The buy one, give one model is branching out. SmartPlanet's Sumi Das shares how shoemaker Freewaters is improving drinking water standards in Africa.
This video first appeared on SmartPlanet under the headline "Flip-flops help fight water scarcity."
Today we're exploring the trend of digital vigilantes (aka digilantes) taking to the Internet for crowdsourced criminal identification and cyberjustice. The most recent example is the hacker collective known as Anonymous' YouTube video threatening to take down Facebook on November 5, otherwise known as Guy Fawkes Day.
We'll also fill you in on the London police toying with facial recognition technology on Facebook to identify looters caught on camera, yesterday's 5,000 percent spike in blunt weapons sales on Amazon.co.uk, and a woman who used an airplane to wag a giant finger at Wall Street.
The 404 Digest for Episode 879 Anonymous: Facebook's going down November 5. Will London's police officials turn to Facebook's facial recognition technology to fight crime? Sales of aluminum bats are up more than 5,000 percent on Amazon.co.uk. The USB toothbrush: Philips' device is the "iPod of toothbrushes." Angry Birds makes it onto the cover of Mad Magazine. Airplane banner circles Wall Street: "Thanks For The Downgrade. You Should All Be Fired" Episode 879 Subscribe in iTunes (audio) | Subscribe in iTunes (video) | Subscribe in RSS Audio | Subscribe in RSS Video… Read moreThese days, it always seems to come back around to food, and analyzing each other's food issues is pretty enlightening. Here are some tools to appease the inner food critic.
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Business software company Sybase may be headed for a proxy fight, The Wall Street Journal is reporting. Sandall Asset Management, a company controlled by hedge fund manager Thomas Sandell, has notified Sybase that it plans to elect its own three candidates to the company's board. Sandell is Sybase's second-largest institutional investor.
The notice comes more than two months after Sandell asked Sybase to explore its strategic options, including putting itself up for sale, an initial public offering, or spinoff.
Read the full story at The Wall Street Journal (subscription required): "Sybase holder Sandell is poised for proxy fight&… Read more
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