7:51 PM
Researchers found that they could predict the life expectancy of patients with heart disease--the longer the patient's telomeres, the greater the chance they had of living a longer life:
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/03/study-finds-length-dna-strands-can-predict-life-expectancy
Study of mummies found that a leading cause of death worldwide today may have been around for 4,000 years:
http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/10/lessons-about-disease-from-mummies/?hpt=hp_c3
U.S. Admiral says that the biggest threat to peace in East Asia and the Pacific Ocean is *climate change*, not North Korea's 1953 armistice annulment that ended its war with South Korea, not the China/Japan dispute over an island chain, etc.:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/03/climate-change/
Iran is putting 5 Iranians on trial for converting to Christianity:
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/seworld20130311-five-iranian-on-trial-for-converting-to-christianity
Saudi Arabia may replace beheadings with firing squads because it is too hard to find punctual swordsman today:
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/seworld20130311-saudi-arabia-is-running-short-on-professional-punctual-swordsmen-to-carry-out-beheadings
Deal sites such as LivingSocial (#2 in the market, only Groupon has more sales) are struggling greatly--LivingSocial laid off 400 people last November after losing $560 mil in Q3 2012. Speculation is that LivingSocial could be sold to some company or liquidated piece by piece by next Spring:
http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/its-adapt-or-die-time-daily-deals-firms-147806
Samsung blames Windows 8 for poor computer sales and says that Windows 8 is no better than Windows *Vista*. Samsung also says that the Windows Surface tablet isn't selling well and that ultra-books (pushed by Intel and Microsoft) failed because of the Windows OS:
http://allthingsd.com/20130308/windows-8-no-better-than-vista-says-samsung-exec/
Google Glasses aren't even available to the public yet but a "dive bar" in Seattle has already banned it:
http://www.telecomtv.com/comspace_newsDetail.aspx?n=50063&id=e9381817-0593-417a-8639-c4c53e2a2a10
Marvel Comics is giving away over 700 first issues for free for those who use the Marvel Comics app for Android:
http://www.androidcentral.com/marvel-comics-app-now-offering-700-free-first-issues
This link might be helpful to get the free comics:
http://blog.comixology.com/2013/03/11/message-from-the-ceo/
Southern California Girl Scouts are accepting payments for girl scout cookies through their startphones:
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/58969.php
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/03/study-finds-length-dna-strands-can-predict-life-expectancy
Study of mummies found that a leading cause of death worldwide today may have been around for 4,000 years:
http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/10/lessons-about-disease-from-mummies/?hpt=hp_c3
U.S. Admiral says that the biggest threat to peace in East Asia and the Pacific Ocean is *climate change*, not North Korea's 1953 armistice annulment that ended its war with South Korea, not the China/Japan dispute over an island chain, etc.:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/03/climate-change/
Iran is putting 5 Iranians on trial for converting to Christianity:
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/seworld20130311-five-iranian-on-trial-for-converting-to-christianity
Saudi Arabia may replace beheadings with firing squads because it is too hard to find punctual swordsman today:
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/seworld20130311-saudi-arabia-is-running-short-on-professional-punctual-swordsmen-to-carry-out-beheadings
Deal sites such as LivingSocial (#2 in the market, only Groupon has more sales) are struggling greatly--LivingSocial laid off 400 people last November after losing $560 mil in Q3 2012. Speculation is that LivingSocial could be sold to some company or liquidated piece by piece by next Spring:
http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/its-adapt-or-die-time-daily-deals-firms-147806
Samsung blames Windows 8 for poor computer sales and says that Windows 8 is no better than Windows *Vista*. Samsung also says that the Windows Surface tablet isn't selling well and that ultra-books (pushed by Intel and Microsoft) failed because of the Windows OS:
http://allthingsd.com/20130308/windows-8-no-better-than-vista-says-samsung-exec/
Google Glasses aren't even available to the public yet but a "dive bar" in Seattle has already banned it:
http://www.telecomtv.com/comspace_newsDetail.aspx?n=50063&id=e9381817-0593-417a-8639-c4c53e2a2a10
Marvel Comics is giving away over 700 first issues for free for those who use the Marvel Comics app for Android:
http://www.androidcentral.com/marvel-comics-app-now-offering-700-free-first-issues
This link might be helpful to get the free comics:
http://blog.comixology.com/2013/03/11/message-from-the-ceo/
Southern California Girl Scouts are accepting payments for girl scout cookies through their startphones:
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/58969.php