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...think your advocacy has helped change the public view of stem-cell research? Angel Paternina CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA...
...Espada chuckles as he recounts overhearing a cell phone conversation in which a passer-by said, “Oh yeah, I’m outside Mem Hall, right outside the Science Center, where 9/11...
...sitting in the Dorchester home of a 75-year-old colorectal cancer patient in February when he received a phone call informing him that he had been awarded the prestigious $72,000 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship. But instead of taking the call, Gaur silenced his cell phone and continued his home interview with the patient. It was only later that he checked his voicemail messages to learn that he was one of eight Harvard graduate students to snag the award. The fellowship recognizes new Americans—immigrants and their children—for creativity, accomplishment, and citizenship...
Jack Dorsey, the founder and chairman of Twitter, sees no reason why Iraqis cannot join the growing chorus of global "tweets" appearing on computers and cell phones worldwide every day. "We've always been focused on making sure that the lowest common denominator, the weakest technology, still has a voice," said Dorsey, who was in Baghdad this week with a delegation of high-tech executives at the invitation of the State Department. Cellphone-carrying Iraqis, Dorsey said, could utilize Twitter applications on their current mobiles for a range of things, even without broadband Internet connections, which are still in short...
What Dorsey means is that 85% of people in Iraq carry mobile phones, usually more than one. This is a new reality in a country where roughly six years ago cellphone were virtually nonexistent. For Dorsey and other tech executives visiting Baghdad, the merging of cell technology and the Internet looks like a potential leapfrog move in telecommunications for the country, much in the way cellphone networks lessen the need for traditional landline infrastructure. "We feel that there are some real opportunities here," said Jason Liebman, CEO and founder of Howcast, a website that offers how-to videos...