Archive | February 10th, 2012

Facebook tests ‘Add to Map’ prompt on place pages

Posted on 10 February 2012

Some users are seeing an “Add to Map” button in the top corner of Facebook pages associated with an address.

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Kickstarter’s Big Day: $1.6M Pledged In 24 Hours

Posted on 10 February 2012

They say when it rains, it pours. That’s not usually a good thing, but when it’s raining money , things are a little different

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Look Out AT&T Customers, Your Upgrade Fee Doubles On Sunday

Posted on 10 February 2012

If you’re an AT&T customer coming off of a contract and looking to snap up a new phone, you should probably get on that right now. According to an AT&T memo obtained by BGR , AT&T will be raising their device upgrade fee from $18 to $36 as of February 12, which means you’ve got until Sunday to swap phones before your first post-upgrade bill gets even bigger.

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New Hybrid Solar Cells Harness More Of The Sun’s Light Spectrum

Posted on 10 February 2012

Scientists at the University of Cambridge in the UK have found a way to improve the efficiency of photovoltaic cells by as much as 25% through harnessing more of the sun’s spectrum than most traditional silicon-based solar cells can. The new design, developed at the university’s Cavendish Laboratory in the Department of Physics, can absorb both red and blue light, and generates electrons from photons at a two-to-one ratio on the blue light spectrum.

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StartX Demo Day: A Direct Link Between Silicon Valley And Top Stanford Student Entrepreneurs

Posted on 10 February 2012

On the surface, the StartX Demo Day last night could have looked like any other accelerator pushing its latest class of startups. Nine groups got on stage and fired off presentations about how they were working on something cool, and why they deserved funding

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The Government Wants To Build An App Store For Real-Life Jack Bauers

Posted on 10 February 2012

The US Department of Defense Explosive Ordinance Disposal unit is look for a few good coders to help build apps and an entire app store for bomb technicians and soldiers involved in ordnance handling.

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Gillmor Gang Live 02.10.12 (TCTV)

Posted on 10 February 2012

Gillmor Gang – Robert Scoble, Steve Gillmor, John Borthwick, and Kevin Marks. Recording at 1pm PT.

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Air Force Could Buy Thousands Of iPads And Android Tablets

Posted on 10 February 2012

The Air Force’s Air Mobility Command will be putting in a request for the purchase of a number of tablets soon in an effort to lighten their pilots’loads. Many commercial airlines are already taking this step, and American Airlines has already gotten FAA approval . The Air Force is feeling the sting of jealousy, and in consequence may be requesting as many as 18,000 devices

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For And Against The iPad Mini

Posted on 10 February 2012

Rumors of a 7- to 7.85-inch iPad have been swirling around for a long while now. We’ve seen reports get killed moments after they initially break, only to be sneakily resurrected weeks or months later. The rumor simply won’t die.

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I Wanna Be On The StartupBus…So Freakin’Bad (Video)

Posted on 10 February 2012

Just a little candy to kick off your weekend:  Looking to get its state on the StartupBus radar, a group of  Lousiana’s innovators   met with founder Elias Bizannes this week for the  Baton Rouge Area Chamber ‘s February  Innovation Take-Out .

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