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China Plans to Deal With Food Safety Scandals in Upcoming Session

2Jul

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China Plans to Deal With Food Safety Scandals in Upcoming Session

China is no stranger to food scandals. One of the latest controversies involved international retail giant Walmart. This January, investigators found that meat sold at the store and labeled as donkey meat was actually fox meat, which came from a local supplier. According to an official government report, Chinese police dealt with over 52,000 criminal food safety cases within the past three years. This number doesn't represent the number of consumers affected -- simply the number of infractions. The Standing Committee of the China's National People's Congress is having its bi-monthly session right now, and lawmakers will be looking to improve upon existing regulations and laws concerning food producers and food safety. "The draft amendment proposes that a unified supervision and manag...

NPR Report: Web Still Widely Unprotected a Year After Snowden Leaks

20Jun

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NPR Report: Web Still Widely Unprotected a Year After Snowden Leaks

It's been just over a year since the British newspaper The Guardian began releasing leaked intelligence information from former NSA analyst Edward Snowden. In partnership with the paper's Glenn Greenwald, Snowden painted a picture of a National Security Agency that had become more like the tyrannical government in Orwell's 1984 than a benevolent body that just wanted to keep the United States safe. The conclusion? We've all, every single one of us that uses the internet, have been and continue to be watched online. Huge tech companies, from Google to Twitter, promised to start encrypting their users data and closing security holes -- not a foolproof way to ward off the NSA, but encryption makes it more difficult for them to act on their carte blanche. While many of our most used service...

After Five Years, Greece Legalizes Street Views on Google Maps

14Jun

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After Five Years, Greece Legalizes Street Views on Google Maps

Google Maps can now legally show street views of Greece, San Jose Mercury News reports. For five years, the Greek government denied Google rights to post up-close photographs online. Culture Minister Panos Panagiotopoulos recently overruled that ban, hoping the map application and service will help revive tourism in the country. "We have so much to show off. This is a godsend," Panagiotopoulos said. "Everyone knows how difficult things are, with all the obstacles that are there when dealing with the Greek state. We are trying to overcome these difficulties." Panagiotopoulos adds that the country's landscape resembles an "endless archaeological park," according to San Jose Mercury News. The leading internet company is ready to launch the pictures as soon as they are able. "Google was ...

Chicago Activists Aim to End City’s Use of Sweatshop-Produced Uniforms for Workers

14Jun

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Chicago Activists Aim to End City’s Use of Sweatshop-Produced Uniforms for Workers

Those in Chicago who wear uniforms to city jobs, such as firefighters, police officers, and maintenance personnel, may soon wear more ethically-produced apparel, thanks to an effort by Chicago Fair Trade activists in the city. The new ordinance, introduced in the Chicago City Council on May 28, would enforce labor rights for the workers who manufacture these garments if the law is passed, essentially cutting out any sweatshop-produced uniforms. Garment workers in many other countries are often subject to harsh treatments from their employers, so low wages and long hours are common, along with wage theft in some cases. And the working conditions of the factories are just as bad: fire exit doors are padlocked to keep workers from leaving and buildings have haphazardly constructed addition...

Glance, at a Glance: the New Gadget That Transforms Ordinary Watches Into Smartwatches

10Jun

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Glance, at a Glance: the New Gadget That Transforms Ordinary Watches Into Smartwatches

This week, the tech world was abuzz with news of Glance, an $80 gadget that gives smartwatch capabilities to any ordinary watch. According to techcrunch.com, the team behind Kiwi Wearables started a Kickstarter campaign to fund the final design and production processes needed before the gadget can be sold. Glance is a small device designed to fit beneath the band of the wearer's watch. It offers a small OLED display and a wide range of features and capabilities that traditional watches can't offer. Glance's developers have enabled it to work with Android and iOS software, according to techcrunch.com. Eventually, BlackBerry and Windows phone support will be added. Some of the features Glance offers are call and text notifications, Bluetooth connectivity, phone location and remot...

