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...genuinely new and seems to work well. But the more important point is that for the first time, it's possible to see cell phones as a really visual medium. The novelty value of being able to take a picture of yourself and send it to your grandmother via e-mail might wear off quickly. But the wireless operators aren't really out to turn people onto photography. They want to get us used to the idea of downloading, swapping, and paying for images - and, not long after, short streaming video clips - on our phones. Harris Jones, chief executive...
...coffee bar, with a Drip waiter or waitress making the introductions. There are 10 other affiliated cafes in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut and two in Boston. The chain plans to expand to Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami and Washington, Slotnick says. In addition, Drip.com offers matchmaking services via the Internet...
First-person accounts of the carnage that are relayed via videotape are moving, but even more so are the stories told by now elderly survivors who occasionally come to the museum to share their memories with visitors. One notable local figure is Sumiteru Taniguchi, whose photograph, snapped by the U.S. Army, became symbolic of nuclear disaster. The picture shows Taniguchi at 16, lying on his stomach in a burn shelter, the skin singed off his arms, back and buttocks. His grandfather treated his burns with cooking oil for two years before Taniguchi was able to resume...
...were the two most famous scions of the Modh Bania, a Hindu commercial caste based in the arid Saurashtra peninsula of India's western Gujarat state. The Mahatma idealized traditional village ways, passive resistance, and homespun cotton. Ambani, a billionaire industrialist, preached prosperity to a burgeoning Indian middle-class via a business empire built on polyester...
...always been insular. Even today, reaching this historical jewel of China's Jilin province is no easy task. From Beijing it means an overnight train to the Manchurian sprawl of Shenyang, then another eastward to the industrial city of Tonghua, followed by a gut-churning hour in a taxi via the hairpin turns and dense forests of the precipitous peaks of the Changbai range. Simply reaching Ji'an's narrow valley sanctuary along the Yalu River in one piece feels like a miracle...