The futuristic idea that microchips could be implanted under a patient's skin to control the release of drugs has taken another step forward. US scientists have been testing just such a device on women with the bone-wasting disease osteoporosis. The chip was inserted in their waist and activ... Read more...
Note: This post was originally published on Inc and has been reprinted here with permission. If you’re just using Twitter to lurk, you can stop reading now: This advice does not pertain to you. But if you intend to use Twitter for any sort of marketing, whether for yourself or your company,... Read more...
Google Inc received U.S. antitrust approval to buy Motorola Mobility, a deal aimed at building up an arsenal of patents, and an Apple-led consortium also received the go-ahead to purchase a trove of patents from bankrupt Canadian company Nortel Networks, the Justice Department said. The depar... Read more...
Christina Swarns is the director of the Criminal Justice Project at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. She is currently lead counsel for Mumia Abu Jamal. Read more...
"Autistic Like Me: A Father's Perspective" (ALM) is a very personal film, derived from my own experience and in many ways it mirrors my journey as a father since my son Malik was diagnosed with autism at age two. It is a documentary that is truly the centerpiece of a movement of awareness,... Read more...
AT&T Inc. (T), whose $39 billion bid for T-Mobile USA is challenged by the U.S. Justice Department, will record one-time costs of $4 billion this quarter to reflect the risks of a collapse of the deal. AT&T and T-Mobile owner Deutsche Telekom AG withdrew their applications to the... Read more...
PayPal Inc. is suing Google and two of its executives -- accusing them of stealing trade secrets and poaching employees -- in a move that ups the stakes as the two companies vie for a piece of the fast-growing mobile payments market. The suit, filed in a Santa Clara County federal court, came h... Read more...
Consumer technology companies reporting financial results this week are looking like rowboats bobbing in the wake of Apple Inc.'s supertanker. Close to oblivion in 1997, Apple is now the world's second-most valuable company, after Exxon Mobil Corp. On April 20, it reported net income of $5.99 b... Read more...
J DILLA - BEHIND THE BEAT (POSTER) 28 x 28 inches Back in 2005, photographer Raph Rashid was hoping to complete a book of hip-hop home studios by getting pics of J Dilla at work in Los Angeles. Unknown to all but a small circle of people at the time, J Dilla had been in and out of the... Read more...