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 | TechBits: Nokia throws its hat into the ring of mapping apps with HERE Maps Dec 1st 2012, 23:13 Throwing its hat into the ring for iPhone mapping apps, Nokia has put its technology into its new HERE app. The app provides essentially the same things that users can get by using Nokia's online mapping service. For instance, they can download full walking directions and offline mapping data to access in places with no service. The app also offers some public transit directions, though it does not provide turn-by-turn directions. Overall, it's a fine alternative to Apple's built-in mapping program, but not a must-have replacement. Free, for iOS devices. Read full article >>   | | Case in Point: Marketing the female condom Dec 1st 2012, 23:01 The big idea: How do you create a market for a life-saving consumer product when the population with the highest demand for it cannot afford it? The scenario: The Food and Drug Administration has approved Female Health Company's second-generation female condom (FC2). Now the company must figure out how to get it to the markets where it's most needed. In 2010, the World Health Organization cited HIV/AIDS as the leading cause of death worldwide among women 15 to 44 years old. Mary Ann Leeper and colleagues knew that the female condom provided life-saving empowerment to women. It is the only protection against HIV/AIDS controlled by women. Read full article >>   | | How important is the fiscal cliff for investors? Hint: Not very Dec 1st 2012, 22:54 The "fiscal cliff" paranoia continues unabated. Apparently, it is the only thing that matters to the markets. Every twist and turn in the negotiations is crucial to the future of the republic! Whenever the media obsess over a potential crisis, history teaches us that it is most likely to be overwrought hype. Recall the Y2k frenzy as Exhibit 1 in The People v. Really Bad Media prosecution. Read full article >>   | | Schapiro set to leave an emboldened SEC Dec 1st 2012, 22:37 The SEC is preparing to file a civil lawsuit against SAC Capital Advisors, a hedge fund run by Steven A. Cohen, whose business has attracted government scrutiny for years. BP was suspended from bidding on any new federal contracts, including drilling leases, as a result of the company's conduct during the gulf oil spill. Read full article >>   | | A promise to a friend Dec 1st 2012, 22:27 Over the past several months, I've dealt with a lot of death. My youngest brother died in April. My father-in-law died in October, and a friend's grandmother passed away in November. The day after Thanksgiving, a close friend who was more like my sister died in an automobile accident. Read full article >> | | Occupy Wall Street? Just defund it. Dec 1st 2012, 22:08 A century ago, Louis Brandeis, a distinguished Boston lawyer who would later go on to the Supreme Court, wrote a series of articles in Harper's Weekly denouncing what he called the "financial oligarchy" on Wall Street that had effectively seized control of the burgeoning industrial economy. Read full article >> | | How easy is it to shut off a country's Internet? Dec 1st 2012, 17:05 At 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, just about everyone in Syria discovered that they no longer had access to the Internet. As my colleague Olga Khazan explains, the most likely explanation is that the Syrian government intentionally caused the blackout to make life difficult for rebels inside the country. Read full article >>   | | How a sane political system would deal with the fiscal cliff Dec 1st 2012, 16:57 Washington is not known for the stunning clarity with which it frames and addresses tough issues. But has there ever been a debate so mired in confusion as the one around the so-called fiscal cliff? The trouble starts with the term "fiscal cliff," which misstates the nature of the problem and provides no hint of how to solve it. I prefer the term "austerity crisis," which at least describes the real issue -- too much austerity, imposed too quickly. (This has the added advantage of sidestepping an increasingly inane discussion over whether the problem is really a "cliff," "curb," "slope" or perhaps a "bomb.") Read full article >>   | |
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