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1.Danah Boyd: How Technology Makes A Mess Of Privacy and Publicity (techcrunch.com)
Today at SXSWi, keynote speaker Danah Boyd took the stage to talk about privacy and publicity, and how they intertwine online. Boyd is a Social Media Researcher at Microsoft Research New England, and has studied this space extensively for years. It wa...
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2.Pixelpipe Gets Into The Location Game With Foursquare Integration (techcrunch.com)
Pixelpipe, the service that lets you syndicate text, audio, video and image files to 120 different social networks, blogs and sites, is adding geolocation functionality to its site with a Foursquare integration. The true virtue of Pixelpipe’s service i...
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3.Foursquare Opens Up Its Firehose A Bit. Social Great Takes A Drink. (techcrunch.com)
There's been a lot of hoopla over the past couple of years about Twitter's so-called "firehose." Essentially, it's an open stream of all their data that is provided to developers to use for third-party apps. Foursquare has a firehose of its own, but ac...
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4.Uranium major Niger urged to review contracts (www.reuters.com)
NIAMEY (Reuters) - The new junta ruling in Niger, one of the world's biggest uranium producers, should review and possibly renegotiate dozens of resource exploitation contracts, civil rights groups said on Saturday.
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5.France's Lagarde does not expect decision on Greece (www.reuters.com)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde said on Saturday that she does not expect any decision to be made by Euro zone finance ministers next week on financial help for Greece.
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6.Crisis Ahead: $2 TRILLION Hole In Promised Pensions Threatens Financial Future Of States, Cities (www.huffingtonpost.com)
Promised pensions benefits for public-sector employees represent a massive overhang that threatens the financial future of many cities and states....
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7.Raymond J. Learsy: Gary Gensler of the CFTC: Reformer or Wolf in Moth Eaten Sheep's Clothing? (www.huffingtonpost.com)
While Gary Gensler and his CFTC Vaudeville act continue to fiddle away, their distortion in oil prices is burning a billion dollar hole a day in American consumers pockets.
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8.Iran arrests 30 over U.S.-linked cyber ring: report (www.reuters.com)
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has arrested 30 people suspected of belonging to a U.S.-linked cyber network gathering information on Iranian nuclear scientists and sending people abroad for training, a news agency reported on Saturday.
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Fearing Drug Cartels, Reporters in Mexico Retreat (feeds.nytimes.com)Attacks on members of the media along a long stretch of the border with the U.S. have resulted in what amounts to a news blackout.
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10.Why Would N.C.A.A. Expand Tournament? It’s About the Money (feeds.nytimes.com)
With a larger television contract a strong possibility, the idea of increasing the number of teams to 96 in the tournament has gained momentum.
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TV Sports: ESPN Shows Reggie Miller as a Straw That Stirred the Garden (feeds.nytimes.com)A new ESPN documentary, “Winning Time,” profiles the playoff battles between the Knicks and Pacers during the 1990s.
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12.We can do it (sethgodin.typepad.com)
Too often, it seems, this attitude is missing from teams, organizations or the community. It's missing because people are quick to opt out of the 'we' part. "What do you mean, we?" they ask. It's so easy to not be...
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13.Euro finance ministers to agree on Greek aid: source (www.reuters.com)
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers are likely to agree on Monday on a mechanism for aiding Greece financially, if it is required, but will leave out any sums until Athens asks for them, an EU source said on Saturday.
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14.UBS may return to commodities in 2010: report (www.reuters.com)
ZURICH (Reuters) - UBS is considering possibly returning to its commodities business this year, some of which it sold during the financial crisis, a Swiss newspaper said on Saturday, citing the co-head of UBS's investment bank.
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15.Google "99.9 pct" sure to shut China search engine: report (www.reuters.com)
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Talks with China over censorship have reached an apparent impasse and Google, the world's largest search engine, is now "99.9 percent" certain to shut its Chinese search engine, the Financial Times said on Saturday.
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16.Greeks back austerity measures, oppose unrest: poll (www.reuters.com)
ATHENS (Reuters) - Most Greeks think draconian austerity measures announced by the government earlier this month were along the right lines and many feel labor unions should not oppose them too aggressively, a poll showed.
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17.The New Museum Brings Together Seven Artists With Seven Engineers (50 Discount Tickets) (techcrunch.com)
What happens when you pair seven visual artists with seven engineers and technologists? The New Museum in New York City is about to find out. An upcoming exhibit called Seven On Seven will put together artists and programmers for one day and tell the...
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18.Kuwait Dar seeks government support (www.reuters.com)
KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait's Investment Dar , which owns half of British carmaker Aston Martin, is applying for support under a government facility set up for troubled companies as part of a debt restructuring.
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19.Rushin’ For Fiber, Baltimore Appoints A “Google Czar” (techcrunch.com)
A couple weeks ago, we noted the city of Topeka, Kansas' humorous attempt to get Google's attention: by rebranding their city "Google, Kansas." Why would they do such a thing? Because they want in on Google's fiber action — the search giant's proposed ...
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20.An Ecosystem Is Born: Animoto Opens Up API (techcrunch.com)
We're big fans of Animoto, a website that lets you easily create photo and video slideshows matched to music. The site is constantly innovating its nifty product, most recently adding an iPhone app and the ability to incorporate video. For those not f...
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21.Swisscom CEO says Fastweb victim of fraud: report (www.reuters.com)
ZURICH (Reuters) - The chief executive of Swisscom AG said Fastweb was a victim of fraud, a Swiss paper reported on Saturday, the second time the CEO has come out in defense of his company's subsidiary.
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22.MGM Mirage says CityCenter contractor to file suit (www.reuters.com)
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The primary general contractor for the $8.5 billion CityCenter project on the Las Vegas Strip plans to sue the project's owners for $492 million.
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23.Michael Lewis 60 Minutes Interview: Wall Street Bonuses 'A Very Elegant Form Of Theft' (VIDEO) (www.huffingtonpost.com)
Michael Lewis, author of one of the defining books about Wall Street excess, "Liar's Poker," told 60 Minutes that bonuses at banks bailed out by...
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24.Mary Bottari: Progressive Senators Fight for Real Bank Reform (www.huffingtonpost.com)
Headlines blared that Senate Banking Chair Chris Dodd was done with dithering and ready to move ahead with a financial reform package without Republican support....
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25.Dan Dorfman: PIGGS Problems Could Pepper U.S. (www.huffingtonpost.com)
PIIGS stands for Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain, five countries in the Euro-zone that foolishly borrowed way too much during good times and then ran into problems repaying their debt.
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