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Mark Zuckerberg wants to friend the whole world via Internet.org

2014-02-25 16:24:17| InfoWorld: Top News

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took a victory lap through Mobile World Congress Monday, right on the heels of Facebook's $16 billion purchase of WhatsApp -- and WhatsApp's announcement that it would roll out free phone calls to all of its 465 million users.

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Big data: friend or foe of sustainability?

2014-02-18 15:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Advances in technology mean the amount of digital information we collectively possess is growing exponentially. Estimates suggest that by 2020 there will be 300 times more information in the world than there was in 2005. Big data has the power to transform the way corporations understand the impact of their business on the environment, and prompt them to take action on sustainability. But storing and gathering this data is costly in itself, with large data servers located across the world consuming...

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Methane, friend and foe for climate change

2014-02-17 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Washington Post: A STUDY in the journal Science finds that the United States is putting a lot more methane, a potent contributor to global warming and the primary compound in natural gas, into the air than the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has estimated. But the report also shows that the problem is fixable -- and not a reason to shut down the controversial extraction method known as fracking. Natural gas, as a transitional fuel, remains an important response to climate change. Methane is a powerful driver...

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