Twitter Spreading Quickly Through Asia and Latin America, According to New Report

3Jun

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Twitter Spreading Quickly Through Asia and Latin America, According to New Report

Although Wall Street might be worried about a slowdown in Twitter's domestic growth, the website that has brought "tweets" to millions of people is still spreading like wildfire through Asia and Latin America, according to a new report by eMarketer research firm.Over the past year, Twitter's growth in both Europe and the United States has started to slow down, and stock prices took a tumble to new lows. Twitter's shares closed last week at $30.50, less than $4 above their original public offering. Although investors might be worried about the plateau that growth seems to have reached here, the social network can still make huge gains in developing markets. Twitter's user base is projected to grow an incredible 25% this year worldwide, and is expected to jump another 19% in 2015 based on re...

IT Outsourcing Expected to Blossom in Indonesia Over the Next Five Years

2Jun

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IT Outsourcing Expected to Blossom in Indonesia Over the Next Five Years

According to the Jakarta Post, the dawn of IT outsourcing is expected to hit Indonesia within the next five years. Indonesia is the world's fourth most populous country, and the region is expected to experience large growth in technology sectors within the upcoming decade. Media and communications, finance, insurance, manufacturing, and banking are expected to spend almost US $7 billion in 2014 on IT in Indonesia. As more and more money pours into IT, the pressure is on for businesses to adapt it to their business models and achieve goals through using IT solutions. International Data Corporation (IDC) Indonesia is currently predicting that business-led outcomes are going to be behind the majority of IT projects this year. As the technological marketplace continues to open up in Indo...

Bar Brings Big Discounts for Balding Patrons

30May

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Bar Brings Big Discounts for Balding Patrons

The sign outside Otaskuke reads, "Baldness is a man's badge of honor." The Japanese-style pub whose name could be translated as "the baldie's friend" in the Akasaka district in Tokyo is a safe haven for the hairless, offering a sense of community to the bald and the balding. Otaskuke's drink specials are bringing it the most attention, though, since it discounts the tabs of the follicly-challenged. Every individual bald or balding person gets a neat 500 yen, which is about $4.94, taken off of the buffet bill of the group. The discount then gets larger for each balding patron who joins the party. “I don’t like to admit I’m going bald,” said Fumio Terashita, a businessman with a receding hairline. “But the bald discount idea is fun.” Oh, and if five bald people head to Otaskuke toge...

Digital Camera Manufacturers Are Overcoming Their Greatest Threat: the Smartphone

27May

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Digital Camera Manufacturers Are Overcoming Their Greatest Threat: the Smartphone

The world's most popular photo site, Flickr, allows users to see which cameras are most commonly used in their online community, but the odd thing is that none of the top four are actually cameras. They're all smartphones. Respectively, the top four are the Apple iPhone 5, the Apple iPhone 5s, the Apple iPhone 4S, and the the Apple iPhone 4. What's more, digital camera sales have been tepidly declining for the past few years, while the sale of smartphones has skyrocketed by more than 600 million in the past five years.These are just two trends that indicate the public's demands and expectations have shifted. People nowadays are less concerned about taking higher quality photos, and would rather have the ability to instantly share their pictures across social networks instead. However, it f...

Price of Gold Continues to Fall, Shows No Sign of Stopping

23May

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Price of Gold Continues to Fall, Shows No Sign of Stopping

In September 2011, the market price of gold hit its all-time peak at $1,895 per ounce. Almost three years later, on May 13, 2014, USA Today reported that the price had fallen to $1,293 -- a 32% decrease. Now, according to the USA Today article, experts are saying the price of gold could continue its steep and steady decline, eventually reaching $800 per ounce or even lower. As the U.S. continues to recover economically and tensions in Ukraine disperse, there will be little cause for gold prices to increase, USA Today reported. In a May 16 Market Watch article, it was reported that higher bond yields are also resulting in less demand for gold. Overall, the outlook for gold looks grim -- so what does this mean for people who use gold as an investment tool? The market price for go...