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New Players In Short-Term Vacation Rentals

Doug Lansky | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Airbnb, Tripping, Homeaway, tripping.com, Flipkey, Roomorama, Vacation Rentals, Peer-to-Peer, Slidepollajax, Rentals, Property, Travel News
Doug Lansky

There's a new kid on the vacation rental block.

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What Do Directors Think When People Make a Torrent for Their Movie?

Quora | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Bittorrent, Directors, Torrent, Directors Guild of America, Women Directors, Recording Industry Association of America, Peer to Peer Downloading, Heather Ferreira, Pipa, Mpaa, Sopa, File Sharing, Riaa, Motion Picture Association of America, Peer to Peer, Entertainment News
Quora

The Motion Picture Association of America has never written me a paycheck for anything. They're not backing my picture. These are not nice guys. They are not in this business to help filmmakers at all.

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Peer-To-Peer Job Sites Inspire Micro-Entrepreneurs

Reuters | Posted 02.09.2012

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(Reuters - By Darren Dahl) - Chris Mok, like many Americans over the past few years, lost his job in the wake of the Great Recession. While Wok, 46...

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Health and Health Care in an Angie's List World

Russ Gerber | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Health Care, Peer to Peer, Health Care Reviews, Healthy Living Body, Personal Health, Online Health Care, Peer to Peer Health Care, Peer to Peer Healthcare, Healthcare, Healthy Living News
Russ Gerber

A study from the Pew Research Center found that 80 percent of Internet users look online for health information -- accessing and exchanging information on everything from symptoms and treatments to experiences with doctors and hospitals.

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How 'Collaborative Consumption' Is Transforming Startups

MIT Entrepreneurship Review | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Small Business, Lendingclub, Lending, Collaborative Consumption, Entrepreneurs, Facebook, Consumption, Business Model, Demand, Small Business America, Thredup, Startups, Zopa, Getaround, Zipcar, Netflix, Entrepreneurship, Peer to Peer, Business News
MIT Entrepreneurship Review

Collaborative consumption market places are everywhere: media, car rental, lodging, staffing, textbooks, apparel, custom graphic design and even finance.

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When Youth Own the Public Education Agenda

Mimi Ito | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Youmedia, Public Education, Public Schools, Digital Media, Chicago Public Library, Peer to Peer, Social Networking, Literacy, Digital Literacy, Learning, Digital Age, Public Education Reform, Video, Education News
Mimi Ito

Imagine what it would mean to think of public education as a mission shouldered not only by schools, but also by a wide range of public institutions committed to knowledge and learning?

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Moving Rapidly Backwards on Security

Susan Landau | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Wiretap, Eavesdropping, Peer-to-Peer, Encryption, Cybersecurity, National Security, Fbi, Technology News
Susan Landau

The FBI wants to roll back government regulations on encryption in order to be able to wiretap more easily. But our real security problem doesn't lies in law enforcement's inability to read the on-line communications of criminals.

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House Pushes Ban On Peer-To-Peer Software

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Stung by an embarrassing electronic leak last month revealing ethics investigations into dozens of lawmakers, Congress moved Tuesday to...

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