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A Social Network for the Unemployed

in News on August 28, 2009 at 8:09 am PT

During the last U.S. recession in 2001, the newly unemployed often gathered to trade horror stories and job-seeking tips at groups like the Five O’Clock Club. During this recession, of course, the newly unemployed swap stories online, particularly on social networks.

How to Add Color to a Kindle: Pixel Qi’s Cheap Screens

in Media on June 23, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

Amazon’s Kindle gets many plaudits, but it also gets one consistent criticism: Why can’t it come with a color screen? It can, say the folks at Pixel Qi, a start-up based in Silicon Valley and Taiwan: It could use the cheap, lightweight color screens that we’re going to make.
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