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Beyond the hype, Keystone would yield few permanent jobs

2014-03-13 23:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: In the heated debate over whether to build the Keystone XL pipeline, the energy industry and lawmakers have predicted that the project could unleash an economic bonanza in the Midwest, and provide jobs for up to a half-million people. Kansas pipeline worker Jeremy Rippe knows better. "Short term, there will be jobs for everyone around here. Then, not many at all," said Rippe, who helps maintain a gas pipeline on the Nebraska-Kansas border. Rippe saw TransCanada Corp - the company that hopes...

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Mobile World Congress goes beyond the hype of the Internet of things

2014-02-27 20:17:35| InfoWorld: Top News

If you want to find out how the so-called Internet of things is shaking up the tech industry, Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is the place to be this week. The phrase is becoming more than just hype. On display here at the show are a dizzying variety of networked wearables, car safety and infotainment systems, home monitoring technology and SIMs (subscriber identity modules) for all sorts of consumer and industrial appliances.

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Bitcoin: the virtual currency built on math, hope, and hype

2013-12-18 17:59:25| InfoWorld: Top News

The ascent this year of bitcoin, a virtual currency forged through hardcore mathematics and buoyed by promises of financial liberation from banks, has been nothing short of mesmerizing. It is being increasingly embraced as a viable means of exchange and a valuable investment, free from meddling by central banks and what some view as untrustworthy financial systems.

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