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...million cell phones each year, says enabling two-way connectivity on GPS devices is the logical next step. As for why device makers don't offer it yet, even though the technology has long existed to do so, she says, "They never really had to compete in this space, so there wasn't the need." But as prices come down (on April 23, TomTom reported that its average product price had fallen 42% over the past year to $185 per unit) and as the number of GPS device manufacturers increases, companies are scrambling for ways to differentiate their wares...
...said, adding that he’s partial to the title “White Stuff People Like.” Scholars of popular culture also made an appearance. Organizers said that as a combination of fan convention and academic conference, ROFLCon occupied a difficult space between celebrating Internet culture and critically examining it. “It’s been a bit of a struggle this entire time to define what we are,” said Carrie E. Andersen ’08, who helped plan the weekend. “We sort of say that we?...
...student events. However, student life consists of much more than events with more than 100 people. There are many more steps that the college can take to ensure a balanced social and academic life for all Harvard undergraduates. The College needs to take proactive steps towards increasing accessible student space for smaller events. Other things, like increasing the pub’s hours and creating a mechanism to encourage individuals to host parties, could make large strides in improve student life. It is imperative that positive steps of the draft report should be viewed as the first steps?...
...dispute a couple of years ago that has now transitioned into a safety issue. The FAA had a mandate from Congress to start running things like a business, to be more cost-effective. That has manifested itself in the rise of runway incursions [airplanes invading each other's ground space]. These are very clearly the result of a reduction in staffing, a decline in experience, and an increase in the use of employee overtime, which leads to increased fatigue. The result is a 300% to 400% increase in operational errors. Listen, this is a great job and I will retire...
...manage a stock market full of neophyte investors? Very carefully, China is learning. After regulators put a trading tax in place last May, the market plunged by 10.3% in the space of a week. And for many investors, that was a rude introduction to the basic lesson that what goes up can also come down. Li Xiuzhen, 58, a retired factory worker from Beijing and newbie stock buyer, says her investment fund has shrunk by 40%. Li, who receives monthly pension of $171, has lost $8,571 in recent months. "China's stock market is the biggest gamble," she says...