Monthly Archives: August 2014
New Novartis Drug Shows Striking Efficacy in Treating Heart Failure
By ANDREW POLLACK AUG. 30, 2014
An experimental drug has shown a striking efficacy in prolonging the lives of people with heart failure...
What Doctors Can’t Do
Mary White makes house calls. She’s a senior community health worker in Philadelphia in the IMPaCT program at the Penn Center for Commu...
The Sad, Dark End of the British Empire
During the 19th and early 20th centuries, Britain had dominion over so many portions of the Earth it was said, famously, that “the sun ...
What Makes Africa’s Entrepreneurs Successful?
There can be no doubt that Africa is a continent on the rise. This once sleeping giant has started waking up, and there are numerous po...
Drone Journalism Takes Off to Give Kenyans a New View
Flying drones are helping journalists in Kenya report on disaster stories by enabling them to film in dangerous or hard-to-access areas...
Google promises speed, security with 64-bit Chrome on Windows
The newest Chrome for Windows is faster at some tasks, better at thwarting attacks, and renders fonts better. The 64-bit Chrome for Mac...
Bill O’Reilly and White Privilege: NYT: by Charles Blow
Is white privilege real? Not according to Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly.
This week O’Reilly debated the issue of white privilege with a fell...
How Ferguson brought live streams into the mainstream
Citizen footage widened the lens of civil unrest in Ferguson, Mo., and it brought live-streaming to popular attention in the US unlike ...
Low Priced Made-in-Nigeria Hyundai Cars Hits The Market
Low Priced Made-in-Nigeria Hyundai Cars Hits The Market
Hyundai Motors Nigeria Limited has started phased delivery of low priced made-i...
Mozilla launches low-cost Firefox OS phone in India
Smartphone shoppers in India can now buy the affordable Cloud FX for just slightly more than Mozilla's target price of $25.
The Cloud F...