Word: techs
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...inhabitants have been doing - thanks to a wireless, solar-powered communications system installed in the Ruwenzori mountains by Inveneo, a San Francisco nonprofit. Inveneo was launched in 2004 by three Silicon Valley veterans - Mark Summer, 36; Kristin Peterson, 45; and Bob Marsh, 59 - who share a passion for high tech and an interest in the developing world. They had done enough volunteer work overseas to see how wireless communications might improve and save lives - through phone calls to health clinics, fast reporting of natural disasters, support for trading co-ops and better educational opportunities. So they designed a solar-powered...
...idea is that Google wants to organize your life, not just your information, says Oren Etzioni, a professor of computer science at the University of Washington who has consulted for the company on tech development. "In starting up services that haven't been at the core of their business, Google is experimenting to see if they can expand your everyday interaction with them," he says...
...psychological effects of technological, social or environmental developments." A mouthful, but Ballard has earned every word of it. In 20 novels and 20 story collections over his half-century as a writer, he has created an anti-utopian gulag of ostensibly placid communities - island resorts, luxury apartment towers, high-tech research parks - where civility deteriorates and darkness rises. In Kingdom Come, his latest and perhaps most unsettling work yet, Ballard exposes a particularly nasty cesspool of social pathology: the shopping mall. First, a clarification. Confusingly, Ballard is perhaps best known for Empire of the Sun, a surprisingly sunny best seller...
...slows a little to a more sustainable rate, Estonia could catch up with Portugal and Greece on a per-capita basis in about a decade. "This is the best time in our history," says Sten Tamkivi, Skype's Estonian head of operations. So much so that the country's tech employers are hugely grateful for the workers they have. "Every evening I'm almost standing at the door and asking everyone as they leave: Did you enjoy yourself and can I expect to see you tomorrow?" says Teet Jagomägi, not entirely joking. He runs a mapping software company...
...increased awareness of global warming—started working on the service full-time in June.The Harvard grads chose to launch their service in Seattle for several other reasons as well. “It’s a very young city, it’s a very tech-savvy city, it’s a very environmentally friendly city,” Shiftan said.If the beta-testing period proves successful, Shiftan and Corker said they hope to expand into other cities such as Washington, D.C. and Boston. While they recognize that the idea of coordinating carpools through technology...