First the news: Yes, the rumors are true. We are indeed buying the assets of ContentNext Media from Guardian News & Media Limited. And no, we are not disclosing the terms of the deal, except that we are buying the entire group of properties — paidContent.org, mocoNews.net, contentSutra and paidContent:UK and that a representative of Guardian News & Media will join our board of directors as an observer. A few weeks ago when Paul Walborsky, CEO of GigaOM, came to the board and suggested that we ...  show all text

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Path uploads your entire iPhone address book to its servers 8 Feb 2012 – Singapore It all started innocently enough. I was thinking of implementing a Path Mac OS X app as part of our regularly scheduled hackathon. Using the awesome mitmproxy tool which was featured on the front page of the Hacker News yesterday, I started to observe the various API calls made to Path’s servers from the iPhone app. It all seemed harmless enough until I observed a POST request to https://api.path.com/3/contacts/a...  show all text

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Collectively, we really love our salt. We eat so much more than we should, often because of high levels of sodium hiding in many of our favorite foods. A new report released by the Centers For Disease Control identifies the top 10 saltiest foods, and some may surprise you. Paying attention to the amount of salt hidden in your food is important because too much sodium in your diet can lead to diseases like hypertension, heart disease, and stroke. The recommended daily intake of salt is 1,500 mil...  show all text

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The United States Constitution was once a model for charters around the world, but its influence is waning, according to a new study.

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All the major map apps like Google Maps, Bing Maps, and Mapquest have walking directions as a standard feature, but the folks at Lumatic don’t think they are good enough. It is creating mobile maps designed for pedestrians, cyclists, and people who use public transit. Originally a TechStars company called Omniar, serial entrepreneur Scott Rafer (MyBlogLog, Lookery, Mashery) joined as CEO a year ago. He recently raised a seed round of $800,000 from Joi Ito’s Neoteny Labs, 500 Startups, Chamath P...  show all text

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Today’s Internet is a place for getting things done, pushing aside the cyberflâneur — the heir to the flâneur culture of 19th-century France.

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Whether you can obtain a job, credit or insurance can be based on your digital doppelgänger — and you may never know why you’ve been turned down.

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Tech writer MG Siegler just noted a remarkable fact: Apple's iPhone business alone is now bigger than Microsoft. Not Windows. Not Office. Microsoft. Think about that. The iPhone did not exist five years ago. And now it's bigger than a company that, 15 years ago, was dragged into court and threatened with forcible break-up because it had amassed an unassailable and unthinkably profitable monopoly. The iPhone also appears to be considerably more profitable than Microsoft. In the December quarter,...  show all text

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New York Waterway recently introduced an iPhone app that allows riders to use their smartphones as their tickets.

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J’ai eu un élan de fierté et d’envie, samedi, quand j’ai vu les résultats de la descente de Chamonix. Ceux qui me connaissent vont dire : «hein, il est fédéraliste, maintenant?» Ben non! Sauf que, étant toujours membre de la fédération, le Québec tient sa place et bénéficie d’un bon encadrement, dans la structure canadienne [...] Par Christian Lemelin Lire la suite de cet article! visitez nous! infovelo.com

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Stop throwing your old race numbers, t-shirts, and medals in a junk drawer. Show off your accomplishments with one of these six crafty ideas.

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Visionnez l'épisode intitulé 'Lucien Francoeur, Geneviève Brouillette et Louison Danis' de la saison 2 (épisode 19) de l'émission Les enfants de la télé, originalement diffusé le 1 février 2012

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On vous avait annoncé la sortie des chaussures Asics 33, la « collection minimaliste » de Asics pour novembre ! Ca y est elles sont sorties, elles sont en vente sur i-run. Aujourd’hui, nous vous présentons deux modèles destinés aux courses longues distances : la Asics gel Hyper Speed 33 et la Asics Gel Excel 33. Ces modèles vous permettent d’expérimenter une nouvelle façon de courir, plus naturelle tout en vous offrant un grand confort sur les longues distances. Vous pouvez consulter notre rubr...  show all text

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Le sucre est-il aussi nuisible pour la santé que l'alcool? Trois scientifiques américains le croient et recommandent la mise en place de mesures restrictives semblables à celles prises pour limiter la consommation d'alcool et de tabac.

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With busy schedules, resolutions tend to fall off track. It's okay, use these five steps to help you refocus your goal and reach success.

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In The Wall Street Journal, Andy Kessler writes that the power of 'Like' as an emotional sensor is driving the company's exorbitant valuation.

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Le Canada néglige ses océans et leurs ressources à un tel point que la biodiversité marine est en péril, affirme un rapport publié jeudi par la Société royale du Canada.

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In the S-1 document that Facebook filed today in advance of its planned public offering, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg laid out his personal philosophy--the one he says will guide the company after it goes public.

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In this video, Joe Decker of Gut Check Fitness, walks you through a stair workout specifically designed for endurance athletes and shows how adding it to your t

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À 34 ans, Patrick Corriveau a décidé de tenter le tout pour le tout: il a quitté son emploi dans l’espoir de remporter une franchise St-Hubert Express.Le

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If you've been on the weight loss path since the start of the New Year, but you're not seeing the results you're after, it's time for a weight-loss makeover. You need to change how you think and come to some important realizations about diet and exercise in order to see your bathroom scale budge. Here are seven things you need to say to yourself, so you can start making changes and start dropping pounds. Source: Thinkstock View Slideshow ›

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