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AllSeen Alliance Reaches 50 Members; Expands Smart Home, Connected Car And Security Focus

Press Release | AllSeen Alliance | June 11, 2014

The AllSeen Alliance, the broadest Internet of Everything open-source project, today announced strong momentum in its mission to drive connectivity among devices, systems, services and the people they serve with the addition of six new members – GEO Semiconductor, Local Motors, Octoblu, Razer, Red Bend Software and Symantec...

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Current State of Android Mobile Apps and mHealth Projects

According to data just released by Black Duck Software, development of new Android mobile projects have expanded by no less than 96% each year since 2007. See their chart showing cumulative growth for Android versus Apple iOS projects from 2007-2012 at Read More »

How Industrial Agriculture Has Thwarted Factory Farm Reforms

Christina M. Russo | Yale Environment 360 | November 19, 2013

In an interview with Yale Environment 360, Robert Martin, co-author of a recent study on industrial farm animal production, explains how a powerful and intransigent agriculture lobby has successfully fought off attempts to reduce the harmful environmental and health impacts of mass livestock production. Read More »

New Study: 'Cloud Of Things' Could Make Customer Service Better, Humanity Worse

Adrienne Lafrance | The Atlantic | May 14, 2014

Experts predict technology will improve daily transactions by 2025, but there are major caveats...

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Participatory Medicine: Your Patient Is Your Partner

Laurie Edwards | WBUR News | May 22, 2013

According to the Society for Participatory Medicine, 90 percent of health care takes place outside the doctor’s office. Read More »

The Ultimate Goal Of The NSA Is Total Population Control

Antony Loewenstein | The Guardian | July 10, 2014

At least 80% of all audio calls, not just metadata, are recorded and stored in the US, says whistleblower William Binney – that's a 'totalitarian mentality'...

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What The 'New Social Operating System' Means For Government

Tom Shoop | Nextgov | December 3, 2012

Over the past 12 years, the influence of the Internet has grown to the extent that Americans now “live in networks,” according to an expert on how digital trends are affecting American society -- and that development has serious implications for the way federal agencies interact with the citizens they serve. Read More »

‘We Kill People Based On Metadata’

David Cole | NYR Blog | May 10, 2014

If you have enough metadata, you don’t really need content.” When I quoted Baker at a recent debate at Johns Hopkins University, my opponent, General Michael Hayden, former director of the NSA and the CIA, called Baker’s comment “absolutely correct,” and raised him one, asserting, “We kill people based on metadata.”

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