6:04 AM
Stores ask for our ZIP code because that information combined with our name can be used to find out information about us from commercial databases, like our full mailing address. Stores can then sell the information to data brokers, who sell it to other marketers. This results in catalogs and junk mail:
http://bucks.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/01/why-retailers-ask-for-your-zip-code/?smid=tw-nytimes
Russia is selling 4 new submarines for $2 bil, 2 built in Russia and 2 built in China. Russia inserted a contract provision that "China cannot copy Russian technology"...but given China's history and given that 2 subs will be made in China, I'm not sure how seriously Russia expects China to heed that request:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/04/russia-is-selling-china-four-state-of.html
Mozilla and Samsung are teaming up to create a secure browser engine that is designed to take advantage of multicore architectures:
http://www.infoworld.com/t/web-development/mozilla-and-samsung-team-servo-secure-browser-engine-215762
Goldman Sachs dropped Apple from their list of most highly recommended stocks. Apple's stock was at $427.90 this afternoon, well off their peak of $705.07 in September:
http://www.wirelessdesignmag.com/news/2013/04/goldman-takes-apple-stock-preferred-list
Apple is reportedly planning to launch their next iPhone this summer instead of waiting until the Fall like they have for each of their previous iPhone versions. Apple may not want to wait because they are under pressure to boost their revenues. One complication is that Apple is reportedly behind schedule for their next version of their iOS mobile operating system--Apple has apparently pulled engineers from their Mac OS team to work on their mobile OS:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/report-apple-start-producing-new-iphone-during-q2/2013-04-02
Vodafone's stock dropped after Verizon denied that they were planning to buy Vodafone's 45% of Verizon Wireless in the near future:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/9968334/Vodafone-shares-slip-after-Verizon-denies-bid.html
Georgia town passed a law that requires every head of household to own a gun and ammunition:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/georgia-towns-law-gun/story?id=18863226
Graffiti artist was accidentally strangled to death by his own rope after he lowered himself off an 18-story high-rise:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/dead-man-found-dangling-calif-high-rise-article-1.1305457
http://bucks.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/01/why-retailers-ask-for-your-zip-code/?smid=tw-nytimes
Russia is selling 4 new submarines for $2 bil, 2 built in Russia and 2 built in China. Russia inserted a contract provision that "China cannot copy Russian technology"...but given China's history and given that 2 subs will be made in China, I'm not sure how seriously Russia expects China to heed that request:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/04/russia-is-selling-china-four-state-of.html
Mozilla and Samsung are teaming up to create a secure browser engine that is designed to take advantage of multicore architectures:
http://www.infoworld.com/t/web-development/mozilla-and-samsung-team-servo-secure-browser-engine-215762
Goldman Sachs dropped Apple from their list of most highly recommended stocks. Apple's stock was at $427.90 this afternoon, well off their peak of $705.07 in September:
http://www.wirelessdesignmag.com/news/2013/04/goldman-takes-apple-stock-preferred-list
Apple is reportedly planning to launch their next iPhone this summer instead of waiting until the Fall like they have for each of their previous iPhone versions. Apple may not want to wait because they are under pressure to boost their revenues. One complication is that Apple is reportedly behind schedule for their next version of their iOS mobile operating system--Apple has apparently pulled engineers from their Mac OS team to work on their mobile OS:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/report-apple-start-producing-new-iphone-during-q2/2013-04-02
Vodafone's stock dropped after Verizon denied that they were planning to buy Vodafone's 45% of Verizon Wireless in the near future:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/9968334/Vodafone-shares-slip-after-Verizon-denies-bid.html
Georgia town passed a law that requires every head of household to own a gun and ammunition:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/georgia-towns-law-gun/story?id=18863226
Graffiti artist was accidentally strangled to death by his own rope after he lowered himself off an 18-story high-rise:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/dead-man-found-dangling-calif-high-rise-article-1.1305457