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...users navigate by tilting the motion-sensitive device. Another application, which takes advantage of the phone's GPS, is a location-aware social network; fire up the app and you can see whether any friends or people in your contact list are nearby. "We make serendipity happen," said Loopt founder Sam Altman. For the first time, one could be walking down a street in New York City and realize, for instance, that a college roommate is nearby. The Loopt application will be free at the iPhone App Store; Monkey Ball will cost $9.99. Phil Schiller, who heads Apple's marketing...
...trade bill, which would put a federal limit on greenhouse gas emissions, many doubtful senators said they wouldn't vote for the measure unless massive subsidies for nuclear were included. (The bill was shelved.) Even some veteran greens who were once dead set against atomic power, like Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore, now see nukes as the only way to save civilization from climate change. And last month Wired magazine urged environmentalists to "Go Nuclear," claiming, "there's no question that nuclear power is the most climate-friendly industrial-scale energy source...
...Rostik's-KFC (a joint venture with Kentucky Fried Chicken) and the pizza chain Sbarro are larger. Teremok anticipates $110 million in revenue this year, up from $63 million last year, and the company may soon expand into the U.S. and Western Europe. Mikhail Goncharov, 37, Teremok's founder, has big plans for the humble pancake. "We think blini could be for Russia what pizza is for the Italians," he says...
...serious about improving health care and reining in costs, the rest of the industry is going to have to get on board too. There are a number of Internet powers trying to stake out the EHR space, among them Microsoft and Revolution Health Group, led by AOL co-founder Steve Case. In Cleveland, Google has a partner that is already ahead of the curve...
...many, Rowling may lack the gravitas of past years’ speakers, who include Microsoft founder Bill Gates, former United Nations leader Kofi Annan, and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright...