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Obama´s goal: One Million e-cars on the US streets by 2015
In his State of the Union speech, Obama set a goal of putting one million "electric cars" on the road by 2015.
Young teenage CEOs have succeed in many fields of industries, especially in the ICT business. Their success shows that you don’t need a fancy MBA to be an entrepreneur, Entpreneural spirit is a teen spirit.
Social media includes also Social TV. Social TV could improve the viewing experience and provide new business opportunities for carriers.
Crowdsourcing to Become a Powerful Crisis-management Tool
The Ushahidi project brings crowdsourcing to bear on some of the most desperate situations people face around the world. Its downloadable software allows users to submit eyewitness reports during a conflict or disaster; the c...
Researchers develop a mathematical model that could help us make sense of how conflicts get messy. Researchers in the Cornell University describe a model for predicting how a social group will break apart during a turbulent split.
University offers Lady Gaga sociology course
As reported by BBC, a new course on "Lady Gaga and the Sociology of the Fame" is to be taught at the University of South Carolina. Course documents said students would learn to "engage in sound and substantiated scholarly think...
