Links for 12/19. The best stories in economics, energy, investing and other remarkable news..
Meet Trustonic, a New Approach to Mobile Security – Arik Hesseldahl – News – AllThingsD
Salesforce Unveils New Ways to Motivate – Arik Hesseldahl – News – AllThingsD
Welcome to Crony Capitalism | The Big Picture
Rare Shocks, Great Recessions | The Big Picture
UBS Says Italian Bond Futures Are a Buy: Technical Analysis – Bloomberg
Curing Outer Space Insomnia | MIT Technology Review
Spanish Bad Loans At New Record, Deteriorate At Fastest Pace Since June | ZeroHedge
‘Peak Farmland’ Is Here, Crop Area to Diminish: Scientific American
Nokia on the edge: Inside an icon’s fight for survival | Mobile – CNET News
Google in 2013: Five things to watch for | Internet & Media – CNET News
Japan’s Shinzo Abe prepares to print money for the whole world – Telegraph
Saxo Bank’s 10 Outrageous Predictions For 2013 | ZeroHedge
Carry an airport departure board in your pocket – CBS News
The Right to Die Is the Right to Live | VICE
“Papa Says It’s Safe”: 20 Astounding Gun Ads | Mother Jones
Commentary: Newton and the Fatal National Identity of America – SPIEGEL ONLINE
DARPA begins work on 100Gbps wireless tech with 120-mile range | ExtremeTech
Programmer creates 800,000 books algorithmically, starts selling them on Amazon | ExtremeTech
Amazon, Advertising’s Sleeping Giant, to Awaken in 2013 | Adweek
CSPI To Beyonce: Walk Away From Pepsi Deal | Adweek
This Is Not a Profile of Nassim Taleb – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education
