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iPhone, iPad app rewards being a couch potato

(AP) -- Want to earn stuff by watching TV? An app for that is set to make its debut.

Technology / Software

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Warnings as sustainable palm oil effort falters

Environmentalists have warned that an effort to encourage the sustainable production of palm oil launched several years ago has not kept pace with expanding cultivation driven by rising demand.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 20, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Speed-bump device converts traffic energy to electricity

(PhysOrg.com) -- The two little words "speed bump" usually evoke unpleasant memories of spilled coffee and back-seat arguments questioning if and where you learned how to drive. In some green energy circles, ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 8 | with audio podcast report

Marketers target kids with tech

Isabella Sweet doesn't wear a target on her chest. But kid marketers covet this 9-year-old as if she does. Perhaps it's because she's a techie.

Technology / Other

created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

T-Mobile's AT&T-mocking ads likely to retire

(AP) -- In its TV ads, T-Mobile USA portrays the cellular network of its soon-to-be parent company as a droll, middle-aged bald man in a gray suit. It's highly likely that this droll bald man will retire now that AT&T Inc. ...

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cadmium, lead found in drinking glasses

(AP) -- Drinking glasses depicting comic book and movie characters such as Superman, Wonder Woman and the Tin Man from "The Wizard of Oz" exceed federal limits for lead in children's products by up to 1,000 ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 4

Fast food restaurants dish up unhealthy marketing to youth: report

(PhysOrg.com) -- Children as young as age 2 are seeing more fast food ads than ever before, and restaurants rarely offer parents the healthy kids’ meal choices, according to a new study from Yale’s ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 16, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NYC public school students have high levels of access to convenience stores with unhealthy food

Most studies of the food choices available near public schools have focused on fast food outlets rather than the full range of options available to schoolchildren. A new study by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Study finds fast food chains have significantly decreased trans fats in cooking oils

Five major fast food chains have significantly decreased trans fats in the oils they use to cook food, according to new research from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Location-based services lure users, advertisers, investors

If there were any lingering doubts about one of the hottest new technologies, a big investment and burgeoning membership numbers are proving that location-based services are about to go mainstream.

Technology / Business

created Jul 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Health, life insurers hold $1.88 billion in fast-food stocks: AJPH article

Just weeks after the passage of a health bill that will dramatically increase the number of Americans covered by private health insurers, Harvard researchers have detailed the extent to which life and health insurance companies ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3


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