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November 26, 2014
GoPro Is Reportedly Getting Into The Drone Business
The commercial drone industry could approach $2 billion by 2020.
Once upon a time, if you wanted aerial footage from a GoPro, you had to attach the camcorder to a hobby drone from a company like Parrot or DJI. An eagle would also do in a pinch. Now, according to the Wall Street Journal, it looks like GoPro is developing its own line of of commercial drones to sell directly to consumers.
Twitter Wants To Spy On Your Mobile Apps
New update lets Twitter gather more data for advertisers.
Twitter claims to be making yet another change to give users better content recommendations—and give itself more information to sell ads. Recently, it started showing users tweets they might enjoy from accounts they do not follow. Twitter's next step to make this function better? Finding out which other apps a user has on their smartphone.
How Uber Is Making One Design Firm's Life A Living Hell
Just another day in the office for the beleagured startup.
Uber has its fair share of problems right now. The CEO allegedly said that Uber should be called Boober for its ability to get him laid. The upper management can spy on the trips of its users with a privacy-busting "God View" app. The senior vice president has suggested hiring a smear team to discredit journalists who write negative coverage about the company. They price-gouge their customers when they need them most, and they place orders for fake rides on their competitors' services just to screw them.
Visualizing The Political Battle Over Ferguson On Twitter
Statistician Emma Pierson visualizes the way conservatives and liberals interacted—or didn't—in the aftermath of the Ferguson decision.
The Ferguson grand jury's decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson for the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown sparked widespread protests, looting, and fire in the streets, as well as outpourings of grief and conflict on social media platforms like Twitter.
How To Break It To Your Parents That You're Ditching Med School To Become A Startup Guy
Step 1: Have parents that really, really love you. Step 2: Come prepared.
As far back as he can remember, Nikhil Kundra was going to become a doctor. Both his parents were physicians in Florida, and medicine wasn't just in his future, it was his future.
$230 Million Still Can't Buy A Startup Original Design?
Do these two designs look the same to you? Because they sure do to us.
You've heard it before. Two startups, with vastly different amounts of funding, each do ostensibly the same thing. In the left corner, you have HelloSign, with $3.5 million in funding, which allows you to sign documents electronically. In the right corner, you have DocuSign, with $230 million in funding, which also allows you to sign documents electronically.
Everything You Can Make With Your Thanksgiving Leftovers
Fried stuffing bites? Turkey ramen? Let our exclusive infographic guide you through getting creative with your excess holiday foodstuffs.
Lily Tidhar for Fast Company The aftermath of any decent Thanksgiving meal is replete with more than enough uneaten food for a second (or third, or fourth) meal. This year, get a little more innovative with your Thanksgiving leftovers than open-faced turkey sandwiches. Snap yourself out of your post-feast foodie haze and check out some of the more ambitious culinary projects you could be undertaking with that half-eaten poultry leg and the huge bowl of mashed potatoes in the fridge. A big bowl of turkey ramen, maybe? Some potato gnocchi? Fried stuffing bites? Pie fries? Your Turkey Day weekend will never be the same. —Shaunacy Ferro
The "Number Two" Bus Runs On--What Else?--Human Waste
Surprisingly, Bristol's Bio-Bus doesn't even smell.
The new Bio-Bus in Bristol, England, is nicknamed "the number two" for a reason: It runs on fuel made from human waste. The biogas in the bus's tank is also made from food waste.
November 25, 2014
Demand For Ebola Gear In U.S. Further Strains Response In Africa
Shortages loom for treatment centers even as protective suit manufacturers increase their output.
After two Ebola deaths on U.S. soil, hospitals moved fast to implement new safety procedures and buy the full-body protective suits designed to protect doctors and nurses from exposure to the deadly virus. But those well-intentioned precautionary measures are having an unintended consequence: exacerbating gear shortages in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea, the African countries hardest hit by the outbreak.
Apple Hits $700 Billion Market Cap—A New Record
The last record was set in September 2012.
Apple's last market cap peak was in September 2012, when it hit $658 billion. The last few years saw AAPL dip until June, when the company seemingly bowed to outside pressure and split its stock.
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