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Who Do You Think Owns Congress?

By Renee Blodgett on October 12, 2010 in North America, Photos, USA

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What if members of Congress were seated not by party but according to their major business sponsors? What if members of Congress were seated not by party but according to the industries which gave them...

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Mitigating the Effects of Climate Change While Boosting Food Production

By Danielle Nierenberg on October 12, 2010 in Africa, Photos

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Hydraulic Engineering Spanish conquistadors had great respect for the crops developed by the indigenous farmers of the Americas. A full 60 percent of the food these foreigners ate every day originated in the region. But the...

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Facebook Groups: Double-Edged Sword for Privacy

By Larry Magid on October 12, 2010 in North America, Photos, USA

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Last week Facebook announced the new Groups feature which is designed to limit communications to a sub-set of your Facebook friends. In an interview, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told me “there are a lot of things...

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Media Coverage of Technology News

By Renee Blodgett on October 12, 2010 in North America, Photos, USA

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The below is a repost of an excellent summary by Laurent Haug, who recapped findings from a new research study done by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism. The study “was designed to examine...

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Nigeria Will be Major Tech Hub in the Future

By Emem Andrew on October 12, 2010 in Africa, Nigeria, Photos, West Africa

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Excerpt from the interview, heading was - Nigeria 'll be a major technology hub in future.  The below is an interview with new Nigerian newspaper. 1. How did you feel being selected valedictorian for your class...

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Curation Done Right: Pearltrees’ Visual Curation

By Renee Blodgett on October 12, 2010 in Europe, Events, France, North America, Paris, Photos, USA

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Alexia Tsotsis has a great post that recaps TechCrunch Disrupt, summarizing the event through human curation. Pearltrees is an incredibly interesting, easy-to-use curation tool that allows you to capture content on the web with a...

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Local Seeds to Meet Smallscale Farmers’ Needs

By Danielle Nierenberg on October 12, 2010 in Africa, Mali, Photos, Videos, West Africa

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Madame Coulibaly does something that many seed dealers in Mali and other parts of Africa usually don’t —she keeps her prices low enough for small, cash-scarce farmers to afford. And instead of packaging seeds in...

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The Lost Children of El Salvador

By Renee Blodgett on October 12, 2010 in Central America, El Salvador, Events, Featured, Photos, Videos

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@Dewittn talks about his life story on the 140 Conference stage this past week in Los Angeles. He grew up in Boston and had a traditional American 'upbringing' until a phone call one day changed...

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