VentureBeat
I’m sure you’re sick about hearing about Twitter downtime by now. Quite frankly I’m sick of writing about it. However, a post tonight on Twitter’s offical blog is worth writing about:We’ve gone through our various databases, caches, web servers, daemons, and despite some increased traffic activ (Read More)
ScienceDaily: Plants & Animals News
The invasion of gigantic Burmese pythons in South Florida appears to be rapidly expanding, according to a new report from a researcher who's been chasing the snakes since 2005. The new document follows the February release of a U. S. Geological Survey climate map that showed -- based solely on climate, not habitat -- python (Read More)
Eureka! Science News - Biology & Nature
The first study to determine the global threat status of 21 species of wide-ranging oceanic pelagic sharks and rays reveals serious overfishing and recommends key steps that governments can take to safeguard populations. These findings and recommendations for action are published in the latest edition of Aquatic Conservatio (Read More)
TechCrunch
Flock, the so-called “social browser” built on top of Mozilla technology, has raised $15 million in a Series D round led by Fidelity Ventures and joined by Bessemer Venture Partners, Catamount Ventures, and Shasta Ventures.The round (the company’s biggest) more than doubles its total to over $28 million, a (Read More)
Submitted by Johanbryggare:
One of the toughest things for someone writing about tech trends for a general audience is keeping up with what's new, but also having some perspective about how the average person uses technology.Twitter is just one product that's evolved from the explosion of sites classified as Web 2.0, which allow people to easily creat (Read More)