The Top 10 Tech Cocktail Stories of the Week, San Francisco Mixer, and a Free Laptop

Source: Tech Cocktail

We get it, you’re busy. You weren’t able to get to every Tech Cocktail post this week; it happens. Fear not, because we’ve curated the week’s top 10 posts as determined by the Tech Cocktail editorial team. Hey San Francisco ...
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MacNab Transit Terminal getting tech upgrade

Source: Hamilton Spectator

Soon, digital display screens will be mounted indoors as well as on outdoor platforms, providing real-time schedule and wait times information for Hamilton Street Railway (HSR) passengers. The project, approved at the May 7 council me ...
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Gatherball: Trip Planning for a Group, without the Tedious Email Chains

Source: Tech Cocktail

You’d think Paul Watts could rest on his laurels by now. Along with Meevine cofounders Jonathan Nelson and Ben Demboski, Watts helped grow Wildseed, which sold to AOL in 2005. He also built OneBusAway for Android, which helps tens of thousands of Seat ...
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Planned Shutdown of U. of Missouri Press Underscores Shift in Traditional Publishing

Source: Chronicle of Higher Education

The University of Missouri will soon be without a university press. The university announced last week that it would phase out its press, beginning in July. The news was made public in a larger statement about the university's shifting ...
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Justice for all: Registry of exonerated helps wrongly accused

Source: PennLive.com

The Patriot-NewsDavid Gladden was convicted of murder in Dauphin County in 1995 and sentenced to life in prison. He was released in 2007 after articles written by the late Patriot-News reporter Pete Shellem questioned ...
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PayPal extends influence with 15 national U.S. retailers

Source: Smart Planet Blog

After a successful pilot program with Home Depot that turned into a nationwide rollout, payment and shopping services company PayPal has signed up 15 additional retailers in the United States. Here’s how it ...
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Sun is shining on prospects for solar power

Source: Gulfnews

Dubai: The days when it was cost-prohibitive to even consider building large-scale solar power projects are abating as prices continue to decline, the Emirates Solar Industry Association said. And with costs for photovoltaic solar power generati ...
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SXSW Social Winner Thirst Makes Twitter More Beautiful

Source: Tech Cocktail

Success seems to hinge on this question for Thirst, winner of the SXSW Accelerator in social media and social networking. Thirst uses natural language processing to group together tweets around specific topics – like the election or the Facebook IPO ...
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Tim Roemer: America's Emerging Economic Reincarnation

Source: The Huffington Post

Everyone is familiar with the blockbuster movie Avatar , set in the 22nd century, when genetically engineered creatures inhabited by humans are mining precious metals on a distant planet. Most are not aware of the meaning of the term "avatar ...
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