Some items from the world that you may have missed ~
- Mechanically Separated Meat – Truth from Fiction
A lot of you have been re-posting a nausea-inducing story about how MSM is crafted. As usual, I’d like to point all of you in the direction of Snopes. The story in question is verified or debunked point-for-point. - New Facebook Chat Client
No link for this one folks. Several FB users have seen a new chat window deployed as of about 5pm today. The chat-window spacing is wider and profile-photos replace names. It’s a bit buggy – sometimes you will get a message but won’t be able to see it unless you open a new window/tab. Also, doing a copy/paste of a conversation becomes problematic since you no longer get the person’s name next to each new item. - Yes, Groupon Can Crush Your Business
Business Insider counters a study out of Rice University claiming Groupon is bad for business. Summary: “If you offer up a massive discount that its users will love, and that will absolutely destroy you, it will happily accept. But that doesn’t mean Groupon is bad for businesses. It just means you’re doing it wrong.” - Congress passes law ordering FCC to lower volume on TV commercials
They can’t agree on a budget, or what to do about taxes, or much of anything else, but members of Congress have managed to get one piece of legislation through both houses that will make a difference to their constituents when it comes to watching TV - You Can Switch From Right-handed to Left-handed Through Magnets
It sounds as pointless as it does strange but think of it this way – if transcranial magnetic stimulation change a person’s dominant hand, how might that affect stroke patients or amputees? Pretty cool UC Berkeley. - Why the revolution will not be tweeted
Famous pop-psych author Malcolm Gladwell brings us an interestint column on the nature of revolutions and why the old-style in-your-face movement has not been replaced with Facebook, Twitter, or any desk-bound form of activism. A key quote regarding Iran’s Green Revolution: “Western journalists who couldn’t reach—or didn’t bother reaching?—people on the ground in Iran simply scrolled through the English-language tweets post with tag #iranelection,” she wrote. “Through it all, no one seemed to wonder why people trying to coordinate protests in Iran would be writing in any language other than Farsi.” - Nielsen: 32 Percent Of New Smartphone Owners Choose Android Phones
According to August data from The Nielsen Company, Android has passed the iPhone and BlackBerry to become the popular operating system for people who bought a smartphone in the past six months. - Has the Cellphone Destroyed Our Ability to Be On Time as a Society?
Thanks to cellphones, BlackBerrys and other gadgets, too many of us have become blasé about being late. We have so many ways to relay a message that we’re going to be tardy that we no longer feel guilty about it. - Want to Drop a Few Pounds? Lie in Bed
Next time your alarm clock sounds, you can hit the snooze button in good conscience: sleeping in may help you lose fat.
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