Oakland approves microlending agreement with Kiva.org
Source: Big News Network
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 18:46:44 -0700 | technology-news
Oakland's city council approved the deal, which won't cost the city anything, on Tuesday night. Barbara Parker, Oakland's city attorney, and Councilmember Libby Schaaf proposed the arrangement with San Francisco-based Kiva. As a trustee, Oakland will be able to pick...
San Jose City Council Votes To Raise Medical Marijuana Tax
Source: Big News Network
San Jose :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 19:59:28 -0700 | technology-news
The San Jose City Council has unanimously passed an ordinance increasing taxes on medical marijuana dispensaries in the city. The tax rate will be going from 7-to-10 percent starting in July, a move that is expected to generate $1.5 million...
Can you read Charles Darwins handwriting UC Berkeley wants you
Source: Big News Network
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 18:46:30 -0700 | technology-news
University of California, Berkeley's entomology museum hopes to decipher and digitize some of the labels on collections of insects, some more than a century old, with the help of the public. Cal's Essig Museum of Entomology seeks volunteers with Internet...
Union City third-grade teacher placed on unpaid leave after molestation charges
Source: Big News Network
Union City :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 18:46:24 -0700 | technology-news
A third-grade teacher who faces dozens of child molestation charges for allegedly kissing and fondling female students has been placed on unpaid leave.Michael Howey, 47, who teaches at Alvarado Elementary School, was arrested May 1 in connection with the allegations...
In pictures: Masseurs of Mumbai
Source: BBC
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-22 18:40:56 -0700 | technology-news
In Mumbai, male masseurs live in small but closely knit communities with up to 40 people living in single-room dwellings. The masseurs are predominantly heterosexual and many of them are married with children and view their job purely as an...
Amtrak settles with man removed from train in 2010
Source: SF Gate
San Fernando :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 18:39:35 -0700 | technology-news
Amtrak has reached a settlement with a former convict who was taken off a train in southeastern Colorado and arrested after a fellow passenger thought she heard him make threatening statements. Ojore Lutalo sued Amtrak and the city of La...
LG Announces 2013 LG Smart TV with Magic Remote
Source: Scoop
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-22 18:31:45 -0700 | technology-news
The 2013 LG Smart TVs are easier than ever to use, with a new smart and expansive entertainment platform that keeps you connected, offering access to a wide selection of premium content. LG are the experts in easy and they...
Canterbury researcher behind green car up for award
Source: Scoop
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-22 21:16:18 -0700 | technology-news
Canterbury researcher behind green car innovation up for award Christchurch, New Zealand, 23 May 2013 Dr John Abrahamson, the founding father of ArcActive, a company commercialising innovative new technology for Stop/Start' batteries in modern cars, has been named as a...
Mobile Technology Summit Attracting Industry Specialists
Source: Scoop
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-22 18:31:39 -0700 | technology-news
Mobile Technology Summit Attracting Primary Industry Specialists For the first time in New Zealand, a mobile communications event is being run specifically for primary industries...An exciting two-day programme bringing together this country's leading communications specialists, technology...
The First Kiwi Cloud
Source: Scoop
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-22 18:31:37 -0700 | technology-news
Auckland, New Zealand 23/ 05/2013 Leading New Zealand Internet Services company, Web Drive, announced today the launch of the Web Drive Cloud, the company's new Infrastructure as a Service offering. Webdrive's General Manager, Robin Dickie, says Web Drive Cloud sets...
Ultimate Ears Unveils World's First Social Music Player
Source: Scoop
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-22 18:31:36 -0700 | technology-news
It's the first stereo speaker to offer 360-degree sound in a battery-powered device, and features a 15-hour rechargeable battery. Its versatile go-anywhere shape is wrapped in a specially developed acoustic skin that is both water and stain resistant so you...
Letters: North County, May 23, 2013
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
San Diego :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 18:18:37 -0700 | technology-news
AP phone scam no isolated incident The Justice Department's secret review of Associated Press phone records (Government secretly obtained journalists' phone records, May 14) is a serious abuse of power, but it is definitely not an isolated incident. Many individuals...
Naming rights sale an option for cash-strapped cities
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 18:18:36 -0700 | technology-news
The city of Carlsbad is smart to consider selling naming rights to all or part of Alga Norte Community Park, the long-awaited swim and recreation complex now under construction at Poinsettia Lane and Alicante Road just east of El Camino...
DailyDirt: Graduation Advice To Remember
Source: Tech Dirt
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 18:18:12 -0700 | technology-news
If you were lucky, you graduated college and knew exactly what you wanted to do. You had a job all lined up, and when asked about your plans, you could avoid saying anything along the lines of: I don't want...
S.Africa police website hacked, informers exposed
Source: Daily Nation
Cape Town :: South Africa | updated 2013-05-22 18:17:45 -0700 | technology-news
Rating In Summary The hacker "DomainerAnon" claimed responsibility for the cyber attack in a tweet late last week, saying it was linked to last year's killing by police of 34 striking workers at the Marikana platinum mine operated by Lonmin....
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