The Republic arguments against Obama’s millionaire’s tax boil down to the following: Raising taxes on millionaires will kill their ambition and discourage them from working Raising taxes on millionaires will punish successful people for being successful Raising taxes is always a terrible idea–the problem is spending Taxes are a form of theft: The government...
When customers come in looking for a new phone, here’s how he decides what to sell them. If customers want a lot of games and video, he recommends an iPhone. If they mainly want an affordable phone to make calls and do a little Web surfing, he sells them an Android. And if they...
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Imagine a geekier, more accessible version of the World Economic Forum, where creative minds and talented artists meet with decision makers from governments and large corporations to talk about the future of the world. That’s essentially what the annual PICNIC festival, which took place this week in Amsterdam, sets out to offer. Based around...
As social-media sites become more prevalent and individuals share more and more details of their personal lives online, I think we need to rethink the bounds of our right to privacy. Not to regulate technology or industries — I actually think government should tread cautiously on that front — or to limit how authorities...
Last year, Facebook, YouTube and Wikipedia were blocked in Pakistan due to a Facebook group that had encouraged users to submit caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, as part of what was dubbed, “Draw Mohammed Day.” Now both YouTube and Google are faced with a similar threat in the country, but for very different reasons....
There are some pretty weird apps out there. The yet to be launched app, Cloo, lets you rent out your loo to strangers, that is if it doesn’t turn out to be an elaborate hoax. There’s also apps that we know for a fact exist, like the Death App, which shows you murders in your area,...
At it’s most basic level, the new service cc:to me is an easy and free way to email bookmarks to yourself from anywhere on the web. Because cc:to me gets everything done with the simple use of a bookmarklet, it doesn’t matter what your operating system or browser of choice is – anyone can use...