The most important difference between Facebook & Google

This probably explains the privacy failures at Facebook.  "Move fast and break things," & "ship early and ship often," aren't good enough if an organization is interested in user privacy or security.

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Mobile computing is just getting started

'Mobile computers [smartphones & tablets] are spreading faster than any other consumer technology in history. In the United States, smartphones have even begun reaching the group of relative technophobes that consumer researchers call the “late majority.” About half of mobile-phone users now have one.'

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Spigen GLAS.tR tempered glass screen protector for the iPhone 5 review (video)

Credit: Spigen/ The Gadgeteer

Also available for: Xperia Z, Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note 2, Nexus 4, Nexus 7, Nexus 10, Kindle Fire HD, iPad Mini & 2/3/4 & iPod.

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How we realized putting radium in everything was not the answer

Credit: Science Museum of Minnesota/ Science Buzz/ The Atlantic

And there was the inventer of the, Radiendocrinator, a radium filled device, designed to be worn, "like any athletic strap". Not surprisingly, it's inventor, marketer, & most prominent user, later died of bladder cancer.

Lots of broken promises.  In the 50s the nuclear industry was promising, "electricity too cheap to meter".

All along, one of the promises has been, if not health benefits, at least safety.  Try telling that to the people at Three Mile Island, Windscale (aka Sellafield), Chernobyl & Fukushima.

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