| The U.S. and China: A Duel to the Debt
(The Motley Fool)
- The Motley Fool - In this period of "exceptional uncertainty" (to quote Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke), where can investors turn for a considered perspective on the current environment? Produced to feed the beast of the 24-hour news cycle, the bulk of financial journalism and commentary today isn't worth the servers it is stored on. One notable exception to that rule is Buttonwood, the financial markets column of The Economist. Philip Coggan is the columnist -- arguably the most influential position in financial journalism (along with the head of Lex at the Financial Times).
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:22:33 GMT
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| Path Apologizes, Deletes All Address Book Data
(Mashable)
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Mashable - Dave Morin, the CEO of beleaguered social network Path, posted an apology today addressing the recent controversy over how the app accesses information on a user's phone. Saying the the company made a mistake, Morin promises Path has purged all address-book data from its servers.
In the blog post, titled simply "We are sorry," Morin says Path values its users' trust more than anything, which is why the company opted to delete the "entire collection" of user-uploaded contact information. (The full text is below.)
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:24:25 GMT
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| Path iPhone app shown to be uploading iOS address books to its servers
(Appolicious)
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Appolicious - One of the most popular social networking apps available for iOS and Android devices is in a bit of hot water.
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:13:00 GMT
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| Facebook may open source some of its back-end code this year
(Digital Trends)
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Digital Trends - CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently described Facebook as embracing “the hacker way,” which is to say that the company has a sort of freedom and interest in constantly innovating, breaking, and creating without boundaries that limit other enterprise businesses. How much that applies to Facebook in practice has long been up for debate, but the company may be edging closer in that direction in the near future.
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:58:13 GMT
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| Cisco seen reporting solid second quarter
(Reuters)
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Reuters - A year after network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc unnerved investors with yet another weak quarterly outlook the company looks set to report a stable quarter buoyed in part by improving enterprise demand in the United States.
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:21:16 GMT
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