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MIT Researchers created an self-cleaning glass that resists fog and glare. They hope this leads to an inexpensive manufacturing process where their surface texture on glass surfaces can be applied to smartphones/TV screens, solar panels, car windshields, and even windows in buildings:
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2012/04/Materials-Glass-Researchers-Create-Antifogging-Self-Cleaning-Glass/
Catholic school teacher in Indiana is suing because she claims she was fired for undergoing fertility treatments to become pregnant. She was a well regarded teacher at the school from 2003 and 2011 and was diagnosed with a medical condition in 2010 that causes infertility. She told her principal in 2010 that she would be undergoing IVF treatments because she and her husband wanted to have a child, and the principal told her "You are in my prayers" and gave her time off to receive treatments. A year later she requested time off for a second round of fertility treatments and was told to report to the pastor of the church...and the pastor called her a "grave, immoral sinner" and added that if people found out about her IVF treatments it would cause a "scandal" for the church. It appears that the pastor and the principal viewed things differently...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/teacher-fired-receiving-fertility-treatments/story?id=16205486#.T5lCOqtilfH
YouTube is the biggest source of mobile data traffic in the world, with 27% of all North American data traffic (Pandora is #2 at 6% of U.S. data traffic), 24% in Latin America, 17% in Europe, and 14% if Asia-Pacific:
http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/report-youtube-worlds-largest-source-mobile-data-traffic/2012-04-26
The Kindle Fire has only been around for 5 months, but it has 54.4% of the Android table market--Samsung's Galaxy Tab is #2 with just 15.4%. The Kindle Fire had 29.4% of the Android tablet market in December and was already up to 54.4% in February:
http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2012/4/Kindle_Fire_Captures_more_than_Half_of_Android_Tablet_Market
Analyst points out that AT&T sold 4.3 million iPhones in the 1Q, 1.8 million more iPhones than Verizon, but AT&T only added 187,000 postpaid phone subscribers while Verizon added 501,000 phone subscribers in the quarter. AT&T has all 3 models of the iPhone available, including the 99-cent iPhone 3GS that Verizon doesn't have:
http://www.wirelessdesignmag.com/ShowPR.aspx?PUBCODE=055&ACCT=0000100&ISSUE=1204&RELTYPE=IN&PRODCODE=000000&PRODLETT=EV.html?et_cid=2614773&et_rid=60838639
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2012/04/Materials-Glass-Researchers-Create-Antifogging-Self-Cleaning-Glass/
Catholic school teacher in Indiana is suing because she claims she was fired for undergoing fertility treatments to become pregnant. She was a well regarded teacher at the school from 2003 and 2011 and was diagnosed with a medical condition in 2010 that causes infertility. She told her principal in 2010 that she would be undergoing IVF treatments because she and her husband wanted to have a child, and the principal told her "You are in my prayers" and gave her time off to receive treatments. A year later she requested time off for a second round of fertility treatments and was told to report to the pastor of the church...and the pastor called her a "grave, immoral sinner" and added that if people found out about her IVF treatments it would cause a "scandal" for the church. It appears that the pastor and the principal viewed things differently...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/teacher-fired-receiving-fertility-treatments/story?id=16205486#.T5lCOqtilfH
YouTube is the biggest source of mobile data traffic in the world, with 27% of all North American data traffic (Pandora is #2 at 6% of U.S. data traffic), 24% in Latin America, 17% in Europe, and 14% if Asia-Pacific:
http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/report-youtube-worlds-largest-source-mobile-data-traffic/2012-04-26
The Kindle Fire has only been around for 5 months, but it has 54.4% of the Android table market--Samsung's Galaxy Tab is #2 with just 15.4%. The Kindle Fire had 29.4% of the Android tablet market in December and was already up to 54.4% in February:
http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2012/4/Kindle_Fire_Captures_more_than_Half_of_Android_Tablet_Market
Analyst points out that AT&T sold 4.3 million iPhones in the 1Q, 1.8 million more iPhones than Verizon, but AT&T only added 187,000 postpaid phone subscribers while Verizon added 501,000 phone subscribers in the quarter. AT&T has all 3 models of the iPhone available, including the 99-cent iPhone 3GS that Verizon doesn't have:
http://www.wirelessdesignmag.com/ShowPR.aspx?PUBCODE=055&ACCT=0000100&ISSUE=1204&RELTYPE=IN&PRODCODE=000000&PRODLETT=EV.html?et_cid=2614773&et_rid=60838639