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Steve Blank: History of Silicon Valley Tech vs Silicon Valley NOW

By Renee Blodgett on August 6, 2010 in California, North America, Photos, San Francisco/Bay Area, USA, Videos

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I haven't heard a 'university' lecture in awhile.....as for the style of one? Sure, I go to LongNow events and some academia shows up at TED, PopTech and others conferences I support and love. Yet,...

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HealthTap for Latest Updates on Personal Medicine, Health & Well Being

By Renee Blodgett on August 5, 2010 in Europe, North America, Photos, USA

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Introducing the new HealthTap Blog, who sees a future of true individualized medicine, where people’s increased control of their health reduces anxiety and increases optimism. Their first responsibility is to ‘do good’ for individuals....

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Liquids on Planes: 20 Most Common to be Thrown Away By Airport Security

By Renee Blodgett on August 5, 2010 in All Countries, Featured, Photos

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For better or for worse, attempting to bring a liquid item onto a plane has become a hassle. Because of the threats posed to flight security in recent years, restrictive measures have been...

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San Francisco’s Singularity Summit: August 14-15

By Renee Blodgett on August 5, 2010 in California, Events, Featured, North America, Photos, San Francisco/Bay Area, USA

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The Singularity Summit, the premier dialog on the Singularity is coming to San Francisco August 14-15, 2010. Now in its fourth year, it started in 2006 with a mission to further the understanding and discussion...

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There’s No Place Like… Home?

By Katherine Hui on August 5, 2010 in Europe, Featured, Glasgow, North America, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Photos, Portland, Scotland, USA, Wales

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At Green Thing we always say that being green doesn't mean you have to live in a hole with very little provisions to reduce your impact on the earth. While this would make a difference...

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Singularity University: Financing the Future

By Renee Blodgett on August 4, 2010 in California, Europe, North America, Photos, San Francisco/Bay Area, USA

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Singularity University, now in the middle of its second year of classes over the course of ten weeks in Silicon Valley, held a panel on Financing the Future last night at Kicklabs in SOMA. Singularity University...

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Who’s Crafting New Marketplaces in Social Commerce?

By Renee Blodgett on August 2, 2010 in North America, Photos, USA

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The TechCrunch Social Currency event addressed a number of interesting topics including e-commerce/social commerce, mobile advertising, social gaming, geo-location services and online payments. In the panel on Social Commerce, moderated by TechCrunch's Jason Kincaid, we...

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Large Scale Land Investments do not Benefit Local Communities

By Bernard Pollack on August 2, 2010 in Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Featured, Photos, Tanzania

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Cross-posted from the Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet. This is the third blog in a series about the increasing prevalence of large-scale land acquisitions, or land-grabs. In April 2010, more than 120 farmers’ groups and non-governmental...

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