12-16-2015, 11:07 PM
Most of the old wives' tales about saving wet phones just don't work. The bag of rice, a sunny window sill, a hair dryer, and the horrid oven method will quickly get you (and your phone) nowhere. Having suffered through several waterlogged phones and sacrificial experiments, I've found only one unexpected method to be reliable. If you're lucky enough to be reading this before any mishap, be sure to stock up on the supplies so that you're ready when your phone takes a dive.
The secret to saving a wet phone or tablet - CNET
Start with the fact that the middle class is shrinking, according to a new Pew survey. The odds of falling into poverty are frighteningly high, especially for the majority without college degrees. Two-thirds of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. Most could lose their jobs at any time. Many are part of a burgeoning "on-demand" workforce -- employed as needed, paid whatever they can get whenever they can get it. Yet if they don't keep up with rent or mortgage payments, or can't pay for groceries or utilities, they'll lose their footing. The stress is taking a toll. For the first time in history, the lifespans of middle-class whites are dropping.
The Revolt of the Anxious Class | Robert Reich
A large part of the rise in share prices reflects investors’ belief that Japan Inc is moving to a new template involving more loving treatment of shareholders. Corporate Japan has been buying back stock, raising the dividend payout, emphasising profitability over market share, consolidating to improve efficiency and generally paying more attention to western-style corporate governance.
Investors should look carefully at Japan - FT.com
Menlo Park, Calif.-based startup Matternet has been running drone deliveries of medical supplies and specimens in countries around the world, including Switzerland, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, since it was founded in 2011. Other companies are pursuing drone delivery, although Matternet may be furthest along in building a business around it.
Drone delivery is already here — and it works - MarketWatch
Anna White was a determined, outgoing 15-year-old with ambitions to become a midwife when she was admitted to the Royal Albert Edward infirmary, Wigan, for appendix surgery in 2011. But despite the routine nature of the procedure, the teenager was left unable to walk or talk after her brain was starved of oxygen due to complications following the surgery. Now 19, White requires round-the-clock care and communicates by looking at letters on a board to spell out words. Her intellectual capacity is unimpaired but doctors say she faces being “locked in” her body for the rest of her life.
The teenager whose botched surgery left her 'locked-in' | Society | The Guardian