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Sheryl Sandberg's 'Lean In' offers a feminist view from the top
Sheryl Sandberg's explosive "Lean In" — a muscular manifesto on the gender inequities of the professional world — is being published within weeks of the 50th anniversary of Betty Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique." It's a convergence destined...
Tags: Minority Groups, Tina Fey, Fiction, Civil Rights, Arts and Culture
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Facebook is about to redesign News Feed: Here's what to expect
SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook is rolling out a radical new redesign of News Feed, the biggest since it launched the feature in 2006. The giant social network plans to unveil the redesign at a press conference Thursday at its Menlo Park, Calif.,...
Tags: George Takei, Advertising, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Corporate Officers, Companies and Corporations
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Best Computer Movies
Blogging with Bill WhiteI’m getting chirping crickets so far in response to the announcement that my Looove Connection topic is online dating, with a particular emphasis on cases where someone tricked you with misleading information/photos/etc. I referenced Manti Te’... -
Forbes' tally of billionaires jumps 16%; Buffett drops in list
This post has been corrected. See below for details. The list of the world's ultimate 1% has grown: Forbes magazine said its tally of billionaires around the globe climbed 16% over last year. Topping the list is Carlos Slim, a telecommunications mogul...
Tags: Media Industry, Microsoft Corporation, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Carlos Slim
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A different kind of Facebook tag: Graffiti on campus tunnel walls
SAN FRANCISCO -- This time it's Facebook that has been tagged. The giant social network's Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters is a blank slate for artistic expression. Anyone who works at the company can pick up a can and spray-paint on the walls or...Tags: Media Industry, Social Media, Arts, Sean Parker, Sociology
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City Lights: Unplugging in a fast-paced digital world
I'm living an austere lifestyle as I write these words. At least, as austere as possible under the circumstances. My Twitter and Facebook accounts are logged off. My iPhone, which harbors my Hotmail account and text messages, is in my pocket untouched....Tags: Social Media, Steve Jobs, Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Authors
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Silicon Valley launches campaign to get kids to code
SAN FRANCISCO -- A new nonprofit is launching a campaign to encourage American kids to code. Code.org has tapped some of the technology industry's leading luminaries –- Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter and Square's Jack Dorsey and Microsoft's...Tags: Lobbying, Superman (fictional character), Microsoft Corporation, Computing and Information Technology Industry, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary
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Hopkins researcher receives new award to spotlight scientists
Many people have heard of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg or Google co-founder Sergey Brin. But few know about Bert Vogelstein, a Johns Hopkins scientist who helped map the cancer genome and created gene and stool tests to detect colon cancer. A new,...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Colleges and Universities, Princeton University, Leukemia, Shinya Yamanaka
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Three independent bookstores sue Amazon, publishers
Three independent bookstores have filed a class action suit against Amazon and the six major publishers, accusing them of creating a monopoly in e-book sales. The complaint, filed in New York on Feb. 15, focuses on digital rights management, known as DRM....
Tags: Justice System, Media Industry, Amazon Kindle, New York City, Google+
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Paul Ryan taken to task for fashion choices
Los Angeles TimesWhen Rep. Paul D. Ryan (R.-Wis.) billowed onto the national political stage in Norfolk, Va., as Mitt Romney's vice presidential running mate this month, the reaction was swift and unanimous — at least among the fashion-focused. Press pundits,...Tags: Elections, Apple iPhone, Mitt Romney, George W. Bush, Barack Obama
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Plastic surgery — it's a guy thing too
Los Angeles TimesWhen John Tlapa looked in the mirror, his nose looked like he "could pick a door lock," he said. It resembled "a hook with a point on it. It was pretty ugly." So two years ago, the San Diego-based screenwriter underwent rhinoplasty to improve his profile...Tags: Music, Health, Health and Medical Professionals, Botox (drug), American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
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When Sears, the Facebook of its era, launched its IPO
Even people who don't play the market are thinking this week about buying stock in Facebook's initial public offering of shares.
One hundred six years ago, Sears, Roebuck and Co. was its era's version of a hot tech company. Like Facebook, Apple or...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Steve Jobs, Discover Financial Services, Hyde Park
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