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Meet AppNexus: The online ad platform you already use everyday
Jeremy Hobson Apr 29, 2013
While most people haven’t heard of AppNexus, many Internet users almost certainly interact with the company on a daily basis.
Social media is no soap box for the poor: Study
David Brancaccio Apr 26, 2013
A new study by the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project shows that social media and the Internet are not helping much to get poorer people engaged in civic life.
What DeVry's earnings say about the for-profit college business
Amy Scott Apr 23, 2013
As for-profit colleges learn to survive with fewer students, the rise of free online courses raises new questions.
Why a private equity tycoon is funding a scholarship in China
Rob Schmitz Apr 22, 2013
Billionaire Stephen Schwarzman is spearheading a $300 million scholarship fund for top students from the U.S., Europe, and Latin America to spend a year in China. With philanthropy, comes influence.
Are 'smart guns' ready for market?
David Gura Apr 19, 2013
Technology exists where only electronically recognized users can fire a gun, but are gun buyers interested?
Bundling no more? Netflix, Hopper chip away at traditional TV
Ben Johnson Apr 17, 2013
The TV industry is changing fast -- and one of its pillars, bundling, may be about to fall.
Would you rather have a teacher or a computer grade your schoolwork?
Jonathan Zittrain Apr 15, 2013
EdX, a Harvard-MIT project, will offer essay grading software to colleges free of charge. You might imagine that teachers and professors would embrace the labor saving. But, not all do.
MLB.com: America's pastime is higher tech than you think
David Brancaccio Apr 11, 2013
Baseball, with its passion for tradition, is higher tech than you think. MLB.com CEO Bob Bowman discusses live streaming and baseball's mobile strategy.
Stricter school lunch nutrition standards reduce childhood obesity: Study
David Weinberg Apr 10, 2013
School lunch programs with stricter nutrition standards may be helping to reduce obesity in children, especially those who receive free or reduced lunches.
New technology lets deaf, hard of hearing make calls in HD
Ben Johnson Apr 10, 2013
A company called Purple Communications has new technology to help people who are deaf or hearing impaired communicate digitally through an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter.
