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Here’s How To Opt Out Of Instagram’s New Arbitration Clause Chris Morran, consumerist.com Instagram’s new TOS takes away your right to a class-action lawsuit, unless you opt out now.Among the other controversial changes to Instagram’s Terms of Service is a spanking new forced-arbitration clause that, as things do, effectively takes awa… RT @consumerist: Here’s How…
Cass R. Sunstein, bloomberg.com Behavioral economists study human errors. People don’t always make the best choices for themselves, so there’s good reason to doubt whether they will always make the best choices for others. RT @BloombergNews: Don’t end up getting someone a useless gadget: Holiday shopping tips from a behavioral economist | http://flip.it/aqLw8 http://flip.it/uXoyK Holiday…
businessweek.com Concierge doctors don’t take insurance, but do make house calls. Once an option only for the rich, they may change health care for everyone RT @BW: Is concierge medicine the future of healthcare? | http://flip.it/0htzp #longreads http://flip.it/fHvQI The Cash-Only Doctors Club Related articles Paul Hsieh on Concierge Medicine (healthcarebs.com) Dear Congress: Listen to…
Simon Johnson, bloomberg.com Numerous articles and commentaries from inside and outside of academia are raising the alarm that American public higher education faces an unprecedented financial crisis. For years, state legislatures have been disinvest… RT @BloombergNews: Jeb Bush & Randy Best: Online classes mean no dorm, gym or debt | http://flip.it/YsCYp (via @BloombergView) http://flip.it/cbBuR Online…
businessweek.com In his most wide-ranging interview since succeeding Steve Jobs, Tim Cook talks about how the company now works, the view that he’s “robotic,” and the return of Apple manufacturing to the U.S. http://flip.it/MNo7N Tim Cook’s Freshman Year: The Apple CEO Speaks Related articles Apple ‘Less Arrogant’ Under Tim Cook, Says France Telecom CEO (mashable.com)
lifehack.org So, you were looking for a great alternative to Apple’s Mail.app on OS X and iOS and stumbled upon Sparrow. It was fast, handled mail in a comfortable and familiar Gmail fashion, and was full featured. It was all good until you heard th… http://flip.it/WU03e Goodbye Sparrow: 8 Alternatives to Sparrow for Email Related…
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Recession Left Baby Bust as U.S. Births Lowest Since 1920 By Frank Bass -, bloomberg.com Getty Images The U.S. birth rate fell to a record low last year, driven by a decline in the number of babies born to immigrant women, who have led the growth in the nation’s population for at least two decades.…
Teens Dying From Sunbed Tanning Curb $5 Billion Industry By Jason Gale -, bloomberg.com Teenage girls trading the risk of deadly melanoma for a year-round tan have helped spur a global backlash against the sunbed industry. Health officials from Brasilia to Sydney are banning tanning salons amid evidence that they cause… RT @BloombergNews: Teens dying…
Kravis Backs N.Y. Startups Using Apps to Cut Health Costs By Ryan Faughnder -, bloomberg.com When his uncle was hospitalized with Alzheimer’s disease, Russ Graney struggled to find him a home- health aide. The patient stayed in the hospital for three extra days while the search dragged on, raising costs for the family. Graney ……
After a Disaster, Japan Looks for Alternatives to the Office bloomberg.com Courtesy Sococo Think your boss is stubborn about letting you work from home? Try going to Japan. Telecommuting is simply not built into the business culture there. Just 12 percent of Internet-connected Japanese office workers woul… RT @BloombergTech: After a disaster, Japan looks for…
How Online Marketer Peered Into People’s Health Histories bloomberg.com Photograph by Getty Images There are few things as creepy in online marketing as digging into someone’s health history, without their knowledge, to advertise to them. Yet that’s precisely what New York-based Epic Marketplace is… RT @BloombergNews: How an online marketer peered into people’s health histories…
Sony Loses Science Talent as Student Resumes Go to Dairies: Tech By Mariko Yasu & Shunichi Ozasa -, bloomberg.com Japan’s science students are eschewing traditional high-powered employers such as Sony Corp. (6758) and Panasonic Corp. (6752) to help make ice cream and yogurt. They are applying to dairies. That says quite a bit about the…
Sea Bass With Barbie Dolls Challenge Wal-Mart in China By Bloomberg News -, bloomberg.com Play Shelves stacked to the ceiling with low-price hot sauce, Barbie dolls, and noodles stand near tanks where shoppers can fish out live sea bass for dinner. Welcome to RT-Mart, China’s version of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) From Shang… RT @BloombergNews:…
Ancient Chinese Cures Seen Helping Drugmaker Pipelines By Bloomberg News -, bloomberg.com The world’s biggest drugmakers are turning to ancient Chinese remedies to boost product pipelines. GlaxoSmithKline Plc is testing botanicals — compounds extracted from plants — for immune disorders, Sanofi plans to turn… RT @BloombergNews: The world’s biggest drugmakers are turning to ancient Chinese…
Job Recruiters Eschew Monster to Find Hidden Talent on LinkedIn By Olga Kharif -, bloomberg.com In his more than 15 years as a headhunter, Jeff Vijungco has tried Monster, Craigslist, CareerBuilder, and other online job boards. Lately the head of recruitment at Adobe Systems Inc. (ADBE) has scrapped most of them. “I think job posti……
This Is How Cities Would Look at Night Without Lights Jesus Diaz, gizmodo.com These Darkened Cities image series by Thierry Cohen is truly awe inspiring. Not only because he accurately portraits the skylines of major cities with no lighting whatsoever, but because the images remind us of the incredible show we city… RT @core77: Awesome…
businessweek.com Some states are posting their graduates’ salaries online RT @BW: What’s a college degree really worth? | http://flip.it/TbD8l http://flip.it/wx3kw Calculating a College Degree’s True Value Related articles Is the value of a college degree dwindling away? (bizjournals.com) Is this the ‘definitive guide’ to the college grad job market? (costofcollege.wordpress.com)
Issie Lapowsky, inc.com Inc. magazine The Nerdery, No. 99 on Inc.’s Hire Power list, rose above tragedy to give every employee a personal stake in success COMPANY PROFILE Company: The Nerdery Headquarters: Bloomington, MN Founder: Mike… RT @whatifglobal: Why one company named all its employees “co-presidents”: Another moving read from @Inc’s Hire Power Awards http://flip.it/BH3bP…
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Obama: `Weapon of War’ Has No Place in American Communities Bloomberg By The Numbers » 15.5 How many points the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort index rose in the past 17 weeks., bloomberg.com Photograph by Scott Olson/Getty Images A “weapon of war” — President Barack Obama’s term today for the semi-automatic assault rifle used in the slaying of…
You, Under the Retail Microscope By Ben Steverman -, bloomberg.com Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images It’s the classic holiday face-off. On one side, you have the wary shopper, who is often “just browsing” and more and more likely to purchase only online. On the other, there’s the salesperson, wh… RT @BloombergNews: How stores use…
American Dream Fades for Generation Y Professionals By Elliot Blair Smith -, bloomberg.com After being dismissed from her job as a Midtown Manhattan securities attorney in October 2009, Christina Tretter-Herriger hitched a used horse trailer to her Dodge Ram pickup and drove 1,628 miles to Texas. The 32-year-old lawyer sold… RT @BloombergNews: For young Generation…
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