serious ailment that would put them at risk of having to forgo proper care or incur a catastrophic financial loss.
Second, the continuing growth in health care spending (albeit at a slower pace in recent years) is compromising the fiscal soundness of the nation and becoming increasingly burdensome to households.
via How To Achieve Universal Health Coverage At Half The Cost – Forbes.
Mexico’s three million small-scale corn farmers saw prices for their crops fall 66 percent, largely because the United States increased corn exports by 400 percent, exporting at prices 19 percent below even US farmers’ costs of production.
via How beer explains 20 years of NAFTA’s devastating effects on Mexico | GlobalPost.
.. only 20% of iPhones are sold in Apple Stores. He believes that the other 80% are missed opportunities to sell the rest of Apple’s suite of products.
via Can Apple's Angela Ahrendts Spark A Retail Revolution? | Fast Company | Business + Innovation.
.. the Media burglars did their work the 20th-century way: they cased the F.B.I. office for months, wore gloves as they packed the papers into suitcases, and loaded the suitcases into getaway cars.
via Burglars Who Took On F.B.I. Abandon Shadows – NYTimes.com.
Racism remains a force of enormous consequence in American life, yet no one can be accused of perpetrating it without a kicking up a grand fight.
via The Ugly, Fascinating History Of The Word 'Racism' : Code Switch : NPR.
“Pay more, eat less.”
via There’s nothing left to eat—here’s how to navigate our collective food anxiety – Quartz.
EIA said last month, the US will be producing 9.6 million barrels of oil a day, 22% higher than the estimate it issued last year at this time. After that, US production will start a slow decline (chart), but that will only mean going back to last year’s impressive 7.5 million barrels a day by 2038
via This Wall Street bull says the US energy boom could go on for decades – Quartz.
Cloudup allows you to organize files into “streams,” like folders on your desktop, where you can share the whole stream via one URL without having to share multiple file URLs.
via Cloudup: Free File Sharing from Automattic | MacManX.com.
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