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Moyers: ‘Narcissistic’ government has created ‘United States of Inequality’
In a dispatch from California’s Silicon Valley, Bill Moyers points out that while the wealthy are busy hiding their money in secret off-shore accounts, the middle class is disappearing and the poor are homeless. “Inequality matters,” Moyers begins. “You’ll hear people say it doesn’t but they’re usually so high up…
Internet addiction even worries Silicon Valley
The latest trend on the internet is to step away from the internet, according to a growing band of American technology leaders and psychologists for whom the notion of the addictive power of digital gadgets is gaining sway. Although the idea of a clinical disorder of internet addiction was first…
Senate Democrats hold fast to anti-piracy bill
By all accounts, the Internet’s first politically motivated mass work-stoppage on Wednesday was a rousing success, and so far 13 19 U.S. Senators have flipped their stance on pending anti-piracy legislation that critics say would severely harm the freedom of speech online. But the real story is, all but two…
Facebook ‘likes’ New York high-tech scene
NEW YORK — New York City is already the US capital of advertising, fashion, finance and media. Now it wants to be its high-tech center too. The Big Apple’s ambition to rival Silicon Valley with its own Silicon Alley received a big boost when Facebook announced Friday that it will…
eBay profit rises as shoppers turn to smartphones
SAN FRANCISCO — Online auction and financial transactions powerhouse eBay said Wednesday that profit in the recently ended quarter climbed as commerce shifts to smartphones and tablet computers. The Silicon Valley company reported that its net income in the quarter ending September 30 rose to $490.5 million as revenue leapt…
Facebook to allow users to follow posts by strangers
Facebook is letting members follow strangers Twitter-style in the latest of a barrage of data maelstrom-taming moves since rival social network Google+ launched in June. “Google+ was a major wake-up call for Facebook,” said analyst Rob Enderle of Enderle Group in Silicon Valley. “They were awakened to the fact that…
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