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SmartPlanet Daily

June 17, 2013

A daily briefing of the newest stories on SmartPlanet, five days a week.

 

From the Desk of ...

Want to join the leagues of Stanford's startup founders? Now you can--for free and from anywhere. Plus, could freely floating balloons high up in our stratosphere help rural communities connect to the Internet? Google thinks so. Read on.

- Aly Windsor, News Editor

 
 
 

How to build a startup: Stanford's new free course

Now you can tap into Stanford's startup knowledge.

By Tyler Falk

Q&A: Georg Petschnigg, CEO of FiftyThree, on creating with mobile technology

Georg Petschnigg co-founded the company behind Apple's app of the year -- Paper -- which is transforming the way people use the iPad.

By Christina Hernandez Sherwood

At last, a cork that screws in and out of the wine bottle

Turn your nose up at metal screw caps? Can never find your cork screw? Help is on the way!

By Mark Halper

NSA media hysteria misses the mark

The U.S. government spying scandal has implicated programs that secure critical infrastructure, protect intellectual property, and make commercial software more reliable.

By David Worthington

Getting crafty: small batch distillers push the alcohol industry envelope

In a burgeoning U.S. market for small-batch and craft spirits, hundreds of small companies are making new concoctions that would seem otherworldly to the moonshiners of the past.

By Jason Dearen

How balloons will help Google connect the world to Internet

Are balloons the answer to the world's lack of Internet-connectivity?

By Tyler Falk

Why privacy fears are driving people to DuckDuckGo

Gabriel Weinberg founded DuckDuckGo to build a better Internet search experience. The company's privacy policy is winning over Internet users hoping to avoid the government's prying eyes.

By Kirsten Korosec

In India, study finds cash transfers benefit the poor

DELHI -- A new study indicates that it may be better to offer cash instead of subsidies to millions of poor in India.

By Betwa Sharma

The all too obvious way to control the flu in the workplace

By offering employees "flu days," businesses can dramatically reduce the spread of flu in the workplace.

By Tyler Falk

It's show time for nuclear!

As one pro-nuclear movie arrives at U.S. cinemas, a couple of young Irish filmmakers and thorium enthusiasts hope to wrap another soon.

By Mark Halper

 
 

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