Youth Perspectives on Tech in Schools: From Mobile Devices to Restrictions and Monitoring, Published January 15, 2014 “This research brief is a contribution by the Youth and Media team at the Berkman Center to its Student Privacy Initiative, which seeks to explore the opportunities and challenges that may arise as educational institutions adopt cloud computing technologies.… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2014
Paper – PageRank: Standing on the shoulders of giants
PageRank: Standing on the shoulders of giants – Massimo Franceschet (Submitted on 15 Feb 2010 (v1), last revised 14 Aug 2010 (this version, v3)) “PageRank is a Web page ranking technique that has been a fundamental ingredient in the development and success of the Google search engine. The method is still one of the many signals that… Continue Reading
PCWorld – How 3D printing could revolutionize manufacturing
Sharon Gaudin’s article [snipped]: “One day a 3D printer, using a mix of materials, will be able to create body armor for U.S. soldiers that is more lightweight and stronger than anything could be made with traditional manufacturing and materials today. That’s the word from researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, who are working to revolutionize 3D… Continue Reading
Discount Window Stigma during the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis
Discount Window Stigma during the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis. by Olivier Armantier. Eric Ghysels, Asani Sarkar, and Jeffrey Shrader. January 2011 Number 483. Revised September 2013 “We provide empirical evidence for the existence, magnitude, and economic cost of stigma associated with banks borrowing from the Federal Reserve’s Discount Window (DW) during the 2007-08 financial crisis. We find that banks were willing to pay a premium… Continue Reading
New York Fed – Introducing the Business Leaders Survey
Jason Bram and Richard Deitz: “Today, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York begins releasing its monthly survey of regional business activity, called the Business Leaders Survey. This survey is a close cousin of our Empire State Manufacturing Survey, with some differences. The Business Leaders Survey covers the service sector rather than the manufacturing sector, and its respondents come from New York,… Continue Reading
Wells Fargo and US Bank End Bank Payday Lending
CFA Calls on Fifth Third Bank to Discontinue Deposit Advance Product: “In a positive step forward for consumers, three of the largest providers of bank payday loans announced that they would no longer offer high-cost loans to their checking account customers. Recent findings from a report issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found that bank payday loans, commonly… Continue Reading
Pew: E-Reading Rises as Device Ownership Jumps
E-Reading Rises as Device Ownership Jumps – Jan 16, 2014 – by Kathryn Zickuhr, Lee Rainie. “The proportion of Americans who read e-books is growing, but few have completely replaced print books for electronic versions. The percentage of adults who read an e-book in the past year has risen to 28%, up from 23% at the end… Continue Reading
CDT – President Supports End to NSA Bulk Collection; Fails to Provide Clear Path Forward
News release: “Far more needs to be done to restore the faith of the American people and repair the damage done globally to the U.S. reputation as a defender of human rights on the Internet. We certainly welcome judicial review of metadata queries, the support for more transparency about surveillance, a voice for civil liberties… Continue Reading
Vancouver Sun – How to stop the digital dark age
DNA may be our only salvation from the relentless decay of data – BY ROGER HIGHFIELD, LONDON DAILY TELEGRAPH JANUARY 8, 2014 “Are we sliding into a dark age of information? True, there are some three thousand billion billion bytes of recorded digital information on the planet, and the figure is rapidly rising. However, most of this will be… Continue Reading
Pew – Pacific Sardines, Critical Food Source in Steep Decline
Pew Environmental Initiatives: “The Pacific coast of North America supports one of the most vibrant and diverse marine ecosystems on Earth, largely because of the presence of thick schools of small prey fish such as Pacific sardines. Unfortunately, this crucial forage fish appears to be in the midst of a severe population decline. Its absence will be felt… Continue Reading
U.S. Military Accelerates Deployment of Clean Energy Technologies
Pew new release: “Deployment of clean energy technologies is accelerating across military installations operated by the U.S. Department of Defense, according to The Pew Charitable Trusts. Pew’s new report, “Power Surge,” examines how the military is using private-sector capabilities and harnessing innovative financing to obtain advanced energy systems. These projects are helping the Pentagon enhance… Continue Reading
The Effect of Fundamental Housing Policy Reforms on Program Participation
The Effect of Fundamental Housing Policy Reforms on Program Participation, Edgar O. Olsen, University of Virginia – Department of Economics. January 14, 2014 “This paper estimates the effects of alternative reforms of the current system of low-income housing assistance on the number of people of various types who would receive assistance. The reforms are designed to eliminate the… Continue Reading
